Invention Grant
- Patent Title: DEP force control and electrowetting control in different sections of the same microfluidic apparatus
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Application No.: US15306355Application Date: 2015-04-25
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Publication No.: US11192107B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Igor Y. Khandros , J. Tanner Nevill , Steven W. Short , Ming C. Wu
- Applicant: Berkeley Lights, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Emeryville
- Assignee: Berkeley Lights, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Berkeley Lights, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Emeryville
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Agent Kenneth E. Horton
- International Application: PCT/US2015/027679 WO 20150425
- International Announcement: WO2015/164846 WO 20151029
- Main IPC: B03C5/00
- IPC: B03C5/00 ; B01L3/00 ; C12M3/06 ; C12M1/12 ; B03C5/02 ; C12M1/02 ; C12M1/00 ; C12M1/42
Abstract:
A microfluidic apparatus can comprise a dielectrophoresis (DEP) configured section for holding a first liquid medium and selectively inducing net DEP forces in the first liquid medium. The microfluidic apparatus can also comprise an electrowetting (EW) configured section for holding a second liquid medium on an electrowetting surface and selectively changing an effective wetting property of the electrowetting surface. The DEP configured section can be utilized to select and move a micro-object in the first liquid medium. The EW configured section can be utilized to pull a droplet of the first liquid medium into the second liquid medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170043343A1 DEP FORCE CONTROL AND ELECTROWETTING CONTROL IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE SAME MICROFLUIDIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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