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US 7,405,071 B2Granted
Method and device for manipulating individual small objects
AssigneeSeng Enterprises Ltd.
InventorMordechai Deutsch
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Abstract
A method for individually moving small objects, such as cells, from one location to another as well as a device for implementing the method is disclosed. A small object such as a cell is isolated at some initial location and moved to some destination location by the movement of the small object through a succession of intermediate locations until the small object arrives at the destination location. Also disclosed are methods of manipulating cells made possible by the method and device of the present invention.
Claims23
A cell manipulation device, comprising:
- a. at least N different locations, each one of said N locations in fluid communication with and having a fixed position relative to at least one other of said N locations wherein any one said location is no more than 1000 micron distant from at least one other said location;
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- b. associated with each said location, a flow generator independently settable to a mode selected from a group of modes including a suction mode and an inactive mode
- wherein N is at least three.
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