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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Willy Wiyatno, Union City, CA (US);
Linda Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Cox, Foster City, CA (US);
Richard Reel, Hayward, CA (US);
Mark Oldham, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Jim Nurse, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Douglas Greiner, Fremont, CA (US);
Dennis Lehto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Janusz Wojtowicz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sam Woo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Willy Wiyatno, Union City, CA (US);
Linda Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Cox, Foster City, CA (US);
Richard Reel, Hayward, CA (US);
Mark Oldham, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Jim Nurse, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Douglas Greiner, Fremont, CA (US);
Dennis Lehto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Janusz Wojtowicz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sam Woo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Applied Biosystems, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments described in the application relate to an apparatus, system, and method for generating, within a conduit, discrete volumes of one or more fluids that are immiscible with a second fluid. The discrete volumes can be used for biochemical or molecular biology procedures involving small volumes, for example, microliter-sized volumes, nanoliter-sized volumes, or smaller. The system can comprise an apparatus comprising at least one conduit operatively connected to one or more pumps for providing discrete volumes separated from one another by a fluid that is immiscible with the fluid(s) of the discrete volumes, for example, aqueous immiscible-fluid-discrete volumes separated by an oil.