A system and method for high throughput processing of droplets
CA 2445324 A1 · Owner: Brenan, Colin · Inventors: Hunter, Ian; Brenan, Colin; Green, Donald
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A method for high throughput processing of a plurality of droplets. The droplets are dispensed onto a moving surface (1) and delayed in a delay line (11) in which the droplets hang from the moving surface for at least a specified minimum period of time. A laminate (6) may be spooled onto the moving surface (1) and each droplet may be dispensed onto the laminate (6). At least one operation is performed on each droplet from the group of operations consisting of mixing, diluting, concentration heating, cooling, humidifying, filtering and analyzing. The laminate (6) may then in certain embodiments, be spooled off the moving surface (1) processed, and reused.
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- Filed April 17, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 17, 2022.
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