公开(公告)号：US20140216559A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-07

申请号：US14175106

申请日：2014-02-07

Applicant: ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC.

Inventor： JENNIFER O. FOLEY

IPC: F15D1/00

CPC classification number: B01L3/502792 ,  B01F13/0071 ,  B01F13/0076 ,  B01L2200/0647 ,  B01L2200/141 ,  B01L2200/147 ,  B01L2300/024 ,  B01L2300/0816 ,  B01L2300/0848 ,  B01L2300/0864 ,  B01L2300/0867 ,  B01L2300/161 ,  B01L2300/18 ,  B01L2400/0427 ,  B01L2400/043 ,  B01L2400/086 ,  G01N2035/00158 ,  Y10T137/0318 ,  Y10T137/206

Abstract: The present invention is directed to droplet actuators with local variation in gap height and methods of their use to facilitate droplet splitting and merging operations. The droplet actuators have increased gap-height regions that track droplet transport paths such that droplets can be transported along the paths with reduced risk of merging with droplets on adjacent paths.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及具有间隙高度局部变化的液滴致动器及其用于促进液滴分离和合并操作的方法。 液滴致动器具有增加的间隙高度区域，其跟踪液滴传输路径，使得液滴可以沿着路径传送，同时具有与相邻路径上的液滴合并的风险降低。