Patent ID: 8226811
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A61N,G01N,H05H

Abstract:
1. A method of subjecting a fluid to an electric field comprising: forming a fluid pathway or space between two or more electrodes comprising a dielectric material and electrically conductive material wherein said dielectric material forms a physical barrier separating the electrically conductive material from the subject fluid under treatment or test such that said electrically conductive material is not in contact with the subject fluid in the pathway or space; housing said electrodes such that the subject fluid is maintained in a static or dynamic state within said pathway or space; applying a time variant or pulsed voltage source to the electrically conductive material of said electrodes thereby creating an electric field across and through the fluid in the pathway or space; utilizing a dielectric material having a combination of permittivity, maximum allowable electric field stress and volume resistivity for substantially forestalling electric conduction current through said subject fluid while simultaneously directing and generating said electric field through said subject fluid with sufficient field intensity and duration causing reversible and/or irreversible electroporation in biologic cells suspended in said subject fluid; and causing a fluid to enter the fluid pathway or space such that said subject fluid is exposed to the electric field and thereby treated or tested.