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- Patent Title: Micro-fluidic device for selective sorting of highly motile and morphologically normal sperm from unprocessed semen
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Application No.: US16070368Application Date: 2017-01-22
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Publication No.: US11618882B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Utkan Demirci , Erkan Tüzel , James Leonard Kingsley , Thiruppathiraja Chinnasamy
- Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University , Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto; US MA Worcester
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University,Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University,Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto; US MA Worcester
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/014479 WO 20170122
- International Announcement: WO2017/127775 WO 20170727
- Main IPC: B01L3/00
- IPC: B01L3/00 ; C12N5/071 ; C12M1/00

Abstract:
A microfluidic chip is provided for self-sorting highly motile, morphologically normal sperm cell with high DNA integrity from a fresh semen sample. The sperm self-sorting microfluidic chip has one or more inlet chambers, and sperm collection outlet chamber(s), and the middle of the channel features various micro-fabricated structures in different geometrical shapes and orientations, with varying periodicities and patterns, such as an array of micro-fabricated pillars that facilitate the transport of the active and healthy sperm into the outlet chamber.
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