|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
7604718 |
Dynamically configurable electrode formed of pixels
A dynamically configurable electrode includes a first planar electrode and a planar array of pixels in a different plane, wherein a polarizable liquid medium (including electrolyte solutions) is to...
|
|
|
7597791 |
Method and apparatus for generating electric fields and flow distributions for rapidly separating molecules
A method and apparatus for generating tunable, uniform electric fields in fluidic applications for rapid separation of molecules, such as DNA, is provided. A region receives the molecules to be...
|
|
|
7597790 |
Flow control systems
A flow controller which uses a combination of hydrostatic pressure and electroosmotic flow to control the flow of a fluid. A driving fluid (1204) whose flow rate is dependent on both hydrostatic...
|
|
|
7591938 |
Method and device for transporting or binding-specific separation of electrically charged molecules
Electrically charged molecules need to be transported in order to create a DNA sensor. The following measures are undertaken: base metals are introduced into a solution as a positive ion;...
|
|
|
7588671 |
Microfluidic treatment method and device
The present invention relates to a microchip apparatus using liquids. More specifically, the invention provides a liquid mixing apparatus comprising at least two microchannels for introducing...
|
|
|
7579149 |
Method and apparatus to separate molecules according to their mobilities
A method and apparatus for separating molecules comprises placing different kinds of molecular species onto a probe; and introducing an electric field between the probe and a surface in proximity...
|
|
|
7578941 |
Length-based liquid-liquid extraction of carbon nanotubes using a phase transfer catalyst
The present invention is generally directed to new liquid-liquid extraction methods for the length-based separation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and other 1-dimensional nanostructures. In some...
|
|
|
7572357 |
Chiral temperature gradient focusing
A method and device are provided for concentrating and separating materials in fluids within a fluidic device having a fluid conduit such as a channel or capillary. The concentration is achieved by...
|
|
|
7569129 |
Methods for manipulating droplets by electrowetting-based techniques
Methods are provided for manipulating droplets. The methods include providing the droplet on a surface comprising an array of electrodes and a substantially co-planer array of reference elements,...
|
|
|
7553622 |
Process for preparing processed sample liquid solution for electrophoresis
A process for preparing a processed sample liquid solution for gel electrophoresis, comprising (a) treating a sample comprising a cell suspension in a non-shearing manner to produce a processed...
|
|
|
7537679 |
Materials classifier, method of using, and method of making
The present invention relates to a method of classifying charged molecules such as proteins for quantitative analysis. An analyte solution of the molecules is subjected to separational forces may...
|
|
|
7537680 |
Mixing reactions by temperature gradient focusing
A method is provided for observing mixing interactions and reactions of two materials in a fluid. The method in one form provides for concentrating by balancing electrophoretic velocities of a...
|
|
|
7531072 |
Device for controlling the displacement of a drop between two or several solid substrates
A device for reversibly displacing at least one volume of liquid under the effect of an electrical control, including first electrically conductive device, second electrically conductive device,...
|
|
|
7517440 |
Electrokinetic delivery systems, devices and methods
A method of pumping fluid including the steps of providing an electrokinetic pump comprising a pair of double-layer capacitive electrodes having a capacitance of at least 10−2 Farads/cm2 and b...
|
|
|
7510637 |
Microelectronic arrays for cell-based functional genomics/high throughput phenotyping by electrokinetic assembly
An electrochemical apparatus 1 permits electric-field-assisted fluidic assembly of objects 2 on a patterned silicon substrate 11 by means of electrical addressing. Charged objects 2 such as beads...
|
|
|
7494819 |
Electrochemiluminescence electrode
Disclosed is a bipolar electrode useful for ECL assays and a method for using the same.
|
|
|
7491304 |
Carrierless electrophoresis process and electrophoresis device for carrying out this process
A free flow electrophoresis method for separating sample substances into their analytes. This method comprises multiple steps: a first step for the crude fractionation of the sample substance and...
