Jason E Streeter

US Patent:

20150252355, Sep 10, 2015

Filed:

Oct 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/432747

Inventors:

- Chapel Hill NC, US
Samantha Gail Pattenden - Mebane NC, US
Chatura Nadisha Jayakody - Morrisville NC, US
Jason Eric Streeter - Chapel Hill NC, US
Paul Alexander Dayton - Carrboro NC, US
Cameron Champion Wood - Raleigh NC, US
Siddharth Kaup Shenoy - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill NC

International Classification:

C12N 15/10
C12Q 1/68

Abstract:

Methods and systems for using encapsulated microbubbles to process biological samples are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for using encapsulated microbubbles to process a biological sample includes creating a mixture comprising encapsulated microbubbles mixed with a biological sample and adding activation energy to the mixture to cause at least some of the microbubbles to oscillate or burst and thereby process the sample, including effecting cell lysis, shearing DNA, and/or performing tissue dispersion.

Address:

730 Vassar Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701

VIN:

1GNFC13J87R198156

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

TAHOE

Year:

2007