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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:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
James F Brown, Clifton, VA (US);
Assignee:
Conception Technologies, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422102 ; 422 57 ; 422 61 ; 422 58 ; 422 681 ; 422100 ; 422101 ; 436 46 ; 436165 ; 436809 ; 4352883 ; 4352884 ; 4352885 ; 4353052 ; 435810 ; 435970 ;
Abstract
A miniaturized biological assembly provides a miniature capillary environment in which a liquid medium containing microscopic-size particulate material can be placed for study under a microscope. The assembly includes components which do not wet relative to the liquid medium. A sample chamber and second chamber are disposed adjacent one another to allow a selective exchange of material, such as nutrients, between the two chambers. The assembly provides an environment that can contain the liquid medium and material for a period of time sufficient to enable observation while preventing deterioration of the medium and material.