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US 9,364,803 B2Granted
Methods for forming mixed droplets
AssigneeRaindance Technologies, Inc.
InventorsYevgeny Yurkovetsky, Darren Roy Link, Jonathan William Larson
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Abstract
The invention generally relates to methods for forming mixed droplets. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve forming a droplet, and contacting the droplet with a fluid stream, wherein a portion of the fluid stream integrates with the droplet to form a mixed droplet.
Claims21
A method for forming a mixed droplet, the method comprising:
- forming a droplet of a first fluid;
- flowing the droplet of the first fluid in a first channel comprising a drop track thereby flowing the droplet of the first fluid away from center streamline and toward a bolus of a fluid stream;
- and
- contacting the droplet of the first fluid with the bolus of the fluid stream wherein a portion of the bolus segments from the fluid stream and integrates with the droplet of the first fluid to form a mixed droplet.
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A method for forming a mixed droplet, the method comprising:
- forming a droplet of a first fluid surrounded by an immiscible carrier fluid;
- flowing the droplet of the first fluid through a first channel comprising a drop track thereby flowing the droplet of the first fluid away from center streamline and toward a bolus of a fluid stream from a second channel;
- and
- contacting the droplet of the first fluid in the first channel with the bolus of the fluid stream from the second channel, wherein a portion of the bolus that segments from the fluid stream integrates with the droplet of the first fluid to form a mixed droplet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.