OUTPUTTING A DROPLET OF LIQUID MEDIUM FROM A DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MICRO-OBJECTS IN THE MEDIUM

摘要

A micro-fluidic device can include a processing mechanism for processing micro-objects in a liquid medium and an outputting mechanism for expressing from the device a droplet of the medium containing one or more of the micro-objects. The outputting mechanism can include an expressing mechanism having a reservoir for holding a quantity of the liquid medium and a striking mechanism for striking and compressing the expressing mechanism to express a droplet of the medium from the expressing mechanism.