The phrase "a unique means for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific method or approach that is distinct or one-of-a-kind for achieving a particular purpose.
Example: "The new software provides a unique means for streamlining our workflow and increasing productivity."
Alternatives: "a distinctive method for" or "an exclusive way to".
The new fully automated tool provides a unique means for computing, once and for all, the accurate properties of composites over a broad range of microstructures.
Nucleic acid and protein assays are very important in modern life sciences, and the recently developed triplex-forming oligonucleotide probes provide a unique means for biological analysis of different kinds of analytes.
Recent progress in controlled radical polymerizations, in particular atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), has provided a unique means for the design and synthesis of bioactive surfaces and functional biomaterials.
Structure-switching molecules provide a unique means for analyte detection, generating a response to analyte concentration through a binding-specific conformational change between non-binding and binding-competent states.
The similarities between living in space and undersea provide a unique means for NASA to prepare for the extreme.
Melissopalynology allows for direct observation of the honey bee pollen diet, providing a unique means for identifying nutritional deficits and informing potential efforts to improve foraging habitat.
Elazer Edelman, Thomas D. & Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health, Sciences and Technology: Drug delivery for heart surgery patients--A unique means of safely administering peri-operative drugs for heart failure patients.
Barcodes or multiplex identifying sequences (MIDs) of 10 bp were added to the 5' end of each primer, providing a unique means of identification for every sample in a single sequence group.
Language represents a unique means of communication among human beings.
But the problem is that each of these causal explanations misses the richness of the phenomena that Dick was trying to describe and also overlooks his unique means for describing them.
Furthermore, "molecular imaging may provide unique means for the selection of patients who may benefit from targeted therapies, as well as [allowing] monitoring of early responses to treatment and [enabling] subsequent restaging" [20].
