Apparatus for fusing live cells with electric fields
US4578168A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 1984 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12M35/02
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A single wire electrode is supported at one end by a cylinder cap which has pins for guiding the electrode into an upwardly opening fusion chamber defined by a heavy metal cylinder. In a second embodiment, multiple secondary wire electrodes are spaced circumferentially about a central primary wire electrode. In a third embodiment, a laminate wire mesh electrode assembly is mounted within a rectangular cartridge fusion chamber.
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