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US 2019/0172968 A1Published application
Fluidic Assembly Using Tunable Suspension Flow
AssigneeeLux, Inc.
InventorPo Ki Yuen
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Abstract
Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for increasing the efficiency of fluidic assembly.
Claims20
A method for fluidic assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a fluidic flow chamber including side walls forming a barrier around a top surface of a substrate, and wherein a top surface of the substrate includes a plurality of wells;
- introducing a suspension into the fluidic flow chamber, wherein the suspension is in contact with the top surface of the substrate, and wherein the suspension includes:
- a plurality of micro-components and a carrier fluid;
- commanding a flow oscillator to force movement of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber controllably in at least a first direction and a second direction;
- capturing an image of a location of micro-components relative to the plurality of wells;
- based at least in part on the image, selecting both a magnitude of fluid flow and one of the first direction or the second direction as a tunable fluidic flow;
- and
- commanding the flow oscillator to force movement of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber in accordance with the tunable fluidic flow.
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A method for fluidic assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a fluidic flow chamber including a plurality of side walls surrounding a top surface of a substrate, and wherein the substrate includes a plurality of wells extending into to the substrate;
- introducing a suspension into the fluidic flow chamber, wherein the plurality of walls maintain at least a portion of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber and in contact with at least the top surface of the substrate, and wherein the suspension includes:
- a plurality of micro-components and a carrier fluid;
- commanding a mechanical forcing system to force movement of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber alternately in a first direction and a second direction;
- capturing an image of a location of micro-components relative to the plurality of wells;
- based at least in part on the image, selecting both a magnitude of fluid flow and one of the first direction or the second direction as a tunable fluidic flow;
- and
- commanding the mechanical forcing system to force movement of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber in accordance with the tunable fluidic flow.
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A method for fluidic assembly, the method comprising:
- commanding an mechanical forcing system to force movement of a suspension within a fluidic flow chamber in a first direction, wherein the suspension includes:
- a plurality of micro-components and a carrier fluid;
- and wherein the flow chamber includes:
- a plurality of side walls surrounding a top surface of a substrate and holding a pool of the suspension over and in contact with the top surface of the substrate, wherein at lest the top surface of the substrate includes a plurality of wells extending into to the substrate;
- commanding the mechanical forcing system to force movement of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber in a second direction;
- capturing an image of a location of micro-components relative to the plurality of wells;
- based at least in part on the image, selecting one of the first direction or the second direction as a tunable fluidic flow;
- and
- commanding the mechanical forcing system to force movement of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber in accordance with the tunable fluidic flow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.