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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2010
Neil Reginald Beer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abraham P. Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Andrew C. Hatch, Irvine, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Fisher, Irvine, CA (US);
Neil Reginald Beer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abraham P. Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Andrew C. Hatch, Irvine, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Fisher, Irvine, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for passive sorting of microdroplets including a main flow channel, a flow stream of microdroplets in the main flow channel wherein the microdroplets have substantially the same diameter and wherein the flow stream of microdroplets includes first microdroplets having a first degree of stiffness and second microdroplets having a second degree of stiffness wherein the second degree of stiffness is different than the first degree of stiffness. A second flow channel is connected to the main flow channel for the second microdroplets having a second degree of stiffness. A separator separates the second microdroplets having a second degree of stiffness from the first microdroplets and directs the second microdroplets having a second degree of stiffness into the second flow channel.