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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83 Claims
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42. A device to manipulate at least one packet, comprising:
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a reaction surface; an array of electrodes operably coupled to the reaction surface and adapted to generate electrical field distributions to impart manipulation forces to move at least one packet disposed proximate the reaction surface to different positions about the reaction surface; and at least one position sensor configured to monitor a position of the at least one packet. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A system to manipulate at least one packet, comprising:
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a device comprising a reaction surface, an array of electrodes operably coupled to the reaction surface and adapted to generate electrical field distributions to impart manipulation forces to move at least one packet disposed proximate the reaction surface to different positions about the reaction surface, and at least one position sensor configured to monitor a position of the at least one packet; and a controller coupled to the array of electrodes and the at least one position sensor, the controller adapted to address the array of electrodes to generate the electrical field distributions and thereby impart the manipulation forces on the at least one packet to move the at least one packet to different positions about the reaction surface. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method to manipulate at least one packet, comprising:
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providing a device comprising a reaction surface, and an array of electrodes operably coupled to the reaction surface and adapted to generate electrical field distributions to impart manipulation forces to move at least one packet disposed proximate the reaction surface to different positions about the reaction surface; disposing at least one packet proximate the reaction surface; generating electrical field distributions by addressing the array of electrodes to impart manipulation forces on the at least one packet to move the at least one packet to different positions about the reaction surface; and monitoring a position of the at least one packet about the reaction surface. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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