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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2017
Applicant:

General Automation Lab Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Hallock, Redwood City, CA (US);

Michael Sha, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); B03C 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/24 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/04 (2006.01); C12M 1/32 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6816 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6853 (2018.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/24 (2013.01); B01L 3/502 (2013.01); B01L 3/5085 (2013.01); C12M 23/12 (2013.01); C12M 23/24 (2013.01); C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6816 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6853 (2013.01); G01N 1/40 (2013.01); B01L 3/0244 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2200/141 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0893 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4038 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of transferring material from a first microfabricated device to a second microfabricated device. At least one magnetic bead is loaded into at least one microwell of the first microfabricated device, where a plurality of cells are cultivated. The second microfabricated device is positioned such that the at least one microwell of the first array of microwells is aligned with at least one microwell of the second array of microwells. A magnetic field is applied so as to move the at least one magnetic bead contained in the at least one microwell of the first microfabricated device into the at least one microwell of the second microfabricated device. In this manner, at least one cell from the plurality of cells in the at least one microwell of the first microfabricated device is transferred to the at least one microwell of the second microfabricated device.


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