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US 12,287,299 · App. 18/295,761 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Single piece droplet generation and injection device for serial crystallography

Inventors: Alexandra Ros (Phoenix, AZ); Daihyun Kim (Mesa, AZ); Diandra Doppler (Scottsdale, AZ); Jorvani Cruz Villarreal (Tempe, AZ); Richard Kirian (Tempe, AZ); Reza Nazari (Tempe, AZ); Sahir Gandhi (Tempe, AZ)
Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
G01N23/20025B01L3/0241B01L3/502715G01N23/201G01N35/1016B01L2300/0645G01N2035/1034G01N2223/054G01N2223/1016G01N2223/203G01N2223/30G01N2223/604G01N2223/612G01N2223/637
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Patent No.
US 12,287,299
App. No.
18/295,761
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A single-piece hybrid droplet generator and nozzle component for serial crystallography. The single-piece hybrid droplet generator component including an internally-formed droplet-generation channel, an internally-formed sample channel, a nozzle, and a pair of electrode chambers. The droplet-generation channel extends from a first fluid inlet opening to the nozzle. The sample channel extends from a second fluid inlet opening to the droplet-generation channel and joins the droplet-generation channel at a junction. The nozzle is configured to eject a stream of segmented aqueous droplets in a carrier fluid from the droplet-generation channel through a nozzle opening of the single-piece component. The pair of electrode chambers are positioned adjacent to the droplet-generation channel near the junction between the droplet-generation channel and the sample channel. The timing of sample droplets in the stream of fluid ejected through the nozzle is controlled by applying a triggering signal to electrodes positioned in the electrode chambers of the single-piece component.

Claims (39)

1. A sample ejection system comprising:

a first fluid channel;

a first reservoir in fluid communication with the first fluid channel, the first reservoir configured to contain an oil;

a first pump in fluid communication with the first reservoir, the first pump configured to move the oil from the first reservoir through the first fluid channel to a nozzle, the first pump configured to regulate a rate of oil pumped from the first reservoir into the first fluid channel;

a second fluid channel intersecting the first fluid channel at a T-junction;

a second reservoir in fluid communication with the second fluid channel, the second reservoir configured to contain a volume of a crystal sample suspended in an aqueous fluid; and

a second pump in fluid communication with the second reservoir, the second pump configured to move the crystal sample from the second reservoir through the second fluid channel to the nozzle, the second pump configured to regulate a rate of crystal sample pumped from the second reservoir into the second fluid channel;

wherein the crystal sample and the oil combine at the T-junction forming a combined fluid stream.

2. The sample ejection system of claim 1 , wherein the combined fluid stream comprises segmented aqueous droplets in a carrier fluid that is pumped toward the nozzle.

3. The sample ejection system of claim 1 , further comprising a first flow rate sensor partially positioned within the first fluid channel, the first flow rate sensor configured to sense a flow rate of the oil passing through the first fluid channel, the first pump configured to receive an output of the first flow rate sensor to regulate a rate of the oil flowing from the first reservoir.

4. The sample ejection system of claim 3 , further comprising a second flow rate sensor partially positioned within the second fluid channel, the second flow rate sensor configured to sense a flow rate of the crystal sample passing through the second fluid channel, the second pump configured to receive an output of the second flow rate sensor to regulate a rate of the crystal sample flowing from the second reservoir.

5. The sample ejection system of claim 1 , further comprising a shaker or cooler in communication with the second reservoir configured to maintain the crystal sample before being pumped into the second fluid channel.

6. The sample ejection system of claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is a gas dynamic virtual nozzle.

7. The sample ejection system of claim 6 , further comprising a pressurized gas source configured to provide a pressurized gas to the gas dynamic virtual nozzle.

8. The sample ejection system of claim 7 , wherein the pressurized gas is helium.

9. The sample ejection system of claim 7 , further comprising a pneumatic valve in communication with the pressurized gas source, the pneumatic valve configured to regulate a flow rate of the pressurized gas from the pressurized gas source.

10. The sample ejection system of claim 9 , further comprising a pneumatic flow rate sensor configured to detect an actual pneumatic flow rate of the pressurized gas as the pressurized gas moves towards the nozzle, and wherein the pneumatic valve is controlled based on the actual pneumatic flow rate of the pressurized gas detected by the pneumatic flow rate sensor.

11. The sample ejection system of claim 8 , wherein the gas dynamic virtual nozzle is configured to emit a jet of the combined fluid stream and the pressurized helium gas.

12. The sample ejection system of claim 11 , wherein the combined fluid stream and the pressurized helium gas are coaxially arranged in the jet.

13. The sample ejection system of claim 12 , wherein the combined fluid stream is central in the coaxially arranged jet.

14. A sample ejection system for serial crystallography, the system comprising:

a gas dynamic virtual nozzle;

a housing including

a first fluid channel in communication with the nozzle,

a first reservoir in fluid communication with the first fluid channel, the first reservoir configured to contain an oil fluid,

a first pump in fluid communication with the first reservoir,

a second fluid channel intersecting the first fluid channel at a T-junction;

a second reservoir in fluid communication with the second fluid channel, the second reservoir configured to contain a sample fluid, and

a second pump in fluid communication with the second reservoir; and

an electronic controller configured to

generate an output stream by activating the first pump to move the first fluid from the first reservoir through the first fluid channel to the nozzle, and by activating the second pump to move the sample fluid from the second reservoir through the second fluid channel to the nozzle, wherein the output stream includes a series of droplets of the sample fluid in the oil fluid,

activate a laser source to generate a laser beam to interact with the output stream, and

process image data from an imaging sensor, the image data including diffraction data of the laser beam interacting with the output stream, to determine a molecular structure or other property of the sample fluid.

15. The sample ejection system of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust a first flow rate of the oil exiting the first reservoir and a second flow rate of the sample fluid exiting the second reservoir to modify one or more characteristics of the droplets.

16. The sample ejection system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more characteristics include size of the droplets and frequency of the droplets.

17. The sample ejection system of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to synchronize the activation of the laser source with an output of the output stream through the nozzle.

18. The sample ejection system of claim 14 , wherein the housing and the nozzle are integrated into a monolithic device.

19. The sample ejection system of claim 18 , wherein the monolithic device is fabricated by 2-photon polymerization.

20. The sample ejection system of claim 14 , wherein the housing includes a plurality of electrodes positioned along the first fluid channel, and wherein the controller is configured to generate a trigger signal to the electrodes to apply an electrical signal to the oil fluid and the sample fluid.

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Aug 25, 2025
From: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 072570/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2023
From: ROS, ALEXANDRA; KIM, DAIHYUN; DOPPLER, DIANDRA; CRUZ VILLARREAL, JORVANI; KIRIAN, RICHARD; NAZARI, REZA; GANDHI, SAHIR
To: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 063228/0706 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15930313 · May 12, 2020
Provisional Application 62847729 · May 14, 2019
Related Publication 20230243765A1 · Aug 3, 2023
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