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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2010
Dietrich A. Dehlinger, Dublin, CA (US);
Klint A. Rose, Alviso, CA (US);
Maxim Shusteff, Oakland, CA (US);
Christopher G. Bailey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Raymond P. Mariella, Jr., Danville, CA (US);
Dietrich A. Dehlinger, Dublin, CA (US);
Klint A. Rose, Alviso, CA (US);
Maxim Shusteff, Oakland, CA (US);
Christopher G. Bailey, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Raymond P. Mariella, Jr., Danville, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
A dielectrophoresis apparatus for separating particles from a sample, including an apparatus body; a dielectrophoresis channel in the apparatus body, the dielectrophoresis channel having a central axis, a bottom, a top, a first side, and a second side; a first mesa projecting into the dielectrophoresis channel from the bottom and extending from the first side across the dielectrophoresis channel to the second side, the first mesa extending at an angle to the central axis of the dielectrophoresis channel; a first electrode extending along the first mesa; a second mesa projecting into the dielectrophoresis channel from the bottom and extending from the first side across the dielectrophoresis channel to the second side, the second mesa extending at an angle to the central axis of the dielectrophoresis channel; a space between at least one of the first electrode and the second side or the second electrode and the second side; and a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode.