Patents by Inventor Herve Willaime

Herve Willaime has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090246086
    Abstract: A microfluidic network comprising a plurality of droplet emitters forming droplets of a first fluid in a second fluid immiscible in the first fluid to produce an outlet stream of droplets, wherein each of the emitters are in fluid communication with each other via the network and all have an auto-synchronised droplet formation frequency by hydrodynamic interaction between the emitters is provided. The synchronisation gives a surprisingly narrow droplet size distribution for the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Valessa Barbier, Fabien Frederic Raymond Marie Jousse, Patrick Jean Rene Tabeling, Herve Willaime