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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2010
Benjamin Joseph Hindson, Livermore, CA (US);
Kevin Dean Ness, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Billy Wayne Colston, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Fred Paul Milanovich, Danville, CA (US);
Donald Arthur Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Anthony Joseph Makarewicz, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin Joseph Hindson, Livermore, CA (US);
Kevin Dean Ness, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Billy Wayne Colston, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Fred Paul Milanovich, Danville, CA (US);
Donald Arthur Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Anthony Joseph Makarewicz, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
System, including apparatus and methods, for forming an array of emulsions. The system may comprise a plate including an array of emulsion production units. Each unit may include at least one first input well, a second input well, and an output well connected to the first and second input wells by channels that form a droplet generator. The system also may comprise a vacuum or pressure source configured to be connected operatively to wells of the plate to form a pressure drop between the input wells and the output well of each unit that is capable of driving a first fluid and a second fluid from respective first and second input wells of such unit and through the droplet generator, for collection as an emulsion in the output well of such unit.