09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Laboratory devices, apparatus and instruments, namely, testing devices comprising fluorimeters used to record fluorescence signals and produce data, thermal control elements for heating and cooling, light emitters such as lasers and light bulbs, lenses, mirrors, mechanical holders for placement of testing cassettes or cartridges; Computer software, computer programs and associated instruction manuals all for use in detecting, identifying, classifying, tagging, labeling, amplifying, testing, analyzing, determining sequence, evaluating, monitoring, purifying, counting, mapping, engineering, expressing, measuring, preparing, testing, mixing, heating and cooling chemical, biochemical, biological, genetic, pathological and toxic agents, pathogens, bacteria, germs, viruses, diseases, contagions, materials and samples; Apparatus and instruments for measuring DNA, RNA and protein and parts and fittings therefore.
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System and method for aseptically transferring fluid
A system for aseptically transferring a liquid substance comprises a sterilized vial filled with the liquid substance and sealed with a sterilized septum; a sterilized fluidic assembly including a piercing member including therein first and second channels and having a tip end that operably punctures the sterilized septum, the first and second channels having first and second channel openings at the tip end; a manual air pump; an inlet line fluidically connects the manual air pump to the first channel of the piercing member; and an outlet line fluidically connected to the second channel of the piercing member at one end and hermetically sealed at the other end; and a sterilized pouch enclosing and hermetically sealing the sterilized vial and the piercing member and operably allowing the piercing member to puncture the sterilized septum when the piercing member is manually pushed from the exterior of the sterilized pouch.
05 - Produits pharmaceutiques, vétérinaires et hygièniques
Produits et services
Pharmaceutical and biological preparations, namely, cell therapy products for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, and other medical conditions amenable to cellular therapy; immunotherapeutic preparations, including chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies and other cellular-based treatments, produced by a proprietary method for medical use.
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Methods and Apparatus to Separate Biological Entities
A magnetic device includes a holder; a plurality of conduits mounted on the holder; a plurality of magnetic assemblies, each magnetic assembly including a soft magnetic center pole having a bottom end and a tapered tip end; first and second soft magnetic side poles disposed on opposite sides of the soft magnetic center pole and respectively having first and second top ends that are bent towards the soft magnetic center pole; and a magnetic flux source generating a magnetic flux in the soft magnetic center pole and the first and second soft magnetic side poles, the magnetic flux being concentrated from the bottom end to the tapered tip end of the soft magnetic center pole and divided between the first and second top ends. Each conduit is disposed in a gap formed between the tapered tip end and the first and second top ends of a respective magnetic assembly.
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B01D 21/28 - Dispositifs mécaniques auxiliaires pour accélérer la sédimentation, p. ex. par des vibrateurs
B01D 35/06 - Filtres utilisant l'électricité ou le magnétisme
B01F 31/86 - Mélange au moyen de vibrations à haute fréquence supérieures à 1 kHz, p. ex. de vibrations ultrasoniques avec vibration du récipient ou d'une partie de celui-ci
B03C 1/005 - Prétraitement spécialement adapté à la séparation magnétique
B03C 1/033 - Éléments constitutifsOpérations auxiliaires caractérisés par le circuit magnétique
B03C 1/23 - Séparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs oscillantsSéparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs mobiles, p. ex. générés par des bobines magnétiques stationnairesSéparateurs à champ de Foucault, p. ex. à rampe glissante
G01N 15/00 - Recherche de caractéristiques de particulesRecherche de la perméabilité, du volume des pores ou de l'aire superficielle effective de matériaux poreux
G01N 27/74 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi de moyens électriques, électrochimiques ou magnétiques en recherchant des variables magnétiques des fluides
G01N 33/49 - Analyse physique de matériau biologique de matériau biologique liquide de sang
G01N 33/543 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet avec un support insoluble pour l'immobilisation de composés immunochimiques
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A microfluidic system for separating biological entities comprises a cooling device including a thermoelectric heat pump, a first fan, and a first heat exchanger disposed between the first fan and the thermoelectric heat pump; a first housing structure having a first shell that encases the first fan and the first heat exchanger; a microfluidic device and one or more piezoelectric transducers attached thereto; and a second housing structure reversibly attached to the first housing structure and having a second shell that encloses therein the microfluidic device and the one or more piezoelectric transducers. When the first and second housing structures are coupled, a first air passage is formed between a side of the first heat exchanger and an end of the microfluidic device, a second air passage is formed between the first fan and the piezoelectric transducers, thereby allowing air to circulate between the first and second air passages.
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Method for Magnetically Sorting Biological Objects
A method for magnetically sorting biological objects comprising the steps of providing a fluid sample containing an initial biological mixture that includes magnetically labeled biological objects; depositing a first biological mixture on the conduit wall of a conduit exposed to a magnetic field by flowing the fluid sample through the conduit; rinsing the first biological mixture by flowing a stream of buffer fluid through the conduit and filling the conduit with the buffer fluid; removing the magnetic field from the conduit; resuspending the first biological mixture in the buffer fluid to form a suspension of the first biological mixture by applying mechanical agitation to the conduit; and depositing a second biological mixture on the conduit wall by applying the magnetic field to the suspension of the first biological mixture in the conduit, wherein the second biological mixture has a magnetically labeled biological object purity higher than the first biological mixture.
