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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2005
John S. Foster, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John C. Harley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Steven H. Hovey, Goleta, CA (US);
Richard T. Martin, Goleta, CA (US);
Hung D. Nguyen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Paul J. Rubel, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John S. Foster, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John C. Harley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Steven H. Hovey, Goleta, CA (US);
Richard T. Martin, Goleta, CA (US);
Hung D. Nguyen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Paul J. Rubel, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Innovative Micro Technology, Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A micromechanical particle sorting chip uses laser light directed through at least one of a reflective and refractive surface to come to a focus in an optically transparent layer. The laser light impinges on a particle of interest, causing it to fluoresce. Upon detecting the fluorescence, a micromemchanical actuator is activated, which directs the particle of interest into one of a plurality of possible exit paths.