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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Applicant:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Inventors:
Leidong Mao, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Yang Liu, Athens, GA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Athens, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/54366 (2013.01); B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502753 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); G01N 15/1404 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2400/043 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1415 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides devices, kits, and methods for focusing/enriching and/or separating/sorting submicron size particles, including biological entities such as exosomes and other submicron size extracellular vesicles. Devices, kits, and methods of the present disclosure utilize ferrohydrodynamic manipulation to focus populations of submicron particles into a stream for enrichment and/or further sort various sub-populations of submicron particles based on size differences.