Droplet manipulation systems

A droplet and information management system technology, applied in the field of droplet micro-actuator equipment for processing and/or analyzing samples, which can solve the problems of uneconomical preservation and transportation, decreased analysis accuracy, impossible preservation of sample transportation, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-05
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Furthermore, in many cases it is practically impossible to preserve samples and transport them to central laboratories
Even if this could be done, the cumbersome procedures required could make s

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[00048] The present invention relates to a system and method for controlling droplet movement on a droplet microactuator, including software and a system that generates code for controlling droplet movement. The present invention also relates to droplet microactuator devices, systems and methods for processing and / or analyzing samples, including providing portable or handheld devices.

8.1 System and method for operation of droplet microactuators

[00049] In one aspect, the present invention provides a droplet control system, a programming system, a protocol execution system, and some integrated systems including a droplet control system, a programming system, and / or a protocol execution system. It also provides methods or computer-usable instructions for controlling these systems. The droplet control system allows the user to control the droplet microactuator system functions, such as droplet operation and detector operation. The programming system allows users to develop software...

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The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling droplet movements on a droplet microactuator and a droplet microactuator device, system and method for processing and/or analyzing samples. According to one aspect, a system is provided and includes a controller, a droplet microactuator electronically coupled to the controller, and a display device displaying a user interface electronically coupled to the controller, wherein the system is programmed and configured to permit a user to effect a droplet manipulation by interacting with the user interface. According to another aspect, a sample analyzer is provided and includes an analyzer unit comprising electronic or optical receiving means, a cartridge comprising self-contained droplet handling capabilities, and a means for coupling the cartridge to the analyzer unit which aligns electronic and/or optical outputs from the cartridge with electronic or optical receiving means on the analyzer unit.

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[0001] 1 Funding information [0001] The work leading to the present invention was supported at least in part by NIH Grant Nos. 1 R44 DK066956-01, 1 R43GM072155-01, 1 R21 HG003706-01, NNJ06JD53C, and 5 U01 AI066590-02. The U.S. Government may have certain rights in the inventions described herein. 2 related applications [0002] This application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 746,797, filed May 9, 2006, entitled "Portable Analyzer Using Droplet-Based Microfluidics," and filed June 30, 2006, entitled "Systems and Priority No. 60 / 806,412 of "Methods for Droplet Microactuator Operations", which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. 3 technical field [0003] In one aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for controlling droplet movement on droplet microactuators. The invention also relates to software and systems for generating code for controlling droplet movement on droplet microactuators. [0004] In another aspect...

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IPC IPC(8): B01D57/00
CPCB01L2200/0673B01L2300/027B01L2400/0448B01L2200/16B01L2400/0427B01L2200/143B01L2300/1827B01L7/54B01L2400/0421G01N33/49G01N2035/1034B01L2300/0819B01L7/52B01F13/0071B01L3/502792B01F13/0076B01L2300/089B01L7/525B01L2200/14B01F33/3031B01F33/3021
Inventor P·Y·派克K·R·布拉夫福特R·A·斯图莫尔G·F·史密斯M·G·波拉克V·K·帕穆拉R·M·韦斯特V·斯里尼瓦桑
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