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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Owl Biomedical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
John S. Foster, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kevin Shields, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mehran Hoonejani, Goleta, CA (US);
Owl biomedical, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A particle manipulation system uses a MEMS-based, microfabricated particle manipulation device which has a sample inlet channel, output channels, and a movable member formed on a substrate. The device may be used to separate a target particle from non-target material in a sample stream. In order to improve the sorter speed, accuracy or yield, the particle manipulation system may also include a microfluidic structure which focuses the target particles in a particular portion of the sample inlet channel. This focusing element may include cavities of variable cross section along the channel length. In addition, a filtering element may also be included upstream of the focusing element.