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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Timothy E. Mcknight, Greenback, TN (US);
Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Timothy E. McKnight, Greenback, TN (US);
Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention in one embodiment provides a method for extracting molecular material including providing a probe comprising a penetration portion having a nanoscale surface for penetrating a biological compartment, a receptor present on the penetrating portion of the probe, wherein the receptor has an affinity for a target molecular material from the biological compartment; inserting the probe into the biological compartment, the receptor present on the penetrating portion of the probe engages the target molecular material; and extracting the probe and the target molecular material engaged to the inserting portion of the probe from the biological compartment.