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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Canon U.s. Life Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Ian M. White, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Stephen Restaino, Columbia, MD (US);
Marina Pranda, Rockville, MD (US);
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for cell lysis in a microfluidic device. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for rapid continuous flow pathogen cell lysis. In one embodiment, the microfluidic device comprises a microfluidic channel, a microporous structure within the channel, and an enzyme immobilized on the surface of the microporous structure configured to lyse pathogen cells in fluid flowing through the microfluidic channel.