Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lab-on-a-pipette
- Patent Title (中): 实验室移液器
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Application No.: US13099351Application Date: 2011-05-02
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Publication No.: US08394625B2Publication Date: 2013-03-12
- Inventor: Angelo Gaitas , Amar Basu
- Applicant: Angelo Gaitas , Amar Basu
- Main IPC: C12M1/00
- IPC: C12M1/00 ; B01L3/02 ; G01N21/00

Abstract:
This invention generally relates to an integrated ‘lab-on-a-Pipette’™ which will provide sample-to-answer single cell genetic diagnosis for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and other forms of single cell analysis (SCA). SCA is a quickly growing field with substantial impact in prenatal testing, cancer biopsies, diabetes, stem cell research, and our overall understanding of heterogeneity in biology. However, single cell genetic analysis is challenging, inaccurate, and in many cases impossible, due to the small amount of sample (5 pg), and difficulties in handling small sample volumes (50-100 pL). The ‘lab-on-a-pipette’ device integrates a microaspiration tip with microfluidic analysis components to conduct in-situ, real-time single cell genetic diagnosis in a single device. The microaspiration tip extracts and encapsulate a cell into an ultra-low volume plug (˜300 pL).
Public/Granted literature
- US20110269121A1 LAB-ON-A-PIPETTE Public/Granted day:2011-11-03
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