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Medical device with array of electrode-containing reservoirs

  • US 7,070,592 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2004
  • Issued: 07/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for use in medical diagnostics comprising:

  • a substrate;

    an array of reservoirs in the substrate, the reservoirs having interior sidewalls, a closed bottom surface, and an opening distal the bottom surface;

    a plurality of electrodes located at least partially inside the reservoirs;

    a plurality of discrete reservoir caps covering the openings in the reservoirs; and

    control circuitry for selectively disintegrating or permeabilizing the reservoir cap over the opening of at least one of the reservoirs.

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