Isolating Microfluidic Structures and Trapping Bubbles

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Some configurations of a microfluidic apparatus can comprise a fluidic circuit of interconnected fluidic structures into which a plurality of different media can be introduced or extracted. A variety of operations can be performed with the different media including isolating with a second medium one or more of the fluidic structures that is filled partially or fully with a first medium. Discrete volumes of a medium can be moved through the isolating second medium to deliver materials or micro-objects to or remove micro-objects or materials from a fluidic structure that is otherwise isolated by the second medium. Some configurations of a microfluidic apparatuses can isolate microfluidic structures in a microfluidic apparatus using flow rates or blocking structures, and some configurations can manage bubbles in fluidic structures.

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BRUKER CELLULAR ANALYSIS INC5858 HORTON STREET SUITE 320 EMERYVILLE CA 94608-2183

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Breinlinger, Keith Joseph San Rafael, US 2 33
Hobbs, Eric D Livermore, US 57 951
Liepmann, Dorian Lafayette, US 16 573
Loureiro, Maria Jimena Albany, US 3 42
Nevill, Joshua Tanner El Cerrito, US 4 137
White, Mark P San Francisco, US 41 629

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