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WO2004059290A9
Methods and apparatus for preparing a smear for cytopathology or other analysis. In a representative embodiment, cells of a sample are subjected to a dielectrophoretic force to segregate the cells into two or more zones of a surface. The...  
WO/2004/082840A1
The invention relates to methods and devices for separating particles (20, 21, 22) in a compartment (30) of a fluidic microsystem (100). According to the invention, a liquid (10) in which particles (20, 21, 22) are suspended is displaced...  
WO/2004/082825A1
The present invention relates to an electromechanical filter (2, 4) and to a process for separating fine catalyst particles from a hydrocarbon medium by using said electromechanical filter and is particularly concerned with removing fine...  
WO/2004/076060A1
A device for dielectrophoretic manipulation of suspended particulate matter comprises a plurality of interleaved layers of electrically conductive and non-conductive material wherein at least one channel is defined through a plurality of...  
WO/2004/074814A2
Methods and apparatuses for particle focusing. Particles are focused within a fluid-flow channel using dielectrophoretic forces from electrodes disposed within the fluid-flow channel, and the focused particles can be detected with an opt...  
WO/2004/060816A1
A container (2) being supplied with waste liquid (11) containing ink pigment , water and cleaning liquid used in a printing machine is sectioned into a first chamber (a) and second chambers (b, c) by disposing metal electrode plates (30a...  
WO/2004/059295A1
A method and a device for discharging liquid specimen capable of controlling the sizes of substances in the liquid specimen, the device comprising a cylinder having a discharge port for the liquid specimen and a supply port for the liqui...  
WO/2004/055505A1
A system for performing dielectrophoretic analysis on a population of particles, the system comprising: a chamber (150) having a well; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the wall of the chamber; a function generator (140) configured t...  
WO/2004/050243A1
The invention is directed to analytical devices and micro-arrays with integral fluidic inputs and outputs. The devices are constructed from planar solid-phase hydrophilic matrix circuits (711-714) containing dry chemical reagents overlay...  
WO/2004/050220A1
A mass spectrometry system capable of recovering specific components from a specimen in high densities and performing a solvent displacement. A separation device (100) is installed on a microchip and incorporates a flow passage (112) for...  
WO/2004/050252A1
The invention relates to a fluidic microsystem (100) comprising at least one channel (10) through which a particle suspension can flow, and first and second electrode devices (40, 60) which are arranged on first and second channel walls ...  
WO/2004/024333A2
A fluidic system for analysing biomolecules in solution comprises a microchannel (21) having a inlet port (22) and an outlet port (23) across which extends a set of interdigitated electrodes (24) to which an AC voltage source having a vo...  
WO/2004/019025A1
Means for effecting rapid mass spectrometry of a multiplicity of samples; and a method of rapidly analyzing biosubstances such as nucleic acids and proteins. The above means is a solid support provided with a carbon layer onto which subs...  
WO/2004/009787A2
The present invention is directed to devices and methods for manipulating polarizable analytes via dielectrophoresis to allow for improved detection of target analytes. Microfluidic devices (405) are configured such that the application ...  
WO/2004/009205A2
A novel method for fractionating stabilized, water-soluble nanoparticles based upon the size of the nanoparticles was discovered. For stabilized, charged, water-soluble nanoparticles, the method comprises the addition of a substantially ...  
WO/2004/007706A1
The invention relates to NPPase which is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a wide range of small molecules with phosphosulphate and phosphodiester bonds, notably ADPG (adenosine diphosphate glucose) and APS (adenosine 5'phosphos...  
WO/2004/005910A1
A separating device for use in separating electrically charged components e.g. by electrophoresis comprises a channel branched at a branch point to provide a main feed channel (105) connected to at least two subsidiary channels (110, 115...  
WO/2003/106986A2
A method for collecting an analyte species from a sample is provided, the method of collection potentially being supplemented to give a method of preparing a sample for analysis and / or a method of analysis. The method including providi...  
WO/2003/103811A1
A method for separating an ampholytic component by electrophoresis, the method involving placing a sample containing an ampholytic component having a pl value in an electrophoresis separation system comprising an anolyte having a pH and ...  
WO/2003/101586A1
The present invention relates to apparatus for recovering selected particles having predetermined properties from a number of particles. The apparatus includes a stimulation system, a detection system, a retriever and a control system. I...  
WO/2003/102126A1
The present invention relates generally to the field of tissue engineering and more particularly to a method for generating tissue suitable for use in tissue replacement and/or tissue rejuvenation therapy and/or as a source of cell-deriv...  
WO/2003/101592A1
The present invention relates a method of electrophoretic separation of protein and/or peptide components of a sample in a convection stabilised medium. More specifically, the method comprises the steps to contact the sample with the sep...  
WO/2003/102125A1
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for fusing first and second cells. In particular, the method includes positioning the first and second cells between two electrodes (35) in a fluid filled container (40) using a pip...  
WO/2003/093494A2
The present invention recognizes that the determination of ion transport function or properties using direct detection methods, such as whole cell recording or single channel recording, are preferable to methods that utilize indirect det...  
WO/2003/089690A1
An improved and novel method of selectively aligning and positioning nanometer-scale components (22) using AC fields. The method provides for more precise manipulation of the nanometer-scale components in bridging test electrodes includi...  
