Sample holder for cells
AssigneeInPhoCyte, Inc.
InventorsDavid S. Zakim, Max Diem
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Abstract
A biological cell sample holder for use in vibrational spectroscopy. The sample holder includes a rectangular body that has a central relief area and an opening through the relief area. A porous membrane is disposed in the opening and a metal coated disk is disposed on top of the porous membrane. The disk has pores of a predetermined size to allow fluid to pass through the disk but retain cells of interest on the disk.
Claims8
A sample holder for collecting and concentrating cells for use in vibrational spectroscopy, comprising:
- a central body having a predetermined shape;
- a relief area disposed in the central body;
- an opening disposed in through the central body at the relief area;
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- a porous structure disposed in the opening with the porous structure including pores of predetermined size for filtering cells of a predetermined size.
A sample holder for collecting and concentrating cells for use in reflectance spectroscopy, comprising:
- a central body having a predetermined shape;
- a relief area disposed in the central body;
- an opening disposed in through the central body at the relief area;
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- a porous structure comprising a metal-coated disk disposed in the opening with the porous structure including pores of predetermined size for filtering cells of a predetermined size.
A system for collecting and concentrating cells comprising:
- a central body having a predetermined shape;
- a relief area disposed in the central body;
- an opening disposed in through the central body at the relief area;
- a porous structure comprising a metal-coated disk disposed in the opening with the porous structure including pores of predetermined size for filtering cells of a predetermined size;
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- a tube membrane with a first open end for disposition over the disk, the tube membrane further including an elongated membrane with a reduced diameter at a second end, with the reduced diameter being porous with a predetermined pore size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.