Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE RAPID PRODUCTION OF DROPLETS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/186440
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to the production of fluidic droplets. Certain aspects of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for creating droplets by flowing a fluid from a first channel to a second channel through a plurality of side channels. The fluid exiting the side channels into the second channel may form a plurality of droplets, and in some embodiments, at very high droplet production rates. In addition, in some aspects, double or higher-order multiple emulsions may also be formed. In some embodiments, this may be achieved by forming multiple emulsions through a direct, synchronized production method and/or through the formation of a single emulsion that is collected and re-injected into a second microfluidic device to form double emulsions.
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Inventors:
WEITZ DAVID A (US)
AMSTAD ESTHER (US)
AMSTAD ESTHER (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/037962
Publication Date:
January 15, 2015
Filing Date:
May 14, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HARVARD COLLEGE (US)
International Classes:
B01L3/02; B01L3/00
Foreign References:
| US20070099290A1 | 2007-05-03 | |||
| US20090042241A1 | 2009-02-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CHEN, Tani (Greenfield & Sacks P.C.,600 Atlantic Avenu, Boston MA, US)
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