Apparatuses and methods for manipulating droplets on a printed circuit board
CA 2594483 C · Owner: Duke University · Inventors: Pollack, Michael G.; Fair, Richard B.; Pamula, Vamsee K.
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Apparatuses and methods for manipulating droplets on a printed circuit board (PCB) are disclosed. Droplets are actuated upon a printed circuit board substrate surface by the application of electrical potentials to electrodes defined on the PCB. The use of soldermask as an electrode insulator for droplet manipulation as well techniques for adapting other traditional PCB layers and materials for droplet-based microfluidics are also disclosed.
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- Filed January 30, 2006 and granted August 26, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 30, 2026.
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