MICROFLUIDIC PARTICLE-ANALYSIS SYSTEM

• Main Authors: NASSEF HANY RAMEZ, NORTON PIERCE, THRONDSET WILLIAM, FARRELL KEVIN, MANGER IAN D, DARIDON ANTOINE, HAO CUNSHENG CASEY, LIAU YISH-HANN, JAVADI SHERVIN, CHOU HOU-PU, FOWLER BRIAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.11.2012
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide novel methods for the microfluidic manipulation and/or analysis of particles, such as cells, viruses, organelles, beads, and/or vesicles.SOLUTION: The invention includes apparatus, methods, and kits for the microfluidic manipulation and/or detection of particles, such as cells and/or beads. The invention includes apparatus, methods, and kits for the microfluidic manipulation and/or analysis of particles, such as cells, viruses, organelles, beads, and/or vesicles. The invention also provides microfluidic mechanisms for carrying out these manipulations and analyses. These mechanisms may enable controlled input, movement/positioning, retention/localization, treatment, measurement, release, and/or output of particles. Furthermore, these mechanisms may be combined in any suitable order, and employed for any suitable number of times within a system.