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WO/2012/148583A1
Fluidic sorting systems configured to immobilize, and optionally concentrate and/or analyze, one or more particles within the system are provided. Aspects of the systems include a flow-through chamber and an immobilization component conf...  
WO/2012/125932A2
A preferred method of the invention separates metallic or charged nanostructures in solution. In preferred embodiments, metal and semiconducting nanostructures are separated in solution with use of a net Lorentz force applied to metallic...  
WO/2012/107101A1
The invention concerns a method of detecting analytes of interest which are present in a liquid. The method includes the steps of forming drops of liquid on a first surface (24) by capillary breaking of a finger of liquid, which is initi...  
WO/2012/098349A1
A LAB ON A CHIP Figure 1 shows the cross-sectional view of the microchip, which in this case is provided in the form of a silicon wafer. The microchip has an upper surface (2) and a lower surface (3). The upper surface (2) has at least o...  
WO/2012/085884A1
A microfluidic device (1) for isolating particles of at least one given type of a sample; the device (1) is designed to be connected to an apparatus through a plurality of electrical connectors (2a) and comprises a system (3) of microflu...  
WO/2012/074831A1
A small-scale static simulator for crude oil refinery desalters has an oil bath, a portion of which is made of a transparent material, a heater/circulator configured to control the temperature of the oil bath and an emulsion-forming devi...  
WO/2012/072822A1
An inverted microwell (102) provides rapid and efficient microanalysis system (100) and method for screening of biological particles (128), particularly functional analysis of cells on a single cell basis. The use of an inverted open mic...  
WO/2012/035194A1
A method of deposition, the method comprising: providing an electrode pair (722) and a fluid medium, the electrode pair (722) comprising first (703) and second (704) electrodes configured to generate an alternating electric field (723) t...  
WO/2012/032802A1
Provided is an apparatus for concentrating and extracting particles that concentrates particles in a liquid that contains microparticles and extracts those particles. Specifically provided is an apparatus for concentrating and extracting...  
WO/2011/160989A1
Nano-fluidic field effective device includes a channel having a first side and a second side, a first set of electrodes adjacent to the first side, a second set of electrodes adjacent to the second side, a control unit for applying elect...  
WO/2011/102322A1
Disclosed is a method for easily and efficiently separating and sorting in industrial quantities semiconducting and metallic SWCNTs from a material comprising a mixture of semiconducting and metallic SWCNTs; also disclosed are a separati...  
WO/2011/080519A2
A method of collecting, detecting and enumerating microorganisms in a fluid comprising subjecting a sample of the fluid to dielectrophoresis and collecting the microorganisms onto a microelectrode, scanning the microelectrode using a sca...  
WO/2011/036433A1
The present invention is concerned with concentrating particles in a liquid flow through inducing electro-osmotic vortices in the liquid flow, and particularly apparatus comprising a planar interdigitated electrode pair, which electrodes...  
WO/2011/017300A2
A method and apparatus for removing soluble and insoluble contaminants from highly purified and ultra-pure liquids having a bulk resistivity in excess of one megohm-centimeter by establishing laminar flow of the liquid in a cylindrical c...  
WO/2011/007820A1
Disclosed is a method for recovering particles from a particle-containing slurry. The slurry is gently supplied to a container (1), and the quantity of the slurry in the container (1) is fixed by partly discharging the slurry from the co...  
WO/2010/123594A9
A microfluidic device for separating target components from a source fluid includes one or more source channels connected to one or more collection channels by one or more transfer channels. The target components of the source fluid can ...  
WO/2010/150808A1
Disclosed is a method for selectively and efficiently separating a material of mixed nanocarbon micelle groups having a plurality of electric charges, a device for selective separation, and a selectively separated dispersion solution. Th...  
WO/2010/106428A2
A microfluidic system (1) for the isolation of cells (C1) of at least one given type from a sample; the system (1) comprises a separation unit (3), - for transferring at least part of the cells (Cl) of the given type from a main chamber ...  
WO/2010/106434A1
A microfluidic system (1) for the isolation of cells (Cl) of at least one given type from a sample; the system (1) comprises a separation unit (3), for transferring at least part of the cells (Cl) of the given type from a main chamber (4...  
WO/2010/087847A1
A dielectrophoretic fractionation device having a channel defining a direction of flow therethrough for the fractionation of particles in a liquid particle suspension is disclosed. The device also has a deflector unit affixed to a wall o...  
WO/2010/060016A1
Methods and apparatuses for treatment of contaminated liquid are provided including an integrated ultra-filtration and clarification apparatus, and an optional integrated electrocoagulation capability. The integrated apparatus comprises ...  
WO/2010/037162A1
An electro-magnetic flux separator for removing materials affected by an electro-magnetic field from unaffected materials is described. The separator comprises a primary separation zone arranged to receive a feed slurry and produce a sem...  
WO/2010/021604A1
This dielectrophoretic micro cell chromatography device with concentric electrodes and spiral microfluidic channels, produced according to MEMS technology subject to this invention; is composed of 4 groups of effect electrodes, inlet ele...  
WO/2010/007352A1
Microelectrode substrates for DEP analysis are disclosed having radially spaced curved electrode elements.  
WO/2010/007350A1
A method of collecting, detecting and enumerating microorganisms in a fluid comprising subjecting a sample of the fluid to dielectrophoresis and collecting the microorganisms onto a microelectrode, scanning the microelectrode using a sca...  
