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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2015
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Lidong Qin, Houston, TX (US);
Kai Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for isolating an individual cell from a group of cells and transferring that isolated cell to a desired location, the apparatus comprising: a single-cell pipette tip, the single-cell pipette tip comprising: a structure having a distal end; a Y-shaped microchannel formed in the structure, the Y-shaped microchannel comprising a base microchannel, a first branch microchannel and a second branch microchannel, wherein the base microchannel extends to the distal end of the structure, the first branch microchannel is connectable to a first pressure channel, the second branch microchannel is connectable to a second pressure channel, and a single-cell trap is disposed in the base microchannel, distal to the convergence of the base microchannel with the first branch microchannel and the second branch microchannel.