Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Processes and products – Electrostatic field or electrical discharge
Patent
1983-04-08
1984-04-10
Niebling, John F.
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Processes and products
Electrostatic field or electrical discharge
204299R, B01D 5702
Patent
active
044419724
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods of use thereof are provided for fusing neutral polarizable biological bodies and sorting neutral polarizable biological bodies by imposing them to a non-uniform electric field. The dielectrophoretic effect of the non-uniform electric field will either impose variable displacements of the types of cells to facilitate sorting, or will align cells contiguously between a pair of electrodes in preparation for fusion. To fuse the cells the aligned cells are exposed to a direct current impulse.
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Boggs Jr. B. J.
D.E.P. Systems, Inc.
Niebling John F.
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