Microfluidic particle-analysis systems
    42.
    发明授权
    Microfluidic particle-analysis systems 有权
    微流控粒子分析系统

    公开(公告)号:US07312085B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-25

    申请号:US10405953

    申请日:2003-04-01

    Abstract: The invention provides systems, including apparatus, methods, and kits, for the microfluidic manipulation and/or detection of particles, such as cells and/or beads. The invention provides systems, including apparatus, methods, and kits, for the microfluidic manipulation and/or analysis of particles, such as cells, viruses, organelles, beads, and/or vesicles. The invention also provides microfluidic mechanisms for carrying out these manipulations and analyses. These mechanisms may enable controlled input, movement/positioning, retention/localization, treatment, measurement, release, and/or output of particles. Furthermore, these mechanisms may be combined in any suitable order and/or employed for any suitable number of times within a system. Accordingly, these combinations may allow particles to be sorted, cultured, mixed, treated, and/or assayed, among others, as single particles, mixed groups of particles, arrays of particles, heterogeneous particle sets, and/or homogeneous particle sets, among others, in series and/or in parallel. In addition, these combinations may enable microfluidic systems to be reused. Furthermore, these combinations may allow the response of particles to treatment to be measured on a shorter time scale than was previously possible. Therefore, systems of the invention may allow a broad range of cell and particle assays, such as drug screens, cell characterizations, research studies, and/or clinical analyses, among others, to be scaled down to microfluidic size. Such scaled-down assays may use less sample and reagent, may be less labor intensive, and/or may be more informative than comparable macrofluidic assays.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提供了用于微流体操纵和/或检测诸如细胞和/或珠粒的装置,方法和试剂盒的系统。 本发明提供了用于微粒操作和/或分析颗粒例如细胞,病毒,细胞器,珠粒和/或囊泡的装置,方法和试剂盒的系统。 本发明还提供用于进行这些操作和分析的微流体机理。 这些机制可以实现颗粒的控制输入,运动/定位,保留/定位,处理,测量,释放和/或输出。 此外,这些机制可以以任何合适的顺序组合和/或在系统内任何适当次数使用。 因此,这些组合可以允许将粒子分类,培养,混合,处理和/或测定为单粒子,粒子的混合组,粒子阵列,非均匀粒子组和/或均匀粒子组,其中 其他,串联和/或并行。 此外,这些组合可以使微流体系统能够重复使用。 此外,这些组合可以允许在比以前可能的更短的时间尺度上测量颗粒对治疗的反应。 因此,本发明的系统可以允许广泛范围的细胞和颗粒测定,例如药物筛选,细胞特征化,研究研究和/或临床分析等,以缩小到微流体大小。 这种按比例缩小的测定可能使用较少的样品和试剂,可能较少的劳动密集型和/或可能比可比较的大流控测定更具信息性。

    Drug delivery system
    44.
    发明申请
    Drug delivery system 失效
    药物输送系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050197652A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-08

    申请号:US10438282

    申请日:2003-05-13

    Applicant: Avtar Nat

    Inventor: Avtar Nat

    Abstract: An implantable drug delivery system has a housing, a collapsible reservoir, a microfabricated flow channel, and at least one magnet. The collapsible reservoir is disposed in the housing. The microfabricated flow channel is connected at one end to the collapsible reservoir and opens at an external surface of the housing. The magnet is disposed within the housing adjacent a membrane defining the flow channel and is movable in response to a magnetic force to deflect the membrane into the flow channel for inhibiting drug flow from the collapsible reservoir to the external surface of the housing, and for pumping drug flow from the collapsible reservoir to the external surface of the housing.

    Abstract translation: 可植入药物递送系统具有壳体,可折叠储存器,微加料流动通道和至少一个磁体。 可折叠储存器设置在壳体中。 微制造的流动通道在一端连接到可折叠的储存器,并在壳体的外表面打开。 磁体设置在壳体内,邻近限定流动通道的膜,并且可响应于磁力而移动,以将膜偏转到流动通道中,以阻止药物从可收缩储存器流到壳体的外表面,并且用于泵送 药物从可折叠储存器流到外壳的外表面。

    Microfabricated fluidic circuit elements and applications
    46.
    发明申请
    Microfabricated fluidic circuit elements and applications 有权
    微型流体回路元件及应用

    公开(公告)号:US20020195152A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-26

    申请号:US09995397

    申请日:2001-11-26

    Abstract: The present invention provides microfabricated fluidic systems and methods. Microfabricated fluidic devices of the present invention include switches that can be opened and closed to allow or block the flow of fluid through a channel in response to the pressure level in a gate of the switch. The microfabricated fluidic switches may be coupled together to perform logic functions and Boolean algebra, such as inverters, AND gates, NAND, gates, NOR gates, and OR gates. The logic gates may be coupled together to form flip-flops that latch signals. The present invention also includes microfabricated fluidic pressure multipliers that increase the pressure in a second chamber relative to a first chamber. Microfabricated fluidic devices of the present invention also include pressure sources. A pressure source of the present includes a pump coupled to a reservoir through unidirectional valves. The pressure source may be high pressure source or a low pressure source. Microfabricated fluidic devices of the present invention may also include devices that perform analog functions such as switching regulator.

    Abstract translation: 本发明提供微制造流体系统和方法。 本发明的微型流体装置包括可以打开和关闭的开关,以响应于开关的门中的压力水平来允许或阻止流体通过通道的流动。 微制造的流体开关可以耦合在一起以执行逻辑功能和布尔代数,例如反相器,与门,NAND,门,NOR门和或门。 逻辑门可以耦合在一起以形成锁存信号的触发器。 本发明还包括相对于第一腔室增加第二腔室中的压力的​​微制造流体压力倍增器。 本发明的微型流体装置还包括压力源。 本发明的压力源包括通过单向阀联接到储存器的泵。 压力源可以是高压源或低压源。 本发明的微型流体装置还可以包括执行诸如开关调节器的模拟功能的装置。

    NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING REACTIONS
    48.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220119874A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17480067

    申请日:2021-09-20

    Abstract: Described herein are methods useful for incorporating one or more adaptors and/or nucleotide tag(s) and/or barcode nucleotide sequence(s) one, or typically more, target nucleotide sequences. In particular embodiments, nucleic acid fragments having adaptors, e.g., suitable for use in high-throughput DNA sequencing are generated. In other embodiments, information about a reaction mixture is encoded into a reaction product. Also described herein are methods and kits useful for amplifying one or more target nucleic acids in preparation for applications such as bidirectional nucleic acid sequencing. In particular embodiments, methods of the invention entail additionally carrying out bidirectional DNA sequencing. Also described herein are methods for encoding and detecting and/or quantifying alleles by primer extension.

    METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND ENCODING NUCLEIC ACID FROM A PLURALITY OF SINGLE CELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20210254044A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17065922

    申请日:2020-10-08

    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for capturing and encoding nucleic acid from a plurality of single cells. A plurality of solid supports is randomly placed into a plurality of compartments, such that the average number of solid supports per compartment, λ1, is less than 1, wherein each solid support carries (a) a unique identification sequence and (b) a capture moiety. A plurality of single cells is randomly placing into the plurality of compartments, such that the average number of cells per compartment, λ2, is less than 1. These random placement steps may be performed in any order. Nucleic acid is then released from each single cell and captured via the capture moiety, such that nucleic acid from each single cell is tagged with a unique identification sequence.

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