Patent ID: 11898193
Assignee: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A system for forming droplets, the system comprising:
a microfluidic substrate comprising a sample channel and a carrier fluid channel that connects to the sample channel at a junction;
a manifold in fluid communication with the microfluidic substrate, the manifold configured to deliver an aqueous fluid to the sample channel and an immiscible carrier fluid to the carrier channel to thereby form droplets of aqueous fluid surrounded by carrier fluid at the junction;
an imager configured to capture images of the droplets; and
a pump in fluid communication with the microfluidic substrate, the pump configured to regulate, based on the images of the droplets, pressure of the aqueous fluid at the junction to produce droplets of substantially uniform size.