WO/2009/156840A2
Electronic fluid treatment apparatus is provided comprising an electrode assembly (5) mounted in a housing (9, 15) having an inlet (10, 16) and an outlet (11, 17, 18). The electrode assembly has multiple electrodes (1 ) held in parallel ...  
WO/2009/155731A1
An electric field frying method using a receptacle for object to be treated as the electrode is disclosed The method includes the following steps putting the foodstuff to be treated through electric field frying into a receptacle (16) fo...  
WO/2009/139124A1
The inner wall surface of a flow path (14) is negatively charged, and positive ions (30) included in a sample solution (28) in the flow path (14) are adsorbed by the inner wall surface of the flow path (14). When an electric field is gen...  
WO/2009/053907A1
A filter for filtering particles in a fluid, suitable for lab- on-chip microsystems, involves replacing traditional microfluidic filters and traps by reconfigurable devices based on e.g. dielectrophoresis. The filter has a channel (40) f...  
WO/2009/053889A2
The present invention provides a dielectrophoretic device for manipulation of at least a first and a second type of particles (1, 2) present in a sample fluid. The device comprises at least one array (3) of electrodes (4), the array (3) ...  
WO/2009/053875A2
A barrier layer, e.g. an electrically permeable layer such as a hydrogel layer (30) is provided on electrodes (50) of a dielectrophoretic device for the purpose of preserving the viability of cells and in particular preventing electric f...  
WO/2009/034514A2
A dielectrophoretic device and method is described for manipulating one or more particles, e.g. living cells. The device comprises a plurality of electrodes in the form of a DEP cage, and a particle movement detection system for detectin...  
WO/2009/027927A2
The present invention provides a dielectrophoretic device comprising an array (10) of electrodes (1), there being a space (2) in between every two neighboring electrodes (1), and driving means for driving the electrodes (1) of the array ...  
WO/2009/024678A2
Device for the separation of a liquid suspension (S), comprising a continuous liquid phase (PL) and at least one dispersed phase (GB, GR), said phases having different densities. Said device comprises a first duct (C1) with at least one ...  
WO/2009/017786A1
Apparatus and method are disclosed for integrated waste foam/gas evacuation from an electrocoagulation unit. The electrocoagulation unit has a primary electrocoagulation reaction chamber with processing electrodes maintained therein. A f...  
WO/2008/142868A1
A water purifier uses a porous filtering material and has increased performance of capturing suspension particles having small particle diameters. Such performance is achieved without increasing the thickness of the filtering material an...  
WO/2008/112493A1
A method of treating an invert emulsion drilling fluid, the method including pumping the drilling fluid to an electrophoresis unit that includes a positively charged electrode and a negatively charged electrode, applying a voltage betwee...  
WO/2008/084204A1
Apparatus for measuring the turbidity of water, which apparatus comprises: (i) pressure reducer and flow controller means; (ii) calibration solution injection means (2); (iii) a variable dielectrophoresis drive particle filter (3), set t...  
WO/2008/077630A1
The invention refers to a device for the contactless manipulation and alignment of sample particles in a measurement volume using a nonhomogeneous electric alternating field, with a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation...  
WO/2008/055641A1
The invention relates to a field cage (1) for spatially fixing suspended particles (10) by means of an electrical captive field, with at least six cage electrodes (2 - 9) for producing the captive field, wherein the cage electrodes (2 - ...  
WO/2008/041718A1
Provided is a microchip electrophoresis device capable of dispensing a specific sample component from a sample and recovering the dispensed specific sample component into a pod without being adsorbed by an electrode. A microchip to be us...  
WO/2008/033009A1
The invention relates to a micro channel system comprising a micro channel, the micro channel comprising at least first and second ends and at least a first and a second curved portion and a straight intermediate portion between the firs...  
WO/2008/032604A1
[PROBLEMS] To provide a method and apparatus for purifying a fuel oil in which maintenance work is facilitated and purification effect can be enhanced significantly by capturing impurity particles in the fuel oil. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROB...  
WO/2008/028001A2
Systems and methods for separating charged molecules on the basis of their differential electrostatic binding to a charged stationary phase comprise controlling the creation of simultaneous independent or dependent pH and additive gradie...  
WO/2008/017971A2
The invention relates to a microelectronic device for manipulating a sample, the device comprising an array of actuator units (AU) and an array of sensitive units (SU). The actuator units (AU) may particularly exert dielectrophoretic for...  
WO/2008/017922A2
Methods and relative devices are illustrated for generating time-variable electric fields suitable for determining the creation of closed dielectrophoretic cages able to trap inside even single particles without the cages being necessari...  
WO/2008/017969A2
The invention relates to a microelectronic device with an array (10) of field electrodes (11) that are individually addressable and can for example generate dielectrophoretic forces on particles (2) above the array (10). In a preferred e...  
WO/2007/148328A2
The invention is a method of phase separation in liquid mixtures comprising two or more components. The method comprises the steps of inserting the liquid mixture between suitably shaped and positioned electrodes and applying a voltage t...  
WO/2007/141542A1
An apparatus for driving small volumes of fluid, the apparatus comprising: a substrate, and a first array of electrically conductive electrodes formed on the substrate. A second array of electrically conductive electrodes is formed on th...  
WO/2007/138464A2
A well, in particular an open well (14) with an upper end having a vertical axis (101), for containing a liquid and particles contained within said liquid, characterized by comprising at least two manipulation electrodes (1, 2, 3, 31, 32...  

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