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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Abbyad, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jonathan Tullis, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cedar A. Waldherr Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 7/04 (2006.01); B01J 13/02 (2006.01); B01J 14/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); B01J 19/0046 (2013.01); B01J 13/16 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00596 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00734 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0391 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method of forming microdroplets is provided that includes forming a well plate, using lithography, where the well plate includes a microchannel and a microwell in a surface of the fluid channel, flowing a first fluid into the microchannel, where the microchannel and the microwell are filled with the first fluid, and flowing a second fluid into the microchannel, where the first fluid is displaced from the microchannel, where the first fluid remains in the microwell, where a microdroplet of the first fluid is formed.