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US 2010/0248358 A1Published application
Cell separating apparatus and cell separating method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSatomi Yoshioka
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Abstract
A cancer cell separating apparatus includes: a flow channel including an antibody fixation area having antibodies which bind specifically to cancer cells fixed thereon, wherein the cancer cells and non-cancer cells are separated using a difference in velocity of movement between the cancer cells and the non-cancer cells in cell slurry introduced into the flow channel.
Claims10
A cancer cell separating apparatus comprising:
- a flow channel including an antibody fixation area having antibodies which bind specifically to cancer cells fixed thereon,
- wherein the cancer cells and non-cancer cells are separated using a difference in velocity of movement between the cancer cells and the non-cancer cells in cell slurry introduced into the flow channel.
A cancer cell separating apparatus comprising:
- a primary flow channel for allowing cell slurry to be introduced;
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- a first secondary flow channel which is branched from a first branch portion provided in the primary flow channel and joins the primary flow channel at a first joint portion provided at a predetermined distance from the first branch portion of the primary flow channel,
- wherein an antibody fixation area having antibodies which bind specifically to cancer cells fixed therein is provided on an inner wall surface of the primary flow channel on the side of the first secondary flow channel and the inner wall surface of the first secondary flow channel on the side apart from the primary flow channel.
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A cancer cell separating method comprising:
- introducing cell slurry into a flow channel including an antibody fixation area having antibodies which bind specifically to cancer cells fixed thereon;
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- separating the cancer cells from non-cancer cells using a difference in velocity of movement between the cancer cells and the non-cancer cells in the cell slurry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.