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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vijay Srinivasan, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael G. Pollack, San Diego, CA (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Cary, NC (US);
Zhishan Hua, Oceanside, CA (US);
Arjun Sudarsan, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Philip Y. Paik, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC., Morrisville, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); F04B 19/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/52 (2013.01); B01F 13/0071 (2013.01); B01F 13/0076 (2013.01); B01L 3/502792 (2013.01); F04B 19/006 (2013.01); B01L 3/0241 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0605 (2013.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/089 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01); B01L 2400/06 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0688 (2013.01);
Abstract
A droplet actuator with a droplet formation electrode configuration associated with a droplet operations surface, wherein the electrode configuration may include one or more electrodes configured to control volume of a droplet during formation of a sub-droplet on the droplet operations surface. Methods of making and using the droplet actuator are also provided.