Systems and methods for rapidly changing the solution environment around sensors

US7563614B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cellectricon AB · SE

Inventors

• Owe Orwar · Hagfors, SE
• Daniel T. Chiu · Seattle, US
• Johan Pihl · Handen, SE
• Jon Sinclair · Handen, SE
• Jessica Olofsson · Handen, SE
• Mattias Karlsson · Huskvarna, SE
• Kent Jardemark · Tyresö, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2009
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/15
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention provides microfluidic systems for altering the solution environment around a nanoscopic or microscopic object, such as a sensor, and methods for using the same. The invention can be applied in any sensor technology in which the sensing element needs to be exposed rapidly, sequentially, and controllably, to a large number of different solution environments whose characteristics may be known or unknown.