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- Patent Title: Methods and devices to control fluid volumes, reagent and particle concentration in arrays of microfluidic drops
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Application No.: US14114304Application Date: 2012-05-07
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Publication No.: US09637718B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Siva A. Vanapalli , Swastika S. Bithi , Meng Sun
- Applicant: Siva A. Vanapalli , Swastika S. Bithi , Meng Sun
- Applicant Address: US TX Lubbock
- Assignee: Texas Tech University System
- Current Assignee: Texas Tech University System
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Lubbock
- Agency: Chalker Flores, LLP
- Agent Daniel J. Chalker; Edwin S. Flores
- International Application: PCT/US2012/036815 WO 20120507
- International Announcement: WO2012/154688 WO 20121115
- Main IPC: C12M1/00
- IPC: C12M1/00 ; B01L3/00 ; G01N35/10
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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