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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Joel Voldman, Somerville, MA (US);
Brian Michael Taff, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Voldman, Somerville, MA (US);
Brian Michael Taff, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/453 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a device and methods of use thereof in microscale cell sorting. This invention provides sorting cytometers, which trap individual cells within vessels following exposure to dielectrophoresis, allow for the assaying of trapped cells, such that a population is identified whose isolation is desired, and their isolation.