Cytonix
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Cytonix is an American
manufacturing company.
The company was founded in 1984 as "Cyto Fluidics" at the University of Maryland
's technology incubator (TAP) to develop materials and applications for a "fluid transistor" concept based on electrowetting
and digital microfluidics
. Developments, in part funded by National Science Foundation Grants 8760730 & 8822197, lead to the commercial production of fluidic devices and fluorochemical coatings and additives.
In 1995, a collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health
began, which resulted in genomic technologies for implementing Digital polymerase chain reaction
s (Digital PCR) and the US Patent family beginning with 6,143,496 (1997). As interest in Digital PCR increased world wide, the non-genomic components of Cytonix Corp were spun-out into Cytonix LLC, and Cytonix Corp was sold to Life Technologies in 2009.
Current products include hydrophobic, oleophobic and superhydrophobic coatings and additives for microfluidics
, electronics, medical diagnostics, aerospace and defense.
United States
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manufacturing company.
The company was founded in 1984 as "Cyto Fluidics" at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland
When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
's technology incubator (TAP) to develop materials and applications for a "fluid transistor" concept based on electrowetting
Electrowetting
Electrowetting is the modification of the wetting properties of a surface with an applied electric field.-History:...
and digital microfluidics
Digital microfluidics
Digital microfluidics is an alternative technology for lab-on-a-chip systems based upon micromanipulation of discrete droplets. Microfluidic processing is performed on unit-sized packets of fluid which are transported, stored, mixed, reacted, or analyzed in a discrete manner using a standard set of...
. Developments, in part funded by National Science Foundation Grants 8760730 & 8822197, lead to the commercial production of fluidic devices and fluorochemical coatings and additives.
In 1995, a collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
began, which resulted in genomic technologies for implementing Digital polymerase chain reaction
Digital polymerase chain reaction
Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction is a refinement of conventional polymerase chain reaction methods that can be used to directly quantify and clonally amplify nucleic acids including DNA, cDNA or RNA...
s (Digital PCR) and the US Patent family beginning with 6,143,496 (1997). As interest in Digital PCR increased world wide, the non-genomic components of Cytonix Corp were spun-out into Cytonix LLC, and Cytonix Corp was sold to Life Technologies in 2009.
Current products include hydrophobic, oleophobic and superhydrophobic coatings and additives for microfluidics
Microfluidics
Microfluidics deals with the behavior, precise control and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small, typically sub-millimeter, scale.Typically, micro means one of the following features:* small volumes...
, electronics, medical diagnostics, aerospace and defense.