DROPLET-BASED SURFACE MODIFICATION AND WASHING
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Abstract
The present invention relates to droplet-based surface modification and washing. According to one embodiment, a method of splitting a droplet is provided, the method including providing a droplet microactuator including a droplet including one or more beads and immobilizing at least one of the one or more beads. The method further includes conducting one or more droplet operations to divide the droplet to yield a set of droplets including a droplet including the one or more immobilized beads and a droplet substantially lacking the one or more immobilized beads.
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43 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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24. A system for conducting droplet operations, comprising:
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(a) a droplet microactuator comprising; (i) a bottom substrate; and (ii) an array of droplet operations electrodes arranged on the bottom substrate; (b) a processor programmed to control droplet operations on the droplet microactuator; and (c) a cartridge coupled to the droplet microactuator, the cartridge comprising a self-contained replaceable/removable cartridge for conducting a droplet actuator-based assay. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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