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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2009
Michael G. Pollack, Durham, NC (US);
Ramakrishna Sista, Morrisville, NC (US);
Zhishan Hua, Cary, NC (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Durham, NC (US);
Arjun Sudarsan, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Durham, NC (US);
Prasanna Thwar, Morrisville, NC (US);
Alexander Shenderov, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dwayne Allen, Durham, NC (US);
Michael G. Pollack, Durham, NC (US);
Ramakrishna Sista, Morrisville, NC (US);
Zhishan Hua, Cary, NC (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Durham, NC (US);
Arjun Sudarsan, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Durham, NC (US);
Prasanna Thwar, Morrisville, NC (US);
Alexander Shenderov, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dwayne Allen, Durham, NC (US);
ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of concentrating beads in a droplet and/or loading beads on a fluidic device are provided, including among other things, a method of concentrating beads in a droplet, the method comprising: (a) providing a droplet actuator comprising: (i) an interior droplet operations volume; and (ii) a reservoir exterior to the interior volume; (iii) a droplet established in a liquid path extending from the reservoir into the interior volume; (b) providing magnetically responsive beads in the portion of the droplet which is in the reservoir; (c) magnetically attracting the magnetically responsive beads through the liquid path into the portion of the droplet which is in the interior volume; and (d) forming a droplet comprising one or more of the magnetically responsive beads in the interior volume.