Device and method for analyzing a biologic sample
US6403384B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/809
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device and method for separating a fluid component from a non-fluid component of a sample comprises a plurality of microspheres disposed in abutting relation and forming therebetween a plurality of capillary channels, whereby when the microspheres are disposed in fluid communication with a sample the fluid component is separated from the non-fluid component by capillary flow of the fluid component through the capillary channels formed by the interstitial spacing between abutting microspheres.
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