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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2005
Eric Griffith, Belgrade, ME (US);
Srinivas Akella, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Eric Griffith, Belgrade, ME (US);
Srinivas Akella, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides, in a first aspect, a method, system, and program product for controlling chemical reactions in a digital microfluidic system that include logically partitioning cells of a digital microfluidic system array into a plurality of virtual components wherein at least one of the virtual components is capable of handling droplets of reactants associated with distinct chemical reactions concurrently. In a second aspect, a respective next cell is determined for each of a plurality of chemical droplets in the digital microfluidic system array, which may include droplets of reactants associated with distinct chemical reactions. In another aspect, a method, system, and program product for controlling chemical reactions in a digital microfluidic system in accordance with the present invention induce a chemical droplet of the plurality of chemical droplets in the digital microfluidic system array to move to the respective next cell determined for the chemical droplet.