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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Michael W. Berns, Irvine, CA (US);
Thoru Pederson, Worchester, MA (US);
Elliot Botvinick, Irvine, CA (US);
Linda Zhixia Shi, Vista, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael W. Berns, Irvine, CA (US);
Thoru Pederson, Worchester, MA (US);
Elliot Botvinick, Irvine, CA (US);
Linda Zhixia Shi, Vista, CA (US);
Assignees:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/08 (2006.01); C12M 1/42 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 35/02 (2013.01); C12M 47/06 (2013.01); G01N 15/1475 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01); Y10T 436/12 (2015.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to optomechanical systems and methods for altering, modifying or disrupting a target object. Such systems and methods are used for, for example, ablating the endogenous nucleus in a cell.