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8444836 Microdevice for treating liquid samples  
A device for forming at least one circulating flow, or vortex, at the surface of a drop of liquid, including at least two first electrodes forming a plane and having edges facing each other, such...
8444837 Arrangement for producing fluid flows and/or particle flows, and a method for the manufacture and operation thereof  
A device for producing at least one of fluid flows and particles flows includes a substrate having a substrate surface. The substrate surface includes a matrix including a plurality of regions...
8435396 Method of detecting analyte-biomolecule interactions  
The invention provides methods for detecting an interaction between an analyte and a biomolecule. The method comprises separating at least one biomolecule according to its isoelectric point in the...
8409415 Manipulation of magnetic or magnetizable objects using magnetophoresis and dielectrophoresis  
A device for manipulating magnetic or magnetizable objects in a medium is provided. The device has a surface lying in a plane and comprises a set of at least two conductors electrically isolated...
8398839 System for particle concentration and detection  
A new microfluidic system comprising an automated prototype insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) triggering microfluidic device for pathogen monitoring that can eventually be run outside the...
8388823 Method and apparatus for the separation and quantification of particles  
The invention pertains to a method and apparatus to separate and quantify particles using time-variable force fields. The force fields can be for dielectrophoresis (positive or negative),...
8366898 System and method for high throughput particle separation  
The high throughput particle separation system includes an aqueous solution container for storing an aqueous solution containing specific particles to be separated, an electrode array, having a...
8361296 Shaped electrodes for microfluidic dielectrophoretic particle manipulation  
Methods, devices, and systems for separating disparate liquid-suspended particles in a flow channel using dielectrophoresis induced by concave-shaped electrodes and field-flow fractionation.
8361297 Bottom-up assembly of structures on a substrate  
Examples of the present invention include methods of assembling structures, such as nanostructures, at predetermined locations on a substrate. A voltage between spaced-apart electrodes supported by...
8357279 Methods, apparatus and systems for concentration, separation and removal of particles at/from the surface of drops  
Methods are provided for concentrating particles on the surface of a drop or bubble in a continuous phase, for separating different types of particles, and for removing particles from the surface...
8349160 Method and apparatus for the manipulation of particles in conductive solutions  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for manipulation and/or position control of particles by means of force fields of electrical nature in electrically conductive solutions,...
8329015 Dielectrophoretic process for retaining polarizable target-particles and device for performing that process  
A process and a device for retaining polarizable target-particles from a fluid suspension of polarizable target-particles comprising the steps of pumping that suspension into a vertical or inclined...
8313628 Method and apparatus for evaluating dielectrophoretic intensity of microparticle  
A distribution of AC electric field regularly arranged in a cell is formed while storing a sample having particles dispersed in a medium in the cell, whereby the particles are dielectrically...
8293087 System and method for controlling nanoparticles using dielectrophoretic forces  
The present invention is directed to the use of dielectrophoretic forces for the arbitrary manipulation of micrometer- and nanometer-sized particles and to devices capable of arbitrarily...
8293086 Classification scheme for nanoobjects  
A method is provided for classifying nanoobjects having different electrical properties, such as conductivities and permittivities. The method includes: suspending nanoobjects having different...
8287707 Device for controlling particle distribution in an evaporating droplet using radial electroosmotic flow  
Provided is a device for controlling a particle distribution in a droplet including particles. The device includes: a first electrode for developing an electric field in the vicinity of the...
8287708 Microfluidic system and method for creating an encapsulated droplet with a removable shell  
A microfluidic system for creating encapsulated droplets whose shells can be further removed comprises: two electrode plates and a spacing structure disposed between the two electrode plates. One...
8277628 Method and apparatus using electric field for improved biological assays  
Disclosed are a method and apparatus that use an electric field for improved biological assays. The electric field is applied across a device having wells, which receive reactants, which carry a...
8268152 Microfluidic system and method for assembling and for subsequently cultivating, and subsequent analysis of complex cell arrangements  
A microfluidic system (12) for assembling and subsequently investigating complex cell arrangements has a three-dimensional microstructure (11) in which the cell culture is assembled, cultivated and...
8268151 Method and device for the manipulation of particles by overlapping fields of force  
Methods and relative devices are illustrated for generating time-variable electric fields suitable for determining the creation of closed dielectrophoretic cages able to trap inside even single...
8262884 Electrophoresis device and method for separating objects  
An electrophoresis method is provided for separating objects in a fluid contained in a separation channel. The method comprises: applying an electric field along the separation channel, the...
8262883 Methods and devices for separating particles in a liquid flow  
Methods and devices for the separation of particles (20, 21, 22) in a compartment (30) of a fluidic microsystem (100) are described, in which the movement of a liquid (10) in which particles (20,...
8262885 Dielectrophoretic tweezers apparatus and methods  
Dielectrophoretic (DEP) tweezers apparatus and methods for various applications, including particle trapping. Two electrodes are disposed on or otherwise constitute an elongated object forming a...
8262886 Apparatus for analyzing characteristics of particulate with dielectrophoresis of particulate by applying angle-modulated wave and method for the same  
The present invention provides a method for analyzing characteristics of a particulate, comprising: selecting at least one particulate in a fluid; positioning said selected particulate in the...
