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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Owl Biomedical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Inventors:
John S Foster, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Stefan Miltenyi, Bergische Gladbach, DE;
Kevin Shields, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mehran Hoonejani, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Owl biomedical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); C12M 47/04 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502738 (2013.01); B01L 3/502776 (2013.01); B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0627 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0864 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0439 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0478 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); B01L 2400/084 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0288 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1081 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described here is a microfabricated particle sorting device that uses a transient pulse of fluidic pressure to deflect the target particle. The transient pulse may be generated by a microfabricated (MEMS) actuator, which pushes a volume of fluid into a channel, or sucks a volume of fluid from the channel. The transient pressure pulse may divert a target particle into a sort channel.