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US 9,957,476 B2Granted
Cell poration
AssigneeUniversity Court of the University of St Andrews
InventorsFrank Gunn-Moore, Kishan Dholakia, Yoshihiko Arita
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Abstract
A method for porating one or more cells comprising positioning a particle near each cell; and causing laser-induced breakdown of the particle to create one or more cavitations, wherein the cavitation(s) causes poration of the cell.
Claims27
A system for porating one or more cells, the system comprising:
- at least one laser for creating an optical trap for optically trapping a particle so as to position the particle near at least one cell;
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- at least one laser for producing a laser beam to be directed onto the optically trapped particle for causing laser-induced breakdown of the optically trapped particle to create one or more cavitations, wherein the one or more cavitations cause poration of the at least one cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.