Method and Apparatus for Programmable Fluidic Processing
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for microfluidic processing by programmably manipulating a packet. A material is introduced onto a reaction surface and compartmentalized to form a packet. A position of the packet is sensed with a position sensor. A programmable manipulation force is applied to the packet at the position. The programmable manipulation force is adjustable according to packet position by a controller. The packet is programmably moved according to the programmable manipulation force along arbitrarily chosen paths.
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52 Claims
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42. An apparatus for programmably manipulating a packet, the apparatus comprising:
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a fluidic device comprising a reaction surface and an array, the array comprising a plurality of elements that are individually addressable along arbitrarily chosen paths about the reaction surface; a signal generator configured to apply electrical signals to the elements to generate electrical field distributions and impart manipulation forces on a packet to programmably move the packet about the reaction surface; and a controller coupled to the signal generator and configured to adjust the programmable manipulation forces. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An apparatus for programmably manipulating a packet, the apparatus comprising:
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a fluidic device comprising a reaction surface and an array, the array comprising a plurality of elements that are individually addressable; a signal generator configured to apply electrical signals to the elements to generate electrical field distributions and impart manipulation forces on a packet to programmably move the packet about the reaction surface; a controller coupled to the signal generator and configured to adjust the programmable manipulation forces; and a memory coupled to the controller, the memory storing a plurality of subroutines for programmably manipulating a packet about the reaction surface.
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52. The apparatus of claim 60, further comprising:
a position sensor configured to detect a position of a packet on the reaction surface.
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