Invention Application
- Patent Title: Exporting a Selected Group of Micro-Objects From a Micro-Fluidic Device
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Application No.: US15439506Application Date: 2017-02-22
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Publication No.: US20170355595A1Publication Date: 2017-12-14
- Inventor: Keith J. Breinlinger , Daniele Malleo , Gaetan L. Mathieu , J. Tanner Nevill , Alexander H. Slocum , Mark P. White
- Applicant: Berkeley Lights, Inc.
- Main IPC: B81B7/02
- IPC: B81B7/02 ; B01L3/00 ; B03C5/02 ; G01N33/543 ; B03C5/00 ; G01N33/50 ; C12M1/34 ; G01N27/447

Abstract:
A group of micro-objects in a holding pen in a micro-fluidic device can be selected and moved to a staging area, from which the micro-objects can be exported from the micro-fluidic device. The micro-fluidic device can have a plurality of holding pens, and each holding pen can isolate micro-objects located in the holding pen from micro-objects located in the other holding pens or elsewhere in the micro-fluidic device. The selected group of micro-objects can comprise one or more biological cells, such as a clonal population of cells. Embodiments of the invention can thus select a particular group of clonal cells in a micro-fluidic device, move the clonal cells to a staging area, and export the clonal cells from the micro-fluidic device while maintaining the clonal nature of the exported group.
Public/Granted literature
- US10252907B2 Exporting a selected group of micro-objects from a micro-fluidic device Public/Granted day:2019-04-09
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