Patent ID: 7699969

Claim:
A method of conducting tests and assays of high throughput and high biological value on a sample containing chemical/biological material consisting of unknown entities characterized in that it comprises the steps of: (a)—introducing the sample including said unknown entities into a first chamber of a testing device comprising at least one array of first selectively addressable and energizable electrodes and at least one second electrode positioned opposite and facing the first electrodes; (b)—introducing chemical/biological material into a first chamber of said testing device, consisting of known entities identifiable internally of said testing device and having a presumed affinity with the unknown entities; (c)—selectively creating closed movable dielectrophoretic potential first and second cages within said first chamber generated by said first electrodes and second electrode and trapping at least a part of said unknown entities within the first moving cages and at least a part of said known entities within the second moving cages; (d)—moving at least one of said second movable cages containing the known entities toward said first movable cages containing said unknown entities and causing at least one unknown entity to interact with at least one known entity of at least a first type by bringing about the fusion of at least one first movable cage and one second movable cage containing the relative entities; (e)—verifying the creation or otherwise of a stable bond between said at least one unknown entity and said at least one known entity of the first type for determining whether an affinity exists between the two and consequently identifying said at least one unknown entity.