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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Lewis Gruber, Chicago, IL (US);
Kenneth Bradley, Chicago, IL (US);
Ward Lopes, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert Lancelot, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph Plewa, Chicago, IL (US);
David Grier, Chicago, IL (US);
Lewis Gruber, Chicago, IL (US);
Kenneth Bradley, Chicago, IL (US);
Ward Lopes, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert Lancelot, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph Plewa, Chicago, IL (US);
David Grier, Chicago, IL (US);
Arryx, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention employs a beam steering apparatus to isolate valuable cells from other cells, tissues, and contaminants. In one embodiment, the system balances optical trapping against biasing flow to parallelize cell sorting under the flexible control of computer program-directed traps which differentially manipulate cells based on their composition or labels to direct separation.