Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting compounds in microfluidic droplets using mass spectrometry
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Application No.: US16307698Application Date: 2017-06-06
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Publication No.: US10672601B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Trent Russell Northen , Joshua Vance Heinemann
- Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Agency: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/036192 WO 20170606
- International Announcement: WO2017/214177 WO 20171214
- Main IPC: H01J49/16
- IPC: H01J49/16 ; H01J49/04 ; B01L3/00 ; H01J49/00 ; H01J49/26

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for detecting compounds in droplets using mass spectrometry. In some embodiments, the device comprises: a microfluidics-MS (microMS) device, wherein the microMS device comprises: a droplet-to-digital microfluidic device, wherein the droplet-to-digital microfluidic device comprises: a glass layer; an electrode layer comprising chrome electrodes etched onto one side of the glass layer; a dielectric layer configured for electrowetting; and a microfluidics layer comprising channels, pockets, and a droplet generator, for example a T-junction droplet generator, wherein the pockets are connected to the channels; and a mass spectrometry plate, wherein the mass spectrometry plate is reversibly sealed to the microfluidic device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190304763A1 DETECTING COMPOUNDS IN MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETS USING MASS SPECTROMETRY Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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