Patent ID: 9480992
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B01L,B03C,B81B

Claim Text:
1. A method for the separation of a single polarizable bioparticle with a microfluidic system, comprising the following steps: a) dielectrophoretic preseparation of the polarizable bioparticle from a suspension of bioparticles; b) fluidic separation of the polarizable bioparticle selected in step a) by trapping the polarizable bioparticle in a dielectrophoretic field cage and circulating fluid around the polarizable bioparticle; c) transfer of the polarizable bioparticle separated in step b) out of the dielectrophoretic field cage into a cultivation chamber; and d) dielectrophoretic trapping of the polarizable bioparticle separated in step b) in the cultivation chamber and study, observation, manipulation and/or cultivation of the polarizable bioparticle, wherein the polarizable bioparticle has a diameter in the range of ≧0.5 μm to ≦5 μm.