Appeal No. 2004-0615
Application No. 08/761,063
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim an apparatus comprising a rotatable
platform having a first flat surface with microchannels enclosed
therein through which a sample can flow due to centripetal
forces, and having opposite thereto a second flat surface which
is encoded with electromagnetically-readable instructions for
controlling the operation of the apparatus. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A centripetally-motivated fluid micromanipulation
apparatus that is a combination of
a microsystem platform, comprising a substrate having a
first flat, planar surface and a second flat, planar surface
opposite thereto, wherein the first surface comprises a
multiplicity of channels enclosed within the first surface
and a sample input means, wherein each said channel is a
microchannel, wherein the sample input means and the
microchannels are connected and in fluidic contact, and
wherein the second flat, planar surface opposite to the
first flat planar surface of the platform is encoded with an
electromagnetically-readable instruction set for controlling
rotational speed, duration, or direction of the platform,
and further comprising analytical, diagnostic or quality
control instructions for performing an assay, the
instruction set is capable of being read by a CD-ROM reader,
and
a micromanipulation device, comprising a base, a
rotating means, a power supply and user interface and
operations controlling means, wherein the rotating means is
operatively linked to the microsystem platform and in
rotational contact therewith, and wherein the operations
controlling means is directed by the instructions comprising
the instruction set on the second planar surface of the
platform;
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