Microsystem for cell permeation and cell fusion

US6492175B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• EVOTEC BIOSYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Müller · Berlin, DE
• Thomas Schnelle · Berlin, DE
• Gunter Fuhr · Berlin, DE
• Stephen Shirley · Kenilworth, GB
• Gabriele Gradl · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N13/00
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An electroporation and/or fusion treatment of microscopic objects occurs in a medium between at least two electrodes, with the electrodes being miniaturized electrodes in a microsystem with a channel structure which is set up for the flow-through of the medium with the objects.