MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641027764 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, on March 9, for 'shear force-based droplet generation device and method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Siddhant Jain; Saini Jatin Rao; and Saptarshi Basu.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A shear force-based droplet generation device (100) operable in submerged fluid environment, comprising base (110) extending along x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis; first dispenser (112) on base, first dispenser comprising first nozzle (114) and fluidically connected to syringe pump (120) for dispensing primary droplet (116) of first fluid (118); pressurised fluid source (122) configured to store second fluid (124); pressuring device (126) connected to pressurised fluid source (122); second dispenser (130) arranged at predefined distance (112D) from first dispenser, second dispenser comprising second nozzle (132) oriented at predefined angle (134) relative to first nozzle (114) and adapted to dispense micro-jet (136) of second fluid towards primary droplet; and processor (140) operatively connected to pressuring device and regulating valve (138) to operate regulating valve to dispense micro-jet upon surface region (142) of primary droplet to pinch off primary droplet from first dispenser."
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