公开(公告)号：US12090480B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US18362530

申请日：2023-07-31

Applicant: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Donald A. Masquelier ,  Kevin D. Ness ,  Benjamin J. Hindson ,  Billy W. Colston, Jr.

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  B01F23/41 ,  B01F33/3011 ,  B01F33/81 ,  B01L9/00 ,  C12Q1/686 ,  B01F25/00 ,  B01F25/23 ,  B01F33/302 ,  G01N35/08

CPC classification number: B01L3/50273 ,  B01F23/41 ,  B01F33/3011 ,  B01F33/813 ,  B01L3/502 ,  B01L3/502784 ,  B01L3/52 ,  B01L9/527 ,  C12Q1/686 ,  B01F25/14 ,  B01F25/23 ,  B01F33/3021 ,  B01L3/502761 ,  B01L2200/025 ,  B01L2200/0636 ,  B01L2200/0647 ,  B01L2200/0673 ,  B01L2200/14 ,  B01L2200/16 ,  B01L2300/0609 ,  B01L2300/0681 ,  B01L2300/0816 ,  B01L2300/0829 ,  B01L2300/0861 ,  B01L2400/049 ,  G01N35/08

Abstract: Methods of partition-based analysis. In an exemplary method, a device having a port fluidically connected to a chamber may be selected. A sample-containing fluid may be placed into the port. The sample-containing fluid may be moved from the port to the chamber. Partitions of the sample-containing fluid may be formed. A monolayer of the partitions in the chamber may be created. At least a portion of the monolayer may be imaged.

公开(公告)号：US11654404B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US16415353

申请日：2019-05-17

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Timothy M. Swager ,  Sara N. Nagelberg ,  Mathias Kolle ,  Lukas Zeininger ,  Kent Harvey ,  Myles Herbert

IPC: B01F23/41 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B01F25/00 ,  G01N21/17 ,  G01N21/25 ,  G01N21/59 ,  G01N21/47 ,  G01N21/55

CPC classification number: B01F23/41 ,  B01F25/14 ,  B01L3/502784 ,  G01N21/1717 ,  G01N21/25 ,  G01N21/59 ,  B01F23/4145 ,  G01N21/47 ,  G01N21/55

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be useful for optofluidic devices. For example, optofluidic devices using dynamic fluid lens materials represent an ideal platform to create versatile, reconfigurable, refractive optical components. For example, the articles described herein may be useful as fluidic tunable compound micro-lenses. Such compound micro-lenses may be composed of two or more components (e.g., two or more inner phases) that form stable bi-phase emulsion droplets in outer phases (e.g., aqueous media). In some embodiments, the articles described herein may be useful as light emitting droplets. Advantageously, the plurality of droplets may be configured such that light rays may modified (e.g., via stimulation of the droplets, exposure to an analyte such as a pathogen) to have a detectable emission intensity and/or angle of maximum emission intensity under a particular set of conditions.

公开(公告)号：US12097495B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US17750195

申请日：2022-05-20

Applicant: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin J. Hindson ,  Serge Saxonov ,  Phillip Belgrader ,  Kevin D. Ness ,  Michael Y. Lucero ,  Billy W. Colston, Jr. ,  Shawn Paul Hodges ,  Nicholas J. Heredia ,  Jeffrey Clark Mellen ,  Camille Bodley Troup ,  Paul Wyatt

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  B01F23/41 ,  B01F33/3011 ,  B01F33/81 ,  B01L9/00 ,  C12Q1/686 ,  B01F25/00 ,  B01F25/23 ,  B01F33/302 ,  G01N35/08

CPC classification number: B01L3/50273 ,  B01F23/41 ,  B01F33/3011 ,  B01F33/813 ,  B01L3/502 ,  B01L3/502784 ,  B01L3/52 ,  B01L9/527 ,  C12Q1/686 ,  B01F25/14 ,  B01F25/23 ,  B01F33/3021 ,  B01L3/502761 ,  B01L2200/025 ,  B01L2200/0636 ,  B01L2200/0647 ,  B01L2200/0673 ,  B01L2200/14 ,  B01L2200/16 ,  B01L2300/0609 ,  B01L2300/0681 ,  B01L2300/0816 ,  B01L2300/0829 ,  B01L2300/0861 ,  B01L2400/049 ,  G01N35/08

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for detecting polynucleotides in a sample and for quantifying polynucleotide load in a sample. The polynucleotides can be associated with a disease, disorder, or condition. In some applications, methylated DNA is quantified, e.g., in order to determine the load of polynucleotides in a sample. The present disclosure also provides methods and compositions for determining the load of fetal polynucleotides in a biological sample, e.g., the load of fetal polynucleotides (e.g., DNA, RNA) in maternal plasma. The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for detecting cellular processes such as cellular viability, growth rates, and infection rates. This disclosure also provides compositions and methods for detecting differences in copy number of a target polynucleotide. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions provided herein are useful for diagnosis of fetal genetic abnormalities, when the starting sample is maternal tissue (e.g., blood, plasma). The methods and materials described apply techniques for allowing detection of small, but statistically significant, differences in polynucleotide copy number.