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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2005
Applicants:
Robert J. Hamers, Madison, WI (US);
Joseph D. Beck, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Hamers, Madison, WI (US);
Joseph D. Beck, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 27/453 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Dielectrophoresis is used to attract particles to an electrode edge then to controllably allow the transport of particles along that edge under a fluid flow to a particular region. The particles may be bacteria which may be maintained in this process in a live state through capture, transport and release.