Vesicle-based method for collecting, manipulating, and chemically processing trace macromolecular species
| Patent Number: | 7,776,357 |
| Issued: | 8/17/2010 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | Disclosed is an apparatus and method for inserting one or several chemical or biological species into phospholipid containers that are controlled within a microfluidic network, wherein individual containers are tracked and manipulated by electric fields and wherein the contained species may be chemically processed. |
| Filed: | 2/5/2008 |
| Application Number: | 12/12,839 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |