Methods and devices to control fluid volumes, reagent and particle concentration in arrays of microfluidic drops
US9637718B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 7, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention includes a microfluidic device comprising one or more parking loops 12, each parking loop 12 comprising a bypass channel 14 and a lower branch 16 capable of retaining one or more drops, wherein bypass channel 14 has a smaller hydrodynamic resistance than the lower branch 16.
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