Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for enriching target cells in a sample
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Application No.: US16098025Application Date: 2016-05-04
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Publication No.: US11059042B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Ali Asgar S. Bhagat , Andrew En-Tzu Wu , Junquan Huang , Guofeng Guan , Shuzhe Chao , Yau Luong Koh , Yifang Lee , Man Chun Leong
- Applicant: CLEARBRIDGE BIOMEDICS PTE LTD
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: CLEARBRIDGE BIOMEDICS PTE LTD
- Current Assignee: CLEARBRIDGE BIOMEDICS PTE LTD
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- International Application: PCT/SG2016/050205 WO 20160504
- International Announcement: WO2017/192098 WO 20171109
- Main IPC: C12M1/00
- IPC: C12M1/00 ; B01L3/00 ; G01N1/00 ; G01N1/40 ; G01N33/574 ; G01N15/10

Abstract:
A system for enriching target cells in a sample is disclosed. The system comprises a microfluidic chip comprising a sample inlet, a sample outlet, a waste outlet and a microfluidic channel, the sample inlet being coupled to an upstream end of the microfluidic channel and the sample outlet and the waste outlet being coupled to a downstream end of the microfluidic channel, the microfluidic chip being configured such that target cells are directed to the sample outlet and non-target cells are directed to the waste outlet; a sample input pump configured to introduce the sample into the sample inlet of the microfluidic chip; an output flow rate detector configured to measure a flow rate at the sample outlet and/or the waste outlet of the microfluidic chip; a sample collection switching valve having a configuration switchable between a first configuration in which the sample output of the microfluidic chip is coupled to a sample output container and a second configuration in which the sample output of the microfluidic chip is coupled to a waste output container; and a controller configured to control the configuration of the sample collection switching valve using the flow rate measured by the output flow rate detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190151847A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENRICHING TARGET CELLS IN A SAMPLE Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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