Digital microfluidics devices and methods of use thereof
US11524298B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2400/0427
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Digital microfluidic (DMF) apparatuses and methods for optically-induced heating and manipulating droplets are described herein. DMF apparatuses employing photonic heating as described herein provide radical simplification of routing droplets/reagents in complex, multistep protocols and/or highly plexed workflows.
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