WO/2003/084657A1
A system for electrostatic removal of particular matter from non-conductive fluid to be purified and for heating or cooling of the purification fluid concurrent with its purification. The system includes a stack of formed and bonded plas...  
WO/2003/080327A1
This invention relates generally to the field of moiety or molecule isolation, detection and manipulation and library synthesis. In particular, the invention provides a bead, which bead comprises: a) a magnetizable substance; and b) an e...  
WO/2003/078125A1
Isoelectric focusing gels are cast in a rod-shaped casting mold split longitudinally into two halves (11, 12), each half having a half-circle profile (22) so that the combined halves form a completed mold that is tubular in shape with a ...  
WO/2003/076063A1
Disclosed is a microcomponent connection system (1) comprising a device for receiving plate-shaped microcomponents (7), a connection block (2), and a lifting device (6) by means of which the microcomponent (7) and the connection block (2...  
WO/2003/076052A1
Methods and systems that employ hybrid fluid flow profiles for optimized movement of materials through channel networks. These systems employ hybrid pressure-based and electrokinetic based flow systems for moving materials through interc...  
WO/2003/065028A1
The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting polarisable particles (9) in a liquid. Dielectrophoresis is first carried out by means of an electrical alternating field, resulting in the particles (9) being concentrated in ...  
WO/2003/060505A1
Methods and apparatuses for providing wall-less virtual channels (Fig.1). The wall-less channels may be regions such as stripes or other patterns that are defined by polar surface coatings. These wall-less channels may be used with polar...  
WO/2003/059485A1
A testing apparatus comprising an electrostatic coalescing device (2), a power supply (3) for applying a current of adjustable voltage to the coalescing device (2), means (4,5) for introducing a dispersion in the coalescing device (2), m...  
WO/2003/053584A2
A dielectric gate (120) and related systems and methods for controlling fluid flow. A dielectric gate includes one or more electrodes (132) coupled between an inlet fluid pathway (122) and an outlet fluid pathway (124). The electrodes ar...  
WO/2003/051520A1
A centrifugal spectrometer has a solid rotor (10) formed within which there are cavities or blades (12). In use, each blade is filled with a buffer solution, and a sample to be separated is placed in a sample well (32) at the end of a se...  
WO/2003/049834A1
An electrostatic separator intended for separation of liquid phase systems, made up of mixtures of liquids of various electrical permittivity. In particular, the separator is intended for separation of an oil-and-water emulsion. The elec...  
WO/2003/048389A2
Test apparatus includes sample receiving means operable to receive a sample to be tested, sample manipulating means operable to manipulate a received sample, reagent receiving means operable to add to the received sample a reagent and re...  
WO/2003/048755A1
A multi-capillary electrophoresis apparatus (A) is provided for reducing errors during analysis caused by fluctuations in electrophoresis time among plural capillaries (3) of the apparatus. The multi-capillary electrophoresis apparatus (...  
WO/2003/040044A1
In a preferred embodiment, a controlled, flexible and physically conformable electrostatic cleaning system for removing particulate matter from non−conductive fluid, comprising: at least one pair of flexible and physically conformable ...  
WO/2003/035264A1
The invention relates to a dielectrophoresis system of handling dielectric particles, particularly biological cells, which are suspended in a medium and subjected to the action of an alternating electrical field. The distribution of said...  
WO/2003/035233A1
A separating device which comprises two flow route grooves separated by a partition wall and, provided between them, a plurality of separation routes which pass only the molecules having a predetermined size or less&semi and a separation...  
WO/2003/031072A1
In a preferred embodiment, a device for transferring charge to contaminant particles in a contaminated fluid, including: a charge electrode (10) for insertion in a non-conducting conduit (12), said charge electrode being in the shape of ...  
WO/2003/031067A1
Micron scale dielectric items are manipulated by methods and apparatus taking advantage of spatially non-uniform field. Such fields give rise to force on dielectric items, directing them generally toward regions of more concentrated fiel...  
WO/2003/028857A1
An electrolyser for separating a mixture of components using isoelectric focusing in a liquid media comprises a series of blocks defining chambers. The chambers are separable by isoelectric membranes of known pH. End chambers are located...  
WO/2003/029523A1
An apparatus for electrophoresis comprises a base incorporating an integral or separable tray defining a plurality of parallel troughs into which IPG strips may be placed is disclosed. The apparatus further includes a lid. The lid has a ...  
WO/2003/028856A1
The invention concerns a method and a device for separating marked particles suspended in a viscous medium. The invention is characterized in that it consists in: subjecting (A) the marked particles (PM) to a field on non-stationary forc...  
WO/2003/029830A1
A method of operating a liquid transfer device, including the steps of using the liquid transfer device to transfer a first sample to a substrate, cleaning the liquid transfer device to remove any of the first sample left residing on the...  
WO/2003/020403A1
An electrophoresis system for removing or reducing concentration of a metabolic component from blood or plasma of a subject, the system comprising: (a) a cathode in a cathode zone; (b) an anode in an anode zone, the anode disposed relati...  
WO/2003/021274A2
The invention relates to a method for separating a sample of macromolecules, especially for electrophoretically separating proteins. The inventive method is characterised in that, before carrying out the separating procedure, at least on...  
WO/2003/019172A2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for the separation and purification of charged and neutral compounds in an analyte solution by electrophoretic means using a plurality of compartments (1) to contain the analyte so...  

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