Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Measurement and control of droplet sizes
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Application No.: US18378863Application Date: 2023-10-11
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Publication No.: US12059680B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: David Luther Alan Stafford , Bradley Scott Thomas
- Applicant: Xilis, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Xilis, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Xilis, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B01L3/00
- IPC: B01L3/00 ; C12M1/00 ; C12M1/12 ; C12M1/34 ; C12M3/06 ; G01N15/14 ; G01N15/1433 ; G01N15/1434

Abstract:
A system includes a device configured to facilitate an interaction between a first fluid flow and a second fluid flow within a flow path of the device; an optical sensor configured to obtain one or more images representing the flow path; an image analysis module configured to: process the images to identify at least one droplet generated in a flow path of the device by the interaction between the first fluid flow and the second fluid flow, and estimate a size of the at least one droplet; and a control system configured to: determine that the size of the at least one droplet satisfies a threshold condition, and responsive to determining that the size of the at least one droplet satisfies the threshold condition, generate a signal that causes an adjustment to a flow rate of at least one of the first fluid flow or the second fluid flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240118187A1 MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF DROPLET SIZES Public/Granted day:2024-04-11
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