Microvolume crystallization method employing multiple lumens
AssigneeSyrrx, Inc.
InventorsPeter R. David, Nathaniel E. David
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Abstract
A method for determining crystallization conditions for a material, the method comprising: taking a microfluidic device comprising one or more lumens having microvolume dimensions and a plurality of different crystallization samples within the one or more lumens, the plurality of crystallization samples comprising a material to be crystallized and crystallization conditions that vary among the plurality of crystallization samples; transporting the plurality of different crystallization samples within the lumens; and identifying a precipitate or crystal formed in the one or more lumens.
Claims32
A method for determining crystallization conditions for a material, the method comprising:
- taking a microfluidic device comprising one or more lumens having microvolume dimensions and a plurality of different crystallization samples within at least one of the lumens, the plurality of different crystallization samples being separated from each other within the lumen by one or more dividers, the plurality of crystallization samples comprising a material to be crystallized and crystallization conditions that vary among the plurality of crystallization samples;
- transporting the plurality of different crystallization samples within the lumens;
- and
- identifying a precipitate or crystal formed in the one or more lumens.
A method for determining crystallization conditions for a material, the method comprising:
- taking a microfluidic device comprising one or more lumens having microvolume dimensions and a plurality of different crystallization samples within the one or more lumens, the plurality of crystallization samples comprising a material to be crystallized and crystallization conditions that vary among the plurality of crystallization samples;
- transporting the plurality of different crystallization samples within the one or more lumens;
- identifying a precipitate or crystal formed in the one or more lumens;
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- performing a spectroscopic analysis on the identified precipitate or crystal while within the lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.