Apparatus for electrofusion of biological particles
US4476004A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 1983 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/48
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus and methods of use thereof are provided for fusing neutral polarizable biological bodies and sorting neutral polarizable biological bodies by imposing them to a non-uniform electric field. The dielectrophoretic effect of the non-uniform electric field will either impose variable displacements of the types of cells to facilitate sorting, or will align cells contiguously between a pair of electrodes in preparation for fusion. To fuse the cells the aligned cells are exposed to a direct current impulse.
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