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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1995
Peter John Zanzucchi, West Windsor Township, Mercer County, NJ (US);
Satyam Choudary Cherukuri, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Sterling Edward McBride, Lawrence Township, Mercer County, NJ (US);
Robert R Demers, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Aaron W Levine, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Barry Jay Thaler, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Robert Leon Quinn, Trenton, NJ (US);
Paul Leonard Braun, Highland Park, NJ (US);
William Chiang, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Zhonghui Hugh Fan, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Steven A Lipp, Cranbury, NJ (US);
James R Matey, Mercerville, NJ (US);
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a liquid distribution system, which is useful in a number of contexts, including in accomplishing various synthetic, diagnostic and drug screening reactions. The distribution system can comprise an alpha reservoir and a beta reservoir, a first set of parallel and adjacent first and second feeder channels and a second set of parallel and adjacent third and fourth feeder channels which are offset from the first and second feeder channels, wherein (a) the first and third feeder channels are connected to the alpha reservoir via a first connector channel that is situated above or below the second and fourth feeder channels and are independent of the beta reservoir and (b) the second and fourth feeder channels are connected to the beta reservoir via a second connector channel that is situated above or below the first and third feeder channels and are independent of the alpha reservoir. The distribution system is preferably a microscale distribution system. Various particular mechanisms for controlling flow into a liquid distribution system are described.