|
|
|
7488421 |
Method and device for the purification, especially desalination, of water
Water processing method, in particular for producing fresh water from salt water by membrane distillation. In comparison with previously known methods, a significant reduction in investment cost...
|
|
|
7488406 |
Apparatus for collecting particles
Detail is apparatus for collecting particles from a liquid, including a first electrode having an upper surface defining one or more substantially circular areas of a predetermined diameter...
|
|
|
7488407 |
Castable three-dimensional stationary phase for electric field-driven applications
A polymer material useful as the porous dielectric medium for microfluidic devices generally and electrokinetic pumps in particular. The polymer material is produced from an inverse (water-in-oil)...
|
|
|
7465381 |
Electrokinetic molecular separation in nanoscale fluidic channels
A method for separation of mixtures in fluidic systems through electrokinetic transport by use of nanochannels when the fluidic systems approach the size of an electrical double layer, thereby...
|
|
|
7455770 |
Implementation of microfluidic components in a microfluidic system
A system and method for integrating microfluidic components in a microfluidic system enables the microfluidic system to perform a selected microfluidic function. A capping module includes a...
|
|
|
7449093 |
Device and method for preparative electrophoresis
Method and appliance for carrying out membrane electrophoresis using microfiltration or ultrafiltration membranes, wherein the electroosmotic flow which develops in the membrane pores is reduced or...
|
|
|
7439075 |
Method and device for withdrawing suspended microparticles from a fluidic microsystem
A method of discharging a fluid flow with suspended microparticles from a fluidic microsystem (10) is described, whereby the fluid flow converges with at least one output flow to form a discharge...
|
|
|
7436387 |
Electrooptical device utilizing electrophoresis
An electrooptical device comprises an electrooptical layer between electrodes. The electrooptical layer includes a dispersion medium and particles contained in the dispersion medium. The particles...
|
|
|
7429317 |
Electrokinetic device employing a non-newtonian liquid
A non-Newtonian fluid is used in an electrokinetic device to produce electroosmotic flow therethrough. The nonlinear viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid allows the electrokinetic device to behave...
|
|
|
7427343 |
Entropic trapping and sieving of molecules
Nanofluidic entropic traps, comprising alternating thin and thick regions, sieve small molecules such as DNA or protein polymers and other molecules. The thick region is comparable or substantially...
|
|
|
7425254 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Fractionation of macro-molecules using asymmetric pulsed field electrophoresis
A method and apparatus for fractionation of charged macro-molecules such as DNA is provided. DNA solution is loaded into a matrix including an array of obstacles. An alternating electric field...
|
|
|
7419574 |
Dielectrophoresis device and method having non-uniform arrays for manipulating particles
Microfluidic devices according to embodiments of the present invention include an inlet port, an outlet port, and a channel or chamber having a non-uniform array of insulating features on one or...
|
|
|
7408698 |
Portable display device using electrophoretic display
A portable display device includes a flexible electrophoretic display, a circuit board electrically connected to the display, and a base receiving and securing the display and the circuit board...
|
|
|
7399394 |
Electrophoresis device, electrophoresis method using an electrophoresis device and use of the electrophoresis device
An electrophoresis device having a separation chamber that is provided with at least one sample inlet on the inlet side and outlets (9) for the electrophoretically treated sample species on the...
|
|
|
7390388 |
Method of sorting cells on a biodevice
A method of sorting cells for a biodevice comprises directing a flow of cells within a fluid into a filtration structure defining an array of fluid openings and encouraging cell passage of each...
|
|
|
7385210 |
Device for spectroscopy using charged analytes
A device for spectroscopy using charged analytes has an electron generator, which sends electrons through membrane into a charging chamber. The thermal strain of the membrane may be lowered...
