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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2006
Mitchell W. Mutz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Soong-hua Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
George Mclendon, Princeton, NJ (US);
Mitchell W. Mutz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Soong-Hua Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
George McLendon, Princeton, NJ (US);
Labcyte Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for reducing the uncontrolled electrostatic charges that can alter the volume and/or trajectory of a droplet, which is typically ejected through the application of focused acoustic radiation. Also provided are reservoirs and substrates, e.g., well plates formed from a material that is at least partially nonmetallic or polymeric and either has an electrical resistivity of no more than about 10ohm-cm, has a surface electrical resistivity of no more than about 10ohm/sq, or both.