Patent ID: 9638612
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: C12M,G01N

Claim:
1. A method of individually releasing from an entity one or more members of a sub-group of biological units comprised in a heterogeneous group of biological units, comprising: (a) binding said heterogeneous group of biological units to said entity via a linker, wherein all members of said heterogeneous group are bound to said entity by identical linkers; (b) determining a location of each of said one or more members on said entity; and (c) applying a localized physical pulse to each individual member of said one or more members after the determining step (b) and thereby individually releasing said individual member from said entity by dissociating said linker between said individual member and said entity, wherein said localized physical pulse comprises a photonic light pulse, a thermal pulse, or a combination thereof.