Microdroplet formation by wells in a microfluidic device
US9512466B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/0391
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
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.
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