WO1999066318A8 - A microfabricated device and method for multiplexed electrokinetic focusing of fluid streams and a transport cytometry method using same - Google Patents

A microfabricated device and method for multiplexed electrokinetic focusing of fluid streams and a transport cytometry method using same

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WO1999066318A8
WO1999066318A8 PCT/US1999/013542 US9913542W WO9966318A8 WO 1999066318 A8 WO1999066318 A8 WO 1999066318A8 US 9913542 W US9913542 W US 9913542W WO 9966318 A8 WO9966318 A8 WO 9966318A8
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microchip
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Stephen C Jacobson
J Michael Ramsey
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Lockheed Martin Energy Res Cor
Stephen C Jacobson
J Michael Ramsey
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Priority to JP2000555086A priority patent/JP3885147B2/en
Priority to AU45696/99A priority patent/AU744627B2/en
Priority to CA 2334749 priority patent/CA2334749C/en
Priority to EP19990928693 priority patent/EP1093579B1/en
Priority to DE69942725T priority patent/DE69942725D1/en
Publication of WO1999066318A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999066318A1/en
Publication of WO1999066318A8 publication Critical patent/WO1999066318A8/en

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Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a microchip (10) adapted for the simultaneous spatial confinement of electrokinetically driven fluidic material streams on the microchip. The microchip includes a focusing chamber (22) formed in the surface of the microchip and in fluid communication with two sample channels (28, 36) and three focusing channels (32, 40, 42). The embodiment further includes electromotive means operatively connected to the sources of the sample fluids (14, 18) and the sources of focusing fluid (12, 16, 20) for electrokinetically driving the respective streams of the sample and focusing fluids such that the focusing fluid streams spatially confine the first and second sample streams within the focusing chamber. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a cytometry method for analyzing microscopic particles in a fluid medium on a microchip by utilizing the focusing function of the microchip. In this process the width of the fluid stream is narrowed in the focusing chamber.
PCT/US1999/013542 1998-06-16 1999-06-16 A microfabricated device and method for multiplexed electrokinetic focusing of fluid streams and a transport cytometry method using same WO1999066318A1 (en)

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AT99928693T ATE479890T1 (en) 1998-06-16 1999-06-16 MICRO-Fabricated DEVICE, METHOD FOR MULTIPLEXED ELECTROKINETIC ADJUSTMENT OF LIQUID FLOWS AND FLOW CYTOMETRY METHOD FOR USING THE DEVICE
JP2000555086A JP3885147B2 (en) 1998-06-16 1999-06-16 Multiple electrokinetic focusing of microfabricated devices and fluid streams and transported cell measurement using the same
AU45696/99A AU744627B2 (en) 1998-06-16 1999-06-16 A microfabricated device and method for multiplexed electrokinetic focusing of fluid streams and a transport cytometry method using same
CA 2334749 CA2334749C (en) 1998-06-16 1999-06-16 A microfabricated device and method for multiplexed electrokinetic focusing of fluid streams and a transport cytometry method using same
EP19990928693 EP1093579B1 (en) 1998-06-16 1999-06-16 A microfabricated device and method for multiplexed electrokinetic focusing of fluid streams and a transport cytometry method using same
DE69942725T DE69942725D1 (en) 1998-06-16 1999-06-16 MICRO-MADE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MULTIPLEXED ELECTROCINETIC ADJUSTMENT OF LIQUID FLOWS AND FLOW CYTOMETRY METHODS FOR USE OF THE DEVICE

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