Analyzing microdroplet outline size and adjusting channel pressure to alter microdroplet size

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10428369
APP PUB NO 20160281140A1
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15176710

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The invention generally relates to methods and systems for manipulating droplet size. In certain aspects, the invention provides methods for manipulating droplet size that include forming droplets of aqueous fluid surrounded by an immiscible carrier fluid, and manipulating droplet size during the forming step by adjusting pressure exerted on the aqueous fluid or the carrier fluid.

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BIO-RAD LABORATORIES INC1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE HERCULES CA 94547

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Link, Darren Roy Lexington, US 83 5907
Miller, Benjamin J Littleton, US 10 428
Zhong, Qun Lexington, US 30 1869

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