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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2012
Applicants:

Tony R. Joaquim, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);

Lewis Joe Stafford, Newark, DE (US);

Ross Stewart Chambers, Hockessin, DE (US);

Xin Liu, Cambridge, GB;

Clive Adrian Smith, Hertford, GB;

Xin LI, Cambridge, GB;

Graeme Whyte, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Tony R. Joaquim, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);

Lewis Joe Stafford, Newark, DE (US);

Ross Stewart Chambers, Hockessin, DE (US);

Xin Liu, Cambridge, GB;

Clive Adrian Smith, Hertford, GB;

Xin Li, Cambridge, GB;

Graeme Whyte, Cambridge, GB;

Assignees:

Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Sphere Fluidics Limited, Cambridge, GB;

SDIX, LLC, Rockville, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/44791 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); B01L 3/0268 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0673 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0415 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flow cell for a microfluidic device can include a chamber, first microfluidic entry and exit channels, second microfluidic entry and exit channels, a first electrode, and a second electrode. A microfluidic device can include a microfluidic channel, a laser to excite fluorescent material, and a detector to detect fluorescence emission. Methods of merging a droplet from an emulsion in to a second stream of fluid and of detecting a content of a droplet in a stream are further disclosed.


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