Non-contact droplet manipulation apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9795966
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15336525

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The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of simultaneously levitating a droplet above a nominally rigid surface and controlling its position and motion in a direction along the nominally rigid surface generally for use in microfluidics.

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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY633 CLARK STREET EVANSTON IL 60208

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Lynch, Kevin Chicago, US 121 5463
Umbanhowar, Paul Evanston, US 3 15

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