Methods of analysis/separation
US5993631A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/585
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Particles are subjected to travelling wave field migration (TWFM) to migrate the particles over an array of microelectrodes. Altered particles are produced by treating original particles in such a way so as to alter their TWFM characteristics and the altered TWFM characteristics are employed for analysis and/or separation of the altered particles. The particles may be cells, bacteria, viruses, biomolecules or plastics microspheres. They may be altered by binding to a ligand such as a metal microparticle via a selective linking moiety such as an antibody/antigen or oligonucleic acid, or be physical or chemical treatments.
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