Systems and methods for processing complex biological materials

US8961787B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Nichole Lea Wood · Niskayuna, US
• Reginald Donovan Smith · Schenectady, US
• Hongyi Zhou · Niskayuna, US
• Liming Yu · Clifton Park, US
• Brian Polizzotti · Boston, US
• Peter Miller · New London, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2001/4088
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Method and systems, for processing biological material, that contain a biological material in a vessel; add an aggregating agent to the material in the vessel and allow the material to separate into two or more distinct submaterials; extract one or more of the submaterials from the vessel; automatically transport one or more of the submaterials remaining in the vessel to a filtration device; and collect a resulting target retentate into a target retentate receptacle.