Cytonix Corporation
      8000 Virgainia Manor Road, Beltsville, MD 20705



COATINGS &
ADDITIVES

NEWS:

FluoroPel
Hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic fluoropolymer coatings for medical, electronics and aerospace applications.  
FluoroTac
Perfluoro-Polyether (PFPE) adhesives, sealants and super-hydrophobic die-cut tapes and films.
Fluorothane
Hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic coatings for aircraft, marine and ground-based radomes.
FluorN
PFPE and perfluoro-alkyl fluorosurfactant dispersing, wetting and leveling agents for resins and plastics.
FluoroSyl
PFPE and perfluoro-alkyl fluorosilanes for lubricity, hydrophobicity and fluoropolymer adhesion.

DEVICES &
TECHNOLOGY



Micro-manipulation of fluids by Electro-Wetting (electrically or optically controlling the surface energy of hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic channel surfaces).
MicroCytometer
Disposable, precision capillary hemacytometers for counting particles and cells and for viewing emulsions.
MetaCell
Resealable chamber and slide with hydrophobic mask for cell culture and diagnostics.
MicrPlate
Super-hydrophobic mask on films, slides, cover-slips, large-format plates and devices.
NanoArray
DigitalPCR™ and dePCR™ -- DNA & RNA quantitation and single nucleic acid amplification in microliter, nanoliter and picoliter arrays and emulsions.

September 19, 2008 -- Digital PCR methods exclusively licnesed to Sequenom for non-invasive prenatal genetic tests and for all mass spectrometry based genetic testing.

February 10, 2008 -- Cytonix subsidiary, Genomic Nanosystems announces release of first two Digital PCR products. 

September 11, 2007 -- Cytonix issued US Patent 7,268,179 for fluoropolymer compositions with improved adhesion.

April 2007 -- "Digital PCR, first described in 1997 by Olga Kalinina and colleagues,..." was based on 1995 invention by colleagues Brown & Silver (US Patent 6,143,496).
Nature Methods 4, 869 - 875 (2007)

June 23, 2007 -- Cytonix begins distribution of Fluorothane MW and WX2100 in Europe.

December 12, 2006 -- Cytonix forms subsidiary, Genomic Nanosystems, to develop Digital PCR technology

November 20, 2006 -- Cytonix receives exclusive license from the National Institutes of Health for Digital PCR.

 May 31, 2006 -- Cytonix announced on-line availability of new product, WX2100, that significantly reduces weather-related satellite signal loss.

July 19, 2005 -- Cytonix announced the availability of its new line of FluorN PFOA, PFOS and C8 free fluorosurfactants, including Perfluoropolyether (PFPE) block polymers.





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