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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Vijay Srinivasan, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael G. Pollack, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip Y. Paik, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Durham, NC (US);
Richard B. Fair, Durham, NC (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael G. Pollack, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip Y. Paik, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Durham, NC (US);
Richard B. Fair, Durham, NC (US);
Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to filler fluids for droplet operations. According to one embodiment of this aspect, a droplet microactuator is provided and includes: (a) a first substrate comprising electrodes configured for conducting droplet operations on a surface of the substrate; (b) a second substrate spaced from the surface of the substrate by a distance sufficient to define an interior volume between the first substrate and second substrate, wherein the distance is sufficient to contain a droplet disposed in the space on the first substrate; and (c) a droplet arranged in the interior volume and arranged with respect to the electrodes in a manner which permits droplet operations to be effected on the droplet using the electrodes.