Patent ID: 8653442
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A61L,B01D,B01L,B03C,B04B,G01N,G02B,G03H,G21K,H05H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for separating at least one component from a plurality of components in a fluid mixture, the apparatus comprising: a first input channel into which a first flow is introduced, said first flow which contains the fluid mixture of the plurality of components; a plurality of buffer input channels, into which additional flows of buffer solution are introduced, said plurality of buffer channels which are disposed on either side of said first input channel: wherein said first flow and said additional flows have a flow direction along a length of the apparatus from one end of the apparatus to another end of the apparatus; a plurality of selection channels disposed at said another end of the apparatus, said plurality of selection channels which are adapted to receive said additional flows enriched by selected components of the plurality of components, said selected components which are selectively removed from said first flow to said additional flows; and a waste channel through which unselected components are removed from said first flow which is depleted of said selected components: wherein said first input channel and said plurality if buffer input channels are optically transparent; and a holographic optical trapping system, which is coupled to said optically transparent first input channel and said plurality of buffer inputs channels, and which generates a plurality of holographic optical traps to selectively trap and move at least one of said selected components from said first flow into at least one of said additional flows and into a respective one of said plurality of selection channels.