Patent ID: 9393560
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B01L

Claim Text:
1. A method of transporting droplets for detection, comprising: providing an emulsion disposed in a container and including droplets; creating contact between a tip and the emulsion by moving at least one of the tip and the container relative to each other, the tip being connected to an examination region and including an outer tube and an inner tube, the outer tube forming a first open end and surrounding an enclosed portion of the inner tube, the inner tube extending out of the first open end to create a projecting portion forming a second open end below the first open end; loading droplets of the emulsion into the inner tube via the second open end; moving loaded droplets from the inner tube to the examination region; and dispensing a first fluid onto the projecting portion of the inner tube from the first open end formed by the outer tube, and a second fluid from the second open end formed by the inner tube.