Device for capture of particles in a flow
US10073079B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2015/0053
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Devices and methods for capture of target particles in a flow. There is a plurality of flow rate-reducing structures in a flow chamber, each structure including a trapping surface shaped to reduce flow rate in a vicinity of the trapping surface. Reduced flow rate in the vicinity of the trapping surface is non-zero and has a magnitude lower than that of flow rate in other regions of the flow chamber. The reduced flow rate is sufficiently low for an attraction force acting on the target particles to overcome drag force on the target particles, to promote capture of particles in the vicinity of the trapping surface. The device may exhibit different sorting zones for capturing particles that experience different amounts and/or types of attraction force. The device may enable sorting of cells according to their level of display of specific protein surface markers.
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