Holder for imaging cells from a needle aspiration sample
AssigneeAquyre Biosciences, Inc.
InventorsGregory Brian BOWLES, Nicholas MANCINI
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Abstract
A sample filtering and mounting kit with a reservoir sized and configured to fit in a sample holder of an imaging system, the reservoir having an open end; a filter supported over the open end of the reservoir, the filter having a non-reflective surface and pores sized and configured to allow liquid to pass through to the reservoir and to prevent cells from passing through; a port supported by a port body over the filter, the port adapted to receive a liquid sample, the port body being removable; and a transparent cover adapted to be supported over the filter after removal of the port body. The invention also includes method of using the sample filtering and mounting kit.
Claims14
A sample filtering and mounting kit comprising:
- a reservoir sized and configured to fit in a sample holder of an imaging system, the reservoir having an open end;
- a filter supported over the open end of the reservoir, the filter having a non-reflective surface and pores sized and configured to allow liquid to pass through to the reservoir and to prevent cells from passing through;
- a port supported by a port body over the filter, the port adapted to receive a liquid sample, the port body being removable;
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- a transparent cover adapted to be supported over the filter after removal of the port body.
A method of collecting a cell sample for viewing in an imaging device, the method comprising:
- injecting liquid containing the cell sample into a port of a sample filtering device and onto a non-reflective surface of a filter in the sample filtering device;
- collecting cells of the cell sample on the filter while passing the liquid through the filter into a reservoir of the sample filtering device;
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- mounting the sample filtering device in a sample holder of an imaging system so that the cells on the filter can be imaged by the imaging system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.