Method and apparatus for separating particles, cells, molecules and particulates
US8292083B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/2575
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and apparatus for continuously separating or concentrating particles that includes flowing two fluids in laminar flow through a magnetic field gradient which causes target particles to migrate to a waste fluid stream, and collecting each fluid stream after being flowed through the magnetic field gradient.
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