0001. This application is a continuation-in-part of Inter national Application Serial No.
PCT/US01/20179, filed Jun. 21, 2001 which claims priority for US Provisional Appli cation …

BACKGROUND 0002 Sorting cells based on their surface markers is an important capability
in biology and medicine. Magnetic cell sorting techniques allow rapid selection of a large …

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for the application of a particle array
in bioassay format to perform qualitative and/or quantitative molecular interaction analysis …

Disclosed are methods of for constructing a bead-displayed library of oligonucleotide probes
(or sequence-modified capture moieties such as protein-nucleic acid conjugates) by ligation …

The invention relates generally to fluid processing and, in particular aspects, processing
fluids for detection, selection, trapping and/or sorting of particulate moieties. Sheath flow …

A system for sorting and trapping magnetic target species includes a microfluidic chamber
designed to receive and then temporarily hold magnetic particles in place within the module …

B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC
TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS …

The ability to levitate, to separate, and to detect changes in density using diamagnetic
particles Suspended in Solutions containing paramagnetic cations using an …

(57) ABSTRACT A microfluidic device may employ one or more sorting sta tions for
separating target species from other species in a sample. The separation is driven by …

The present invention relates to polymer-bead composites having a single layer planar,
crystalline assembly of encoded beads embedded in a hydrophilic polymeric matrix. The …