Invention Grant
US09586215B2 Avoidance of bouncing and splashing in droplet-based fluid transport
有权
避免弹跳和飞溅在基于液滴的流体输送
- Patent Title: Avoidance of bouncing and splashing in droplet-based fluid transport
- Patent Title (中): 避免弹跳和飞溅在基于液滴的流体输送
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Application No.: US13752077Application Date: 2013-01-28
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Publication No.: US09586215B2Publication Date: 2017-03-07
- Inventor: Richard G. Stearns , Stephen J. Hinkson
- Applicant: Labcyte Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Labcyte Inc.
- Current Assignee: Labcyte Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Jones Day
- Main IPC: B05B5/00
- IPC: B05B5/00 ; B01L3/02 ; G01N35/10

Abstract:
A system for fluid transport is provided where a quantity of fluid is held in a reservoir. A droplet generator is employed to generate droplets from the fluid, for example a nozzle-based system or a nozzleless system such as an acoustic ejection system. A generated droplet has a trajectory whereby it arrives at a target. A circuit is used to modify one or more characteristics of the generated droplet in a way which increases the likelihood that the droplet will not splash or bounce when it arrives at the target. The circuit may in different embodiments control the speed of the droplet or the Weber number of the droplet. The circuit may create an electric field in an area of space where the droplet passes. The circuit may charge the droplet by causing it to contact ions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130193243A1 AVOIDANCE OF BOUNCING AND SPLASHING IN DROPLET-BASED FLUID TRANSPORT Public/Granted day:2013-08-01
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