G01N 33/543 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet avec un support insoluble pour l'immobilisation de composés immunochimiques
B82Y 15/00 - Nanotechnologie pour l’interaction, la détection ou l'actionnement, p. ex. points quantiques comme marqueurs en dosages protéiques ou moteurs moléculaires
G01N 33/569 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet pour micro-organismes, p. ex. protozoaires, bactéries, virus
G01N 33/58 - Analyse chimique de matériau biologique, p. ex. de sang ou d'urineTest par des méthodes faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiques par ligandsTest immunologique faisant intervenir des substances marquées
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Method and Apparatus for Magnetically Sorting Rare Cells
A method for magnetically sorting rare cells including the steps of (a) flowing a first fluid sample, which contains a first mixture of non-target and magnetically labeled target cells, unimpeded through a conduit of a magnetic separator device at a first flow rate to deposit on a conduit wall a second mixture of non-target and magnetically labeled target cells having a higher purity of the magnetically labeled target cells; (b) recovering the second mixture from the conduit wall by eluting with a buffer fluid to form a second fluid sample; repeating steps (a) and (b) at least one more time using the second fluid sample and a second flow rate to produce a third fluid sample containing a third mixture of non-target and magnetically labeled target cells having a higher purity than the second mixture, wherein the second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate.
G01N 33/569 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet pour micro-organismes, p. ex. protozoaires, bactéries, virus
G01N 33/543 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet avec un support insoluble pour l'immobilisation de composés immunochimiques
G01N 33/574 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet pour le cancer
01 - Produits chimiques destinés à l'industrie, aux sciences ainsi qu'à l'agriculture
05 - Produits pharmaceutiques, vétérinaires et hygièniques
Produits et services
Chemical, biological, and biochemical products for industrial and scientific purposes, other than for medical purposes, namely, biological cell cultures for scientific research purposes and not for medical or veterinary purposes; chemical products, namely, chemical additives for use in separation processes for biological materials; chemical, biochemical, and diagnostic reagents for non-medical scientific and medical research laboratory use, namely, for use in cell separation, labeling chemical, biochemical, and diagnostic reagents, cell culture media for growing cells, tempering substances, and chemical and protein ingredients for the preparation of media; chemical, biochemical, and diagnostic reagents for non-medical scientific purposes for the processing, separation, isolation, enrichment, transduction, transfection, depletion, detection, screening, analysis, and counting of materials, namely, chemical materials and biological materials, especially biological cells; chemical, biochemical, and diagnostic reagents for non-medical scientific purposes with magnetic beads; antibody reagents with fluorescent molecules used for the detection of antigens in cells and tissue, other than for medical or veterinary purposes; chemical preparations for scientific purposes, namely, chemical buffer solutions and chemical reagents for use with laboratory instruments, especially separation instruments, analysis instruments, and reactor instruments; reagents for scientific purposes, namely, for processing of biological material, especially tissue, bone marrow, cells, and blood and its components, other than for medical or veterinary purposes; diagnostic reagents and diagnostic preparations for scientific purposes and for use in medical research laboratories; biological tissue cell culture media, cell culture media, and cryogenic chemical preparations for scientific purposes, namely, for use in the freezing of genetic and blood tissue; chemical, biochemical, and diagnostic reagents for non-medical scientific purposes, namely, for use in biotechnology, in biological treatment processes, and in the biotechnology industry Reagents for medical and veterinary use, namely, for the processing, separation, isolation, enrichment, transduction, transfection, depletion, detection, screening, analysis, and counting of material, especially of biological materials and biological cells; reagents with magnetic beads for medical and veterinary use; antibody reagents used for the detection of antigens in cells and tissue for medical purposes; disinfectants for medical instruments in the nature of buffer solutions and reagents for use with medical instruments, especially separation instruments, analysis instruments, and reactor instruments; reagents for medical and veterinary use, namely, for the processing of biological material, especially tissue, bone marrow, cells, and blood and its components; culture media for cultivating human, animal, and microorganism cells for medical purposes; diagnostic reagents and diagnostic preparations for medical and veterinary purposes; cryopreservation cell freezing media for medical and veterinary purposes; pharmaceutical products, namely, pharmaceutical preparations for the cellular therapy treatment of cancer, autoimmunity, infection, inflammation, tissue-based diseases, and immunological, dermatological, and neurological diseases; chemical, biological, and biochemical products for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes, namely, diagnostic preparations made from chemicals and biochemicals for medical purposes for the treatment of cancer, autoimmunity, and dermatological, neurological, and cardiovascular diseases
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Method and Apparatus for Magnetically Sorting Biological Objects
A process for magnetically sorting biological objects includes the steps of applying a magnetic field generated by a magnetic assembly to a flexible conduit; flowing a sample fluid containing magnetically labeled biological objects through the flexible conduit to collect the magnetically labeled biological objects on a conduit wall; removing the magnetic field from the flexible conduit; and mechanically deforming the flexible conduit to loosen the magnetically labeled biological objects collected on the conduit wall.
