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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventor:
Mark Saffman, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling particles using projected light are provided. In some aspects, the method includes generating a beam of light using an optical source, and directing the beam of light to a beam filter comprising a first mask, a first lens, a second mask, and a second lens. The method also includes forming an optical pattern using the beam filter, and projecting the optical pattern on a plurality of particles to control their locations in space.