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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Ryan T Kelly, West Richland, WA (US);
Keqi Tang, Richland, WA (US);
Jason S Page, Kennewick, WA (US);
Richard D Smith, Richland, WA (US);
Ryan T Kelly, West Richland, WA (US);
Keqi Tang, Richland, WA (US);
Jason S Page, Kennewick, WA (US);
Richard D Smith, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
A transfer structure for droplet-based microfluidic analysis is characterized by a first conduit containing a first stream having at least one immiscible droplet of aqueous material and a second conduit containing a second stream comprising an aqueous fluid. The interface between the first conduit and the second conduit can define a plurality of apertures, wherein the apertures are sized to prevent exchange of the first and second streams between conduits while allowing lossless transfer of droplets from the first conduit to the second conduit through contact between the first and second streams.