8257571 Dielectrophoresis device and method having nonuniform 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...
8257568 Method for concentration and separation of biological organisms by ultrafiltration and dielectrophoresis  
Disclosed is a method for monitoring sources of public water supply for a variety of pathogens by using a combination of ultrafiltration techniques together dielectrophoretic separation techniques....
8252604 Selection of particles in laminar flow  
The invention relates to a method for selecting charged particles possessing a predetermined property from a population of a multiplicity of different particles, and also to a device which is...
8216440 Method for aligning microscopic structures and substrate having microscopic structures aligned, as well as integrated circuit apparatus and display element  
An object of the present invention is to implement a method for aligning microscopic structures in desired locations and in a desired direction, in order to align microscopic structures, such as...
8197655 System and method for detecting interaction between substances by superimposingly applying sinusoidal voltage  
Disclosed herein is a system for detecting interaction between substances includes a reaction field for allowing the interaction to proceed between the substances, and a voltage application section...
8197656 Device for separating micro particles and a method for fabricating the device  
A device for separating micro particles is provided. The separating device comprises a sample inlet into which a sample containing micro particles is injected; fluid inlets into which fluid is...
8196218 System and methods for controlling properties of nanojunction devices  
An exemplary, highly integrated, SPM-based system for measuring the conductivity and/or force of substance under programmable engaging/stretching processes is described. A sample bias is applied...
8182669 Dynamic equilibrium separation, concentration, and mixing apparatus and methods  
Particles are separated, concentrated, or mixed within a fluid by means of a fluid-containing cell having a longitudinal axis, a cross-sectional area generally perpendicular to the longitudinal...
8164749 Optical measurement apparatus and electrode pair thereof  
In an apparatus in which an electrode pair formed of two electrodes including multiple mutually parallel linear electrode pieces is provided in a container for storing particles dispersed movably...
8147668 Apparatus for manipulating droplets  
Apparatuses for mixing droplets, such as a binary mixing apparatus, are provided. The binary mixing apparatus includes an array of electrodes and a conducting element positioned in relation to at...
8137521 Carbon nanotube sheet  
An apparatus for forming a carbon nanotube sheet is provided. The apparatus includes a bath and a driving unit wherein the bath has a bottom surface and is configured to contain a carbon nanotube...
8137523 Apparatus for and method of separating polarizable analyte using dielectrophoresis  
An apparatus separating a polarizable analyte using dielectrophoresis includes a vessel including a membrane having a plurality of nano- to micro-sized pores, the membrane disposed inside the...
8133371 Scodaphoresis and methods and apparatus for moving and concentrating particles  
Methods and apparatus for moving and concentrating particles apply an alternating driving field and an alternating field that alters mobility of the particles. The driving field and...
8128797 Microfluidic system and corresponding operating method  
The invention relates to an operating method for a microfluidic system, including the following steps: feeding of a carrier flow with particles (5) of a first particle type suspended therein into...
8118987 Two-dimensional control of electrochemical surface potentials  
A method for providing a two dimensional spatially varying surface potential on a surface of a conductive substrate and use thereof. The method comprises providing a conductive substrate having a...
8097141 Flow dielectrophoretic separation of single wall carbon nanotubes  
According to some embodiments, a method for separating a first fraction of a single wall carbon nanotubes and a second fraction of single wall carbon nanotubes includes, but is not limited to:...
8088267 Method and apparatus for electrokinetic transport  
Controlled electrokinetic transport of constituents of liquid media can be achieved by connecting at least two volumes containing liquid media with at least one dielectric medium with opposing...
8083917 Methods and apparatus for the location and concentration of polar analytes using an alternating electric field  
A method is disclosed for effecting the concentration of a polar analyte in an alternating electric field. In the method, a relative translation of the polar analyte and an alternating electric...
8083916 Detection device having increased detection rate, and method for quick detection of biological molecules  
A biological molecule detection device that includes a detection array, arranged on a body and having one or more probes for detecting corresponding electrically charged molecules, wherein a time...
8079527 Method for fabricating an organic diode-based identification and authentication device, device and method for use  
The fabrication method comprises a step of exposing at least one organic diode to a gas, before packaging of the device, to form a plurality of randomly distributed black spots by impairment....
8057655 Sub-micron object control arrangement and approach therefor  
Sub-micron objects are manipulated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, Brownian motion effects are mitigated to facilitate the analysis and/or manipulation of sub-micron...
8034226 Device for dielectrophoretic separation of particles contained in a fluid  
A device for dielectrophoretic separation of particles contained in a fluid, includes two sets of electrodes, each of the two sets of electrodes being brought to a different potential, so as to...
8029657 Parallel plate electrodes for particle concentration or removal  
An AC electro-hydro-dynamic system for aggregating particles immersed in a fluid. The AC electro-hydro-dynamic system utilizes at least one set of parallel plate electrodes each having at least one...
8021532 Dielectrophoretic tweezers apparatus and methods  
Dielectrophoretic (DEP) tweezers apparatus and methods for various applications, including particle trapping. Multiple electrodes (e.g., two or three) are disposed on or otherwise constitute an...
7998328 Method and apparatus for separating particles by dielectrophoresis  
Methods and apparatus for the micro-scale, dielectrophoretic separation of particles are provided. Fluid suspensions of particles are sorted and separated by dielectrophoretic separation chambers...
7993819 Electrowetting display devices and fabrication methods thereof  
Electrowetting display devices and fabrication methods thereof are presented. The electrowetting display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate with a polar fluid layer and a...
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