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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
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 performing droplet-based assays. The system may comprise a droplet transporter configured to pick up droplets from each emulsion of an array of reacted emulsions and to drive flow of the droplets through a detection region. The system also may comprise a detector configured to collect data related to one or more analytes from individual droplets of the reacted emulsions as such individual droplets travel through the detection region. The system further may comprise a controller programmed to determine, based on the data collected, an aspect of the one or more analytes in one or more samples included in droplets of the emulsions.