Cell transfection apparatus and methods for making and using the cell transfection apparatus
US6670129B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12M35/02
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A cell transfection apparatus and methods for making and using the cell transfection apparatus are described. The cell transfection apparatus has a surface on which there is printed at different locations one or more foreign biomolecules (e.g., DNA, RNA, oligonucleotides, nucleotides). The foreign biomolecules can be printed at the same time. The surface is then covered with a transfection reagent which is incubated and removed from the surface before cells in a cell growth media are placed on the surface. The surface is configured such that the cells which become transfected with one or more foreign biomolecules are segregated from the cells which fail to become transfected with one or more foreign biomolecules. There are disclosed two embodiments of the cell transfection apparatus.
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