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US 11,448,641 B2Granted
Methods and devices for separation of blood components
AssigneeCanon Virginia, Inc.
InventorsNabil Mikhaiel, Lindsay Sanford, Kelly Coughenour, Jeremy Schreiber
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for the separation of blood components including separation by rapid sedimentation, including in an automated fashion.
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A method of accelerating the non-centrifugal separation of blood components from a sample, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- (i) providing the sample in a vessel;
- (ii) mixing the sample with one or more aggregating agents to form a mixture, wherein the one or more aggregating agents comprise an acute phase protein;
- (iii) incubating the mixture;
- (iv) inclining the vessel during incubation;
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- (v) collecting one or more of the blood components, wherein one of the one or more blood components is plasma.
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A method of accelerating the non-centrifugal separation of blood components from a sample, wherein at least one of the components is plasma containing circulating cell-free DNA, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- (i) providing the sample in a vessel;
- (ii) mixing the sample with one or more aggregating agents to form a mixture, wherein the one or more aggregating agents comprise a macromolecule;
- (iii) incubating the mixture;
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- (iv) inclining the vessel during incubation.
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