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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Torsten Müller, Berlin, DE;
Thomas Schnelle, Berlin, DE;
Torsten Müller, Berlin, DE;
Thomas Schnelle, Berlin, DE;
PerkinElmer Cellular Technologies Germany GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an operating method for a microfluidic system, including the following steps: feeding of a carrier flow with particles () of a first particle type suspended therein into the microfluidic system; charging of a plurality of electrical field cages () in the microfluidic system with the supplied particles () of the first particle type; the supplying of a carrier flow with particles () of a second particle type suspended therein into the microfluidic system; and charging the field cages () in the microfluidic system with the supplied particles () of the second particle type in such a manner that a particle () of the first particle type and a particle () of the second particle type is present in at least one of the field cages (). The invention also relates to a corresponding microfluidic system.