US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Jan. 20 for "Electrical sensing, tracking, and actuation of droplets" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,080, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Electrical sensing, tracking, and actuation of droplets" was invented by Nicholas Watkins (Brentwood, Calif.), N. Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Melinda Simon (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, techniques, and processes are disclosed that use electrical impedance to detect of the presence and contents of droplets including cells, nucleic acids, proteins, or solute concentrations in an array of retrievable, trackable, trapped droplets in a fluidic system. Electrodes may be positioned underneath individua...