Patent 6986739 was granted and assigned to Sciperio, Inc. on January, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides an apparatus and methods for depositing materials on a substrate, and for performing other selected functions, such as material destruction and removal, temperature control, imaging, detection, therapy and positional and locational control. In various embodiments, the apparatus and methods are suitable for use in a tabletop setting, in vitro or in vivo.