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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Alex B. Gelber, Evanston, IL (US);
Yuehan Yao, Evanston, IL (US);
Morgan L. Petrovich, Evanston, IL (US);
George F. Wells, Evanston, IL (US);
Kyoo-Chul Park, Evanston, IL (US);
Youhua Jiang, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B08B 17/02 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/02 (2006.01); E02B 17/00 (2006.01); B63B 59/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/0014 (2013.01); B08B 1/00 (2013.01); B08B 7/02 (2013.01); B08B 17/02 (2013.01); B63B 59/04 (2013.01); E02B 17/0017 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of removing a film of a biological material from a surface are provided. In embodiments, such a method comprises applying magnetic particles to a surface contaminated with a film of a biological material; and exposing the magnetic particles to a changing magnetic field to move the magnetic particles relative to the contaminated surface, thereby removing the film from the surface.