US Patent Issued to Illumina on June 23 for "Devices for generating monodisperse droplets from a bulk liquid" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,345, issued on June 23, was assigned to Illumina Inc. (San Diego).

"Devices for generating monodisperse droplets from a bulk liquid" was invented by Kristina Fontanez (Arlington, Mass.), Robert Meltzer (Belmont, Mass.), Yi Xue (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Sepehr Kiani (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides devices that generate monodisperse droplets from a bulk liquid. The devices include a shearing mechanism, a holder for a vessel containing a liquid, and an optical system that transmit light to, and detects light from, liquid in the vessel. The invention also provides methods of using such devices to pro...