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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Christof Fattinger, Blauen, CH;
Patrick Iaiza, Saint Louis, FR;
Tom Kissling, Riehen, CH;
Dieter Voegelin, Sissach, CH;
Thomas Zumstein, Weil Am Rhein, DE;
Claudia Mcginnis, Riehen, CH;
Christof Fattinger, Blauen, CH;
Patrick Iaiza, Saint Louis, FR;
Tom Kissling, Riehen, CH;
Dieter Voegelin, Sissach, CH;
Thomas Zumstein, Weil Am Rhein, DE;
Claudia Mcginnis, Riehen, CH;
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Little Falls, NJ (US);
Abstract
A hanging droplet plate () comprises a predetermined number of droplet compartments () each being capable of receiving a droplet of a liquid. The respective droplet compartment () comprises a circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier () which is arranged to surround a respective cavity () and which prevents a droplet from spreading beyond the microfluidic wetting barrier (). The respective compartment () comprises a closed bottom () and at least one additional circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier (), each additional circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier () which is arranged to surround a preceding circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier (). A wettable area () is arranged between two adjacently arranged microfluidic wetting barriers ().