|
|
|
7384520 |
Method for manufacturing hybrid carbon nanotube
The invention of present application relates to a method for enabling a hybrid carbon nanotube having an arbitrary composition ratio to be readily manufactured, and the hybrid carbon nanotube. A...
|
|
|
7381315 |
Multi-channel analyte-separation device employing side-entry excitation
A side-entry excitation arrangement is provided with a multi-channel analyte-separation device. In various embodiments, a plurality of channels are disposed in an array, with a laser disposed to...
|
|
|
7347957 |
Methods and compositions for improved electrophoretic display performance
The invention is directed to novel methods and compositions useful for improving the performance of electrophoretic displays. The methods comprise adding a high absorbance dye or pigment, or...
|
|
|
7347921 |
Apparatus and method for threading a biopolymer through a nanopore
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for threading a biopolymer through a nanopore. The apparatus of the present invention provides a substrate having a channel with a channel...
|
|
|
7341651 |
Nanoscale mass conveyors
A mass transport method and device for individually delivering chargeable atoms or molecules from source particles is disclosed. It comprises a channel; at least one source particle of chargeable...
|
|
|
7338808 |
Method and apparatus for determining zeta potential using alternating current electric field and T channel
Provided is a method for determining a zeta potential generated between a solid wall and a solution. The method includes (a) injecting an electrolyte solution into a first inlet of a T channel,...
|
|
|
7329497 |
Gene causative of Rothmund-Thomson syndrome and its gene product
The RecQ4 helicase gene, belonging to the RecQ helicase gene family, is revealed herein to be the causative gene of Rothmund-Thomson syndrome. The present inventors found out that it is possible to...
|
|
|
7326816 |
Process for the production of nitrobenzene
Nitrobenzene is produced and then purified using an acidic wash, an alkaline wash, a neutral wash, subjecting a dispersion formed in the neutral wash to electrophoresis to separate water and...
|
|
|
7326326 |
System and methods for electrophoretic separation of proteins on protein binding membranes
Proteins can be rapidly separated to a high degree of resolution by electrophoresis on polymeric membranes that have high protein binding capacity. The electrophoretic separation is carried out in...
|
|
|
7316769 |
Length-dependent recoil separation of long molecules
Separation of long molecules by length is obtained by forcing such molecules to traverse a boundary between a low free-energy region and a high free-energy region. In one embodiment, the high...
|
|
|
7316320 |
Sorting charged particles
Charged particles may undergo two different separations within a single device, without manual intervention to effect the transfer of the particles between separations. In some embodiments, the...
|
|
|
7314567 |
Method for transferring heterogeneous liquids in microchannels without the occurrence of mixing
In the method for mixing-free transport of homogeneous liquids in microchannels a heterogeneous liquid flow (14) is autonomously divided into portions, transported over a distance and then...
|
|
|
7314542 |
Methods and materials for optimization of electronic transportation and hybridization reactions
Methods for the transport and hybridization of a nucleic acid on an electrode device by providing a low conductivity buffer with a reducing agent to the device. The low conductivity buffer may also...
|
|
|
7307141 |
Thermoresponsive sensor comprising a polymer solution
Methods and apparatus for measuring and/or controlling the temperature on the surface or inside of micro chips are provided, including using thermally responsive polymers.
|
|
|
7297243 |
Methods for forming small-volume electrical contacts and material manipulations with fluidic microchannels
A microfabricated device employing a bridging membrane and methods for electrokinetic transport of a liquid phase biological or chemical material using the same are described. The bridging membrane...
|
|
|
7288404 |
Microcantilevers for biological and chemical assays and methods of making and using thereof
Disclosed herein are microcantilevers having structural shapes that are less sensitive to turbulence and drift effects yet provide greater deflections due to analyte concentration. The structural...
|
|
|
7285199 |
Apparatus and method for electrophoretic microspot concentration
A method and apparatus for concentrating dilute biomolecules in samples using electrophoresis are described. The method involves using the charged nature of the biomolecules to localize them to a...
|