Device, system, and method for selecting a target analyte
AssigneeRareCyte, Inc.
InventorsJoshua Nordberg, Steve Quarre, Ronald C. Seubert
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to a device and a system for picking a target analyte of a suspension. A picker introduces at least one force, such as by a magnetic gradient and/or by a pressure gradient, to extract the target analyte from a sample.
Claims8
A method for isolating a target material from a sample located on or within a substrate, the method comprising:
- positioning a tip of a picker over the target material, wherein the tip comprises an opening;
- driving the tip through the sample towards a surface of the substrate;
- touching the tip to the surface of the substrate;
- and,
- moving the picker horizontally or orthogonally along the surface of the substrate,
- wherein the moving step detaches the target material from the substrate, a non-target material of the sample, or the substrate and the non-target material of the sample,
- wherein, during the touching step, the moving step, and at least a portion of the driving step, at least a portion of the target material is located within the opening of the tip, and
- wherein the target material is dry mounted to the substrate.
A method for isolating a target material from a sample located on or within a substrate, the method comprising:
- Positioning a tip of a picker over the target material, wherein the tip comprises an opening;
- Touching the tip to a surface of the substrate;
- and,
- Oscillating the picker up and down to detach the target material from at least one of the substrate and a non-target material of the sample,
- Drawing the target material into the tip;
- Wherein the drawing step comprises exerting a force, by the picker, on the target material, and
- Wherein the substrate is a slide.
A method for isolating a target material from a sample located on or within a substrate, the method comprising:
- Positioning a tip of a picker over the target material, wherein the tip comprises an opening;
- Touching the tip to a surface of the substrate;
- Oscillating the picker up and down to detach the target material from at least one of the substrate and a non-target material of the sample;
- and
- Drawing the target material into the tip;
- Wherein the drawing step comprises exerting a force, by the picker, on the target material, and
- Where the force is magnetic or electromagnetic.
A method for isolating a target material from a sample located on or within a substrate, the method comprising:
- positioning a tip of a picker over the target material;
- touching the tip to a surface of the substrate;
- and,
- oscillating the picker up and down to detach the target material from at least one of the substrate and a non-target material of the sample,
- wherein the target material is dry mounted to the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.