The present invention is directed to a method for sorting biological objects including the steps of providing a magnetic device that includes a conduit or channel having upstream and downstream sections and a magnetic means for generating first and second magnetic fields in the upstream and downstream sections, respectively; flowing a sample fluid that includes magnetically labeled biological objects and unlabeled biological objects through the upstream section to magnetically saturate the magnetically labeled biological objects by the first magnetic field; and flowing the sample fluid from the upstream section continuously to the downstream section to collect the magnetically labeled biological objects on a wall of the downstream section by the second magnetic field, wherein the first magnetic field in the upstream section has a higher average field strength than the second magnetic field in the downstream section.
A magnetic device for processing biological objects including a soft magnetic center pole having a bottom end and a tapered tip end; first and second soft magnetic side poles disposed on opposite sides of the soft magnetic center pole and respectively having first and second bottom ends, the first and second soft magnetic side poles respectively having first and second top ends that bend inward toward the soft magnetic center pole with a first outward side of the first top end and a second outward side of the second top end being substantially coplanar; a magnetic flux source generating magnetic flux in the soft magnetic center pole and the first and second soft magnetic side poles; and a channel plate having a channel embedded therein and a first planar surface that is operable to be in contact with or in close proximity to the first and second outward sides.
H01F 7/20 - Électro-aimantsActionneurs comportant des électro-aimants sans armature
H01F 1/12 - Aimants ou corps magnétiques, caractérisés par les matériaux magnétiques appropriésEmploi de matériaux spécifiés pour leurs propriétés magnétiques en matériaux inorganiques caractérisés par leur coercivité en matériaux magnétiques doux
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09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
10 - Appareils et instruments médicaux
Produits et services
Laboratory apparatus, namely, an automated system for magnetic cell separation and parts and fittings; magnetic cell separation system comprised of instruments for laboratory use, namely, magnet, valves, sensors, indicators, controller, and pump; disposables for laboratory use, namely, fluidic components, tubing and bags for cell selection, preparation, separation and collection Medical apparatus and instruments, namely, an automated system for magnetic cell separation and parts and fittings; magnetic cell separation system comprised of instruments for medical use, namely, magnet, valves, sensors, indicators, controller, and pump; disposables for medical use, namely, fluidic components, tubing and bags for cell selection, preparation, separation and collection
01 - Produits chimiques destinés à l'industrie, aux sciences ainsi qu'à l'agriculture
Produits et services
Chemical, biological and biochemical products for industrial and scientific purposes, other than for medical purposes, namely, biological tissue cultures for industrial and scientific purposes and not for medical or veterinary purposes; chemical products, namely, chemical additives for use in separation processes for biological materials; chemical, biochemical and diagnostic reagents for cell separation, labelling chemical, biochemical and diagnostic reagents, reagents, cell culture media for growing cells, tempering substances and chemical ingredients for the preparation of media, all for non-medical commercial and scientific purposes and for the use in medical research laboratories; chemical, biochemical and diagnostic reagents for non-medical purposes for the processing, separation, isolation, enrichment, depletion, detection, screening, analysis and counting of materials, especially of chemical and biological material; chemical, biochemical and diagnostic reagents for non-medical purposes with magnetic beads; antibody reagents other than for medical or veterinary purposes; chemical buffer solutions and reagents for use with laboratory instruments, especially separation instruments, analysis instruments, reactors and imaging instruments; reagents for processing of biological material, especially tissue, bone marrow, cells, blood and its components other than for medical or veterinary purposes; diagnostic reagents and preparations for scientific purposes and for use in medical laboratories; biological tissue culture media, cell culture media, cryogenic chemical preparations for use in the freezing of genetic and blood tissue, contrast agents, contrast agents for in-vivo imaging, all for scientific purposes; chemical, biochemical and diagnostic reagents for use in biotechnology, in biological treatment processes and in the biotechnology industry for non-medical purposes
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Acoustic Separation of Biological Entities by Microfluidic Devices
A method for separating biological entities in a fluid sample, which contains small, medium, and large biological entities, includes the steps introducing the fluid sample into a first microfluidic device as two streams along two sidewalls thereof; applying a first power to the first microfluidic device to exert a first acoustic radiation pressure to produce a first output fluid having a higher relative fraction of the large biological entities than the fluid sample and a second output fluid having a lower relative fraction of the large biological entities than the fluid sample; introducing the second output fluid into a second microfluidic device as two streams along two sidewalls thereof; and applying a second power, which is higher than the first power, to the second microfluidic device to exert a second acoustic radiation pressure to produce a third output fluid having a higher relative fraction of the medium biological entities than the fluid sample.
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G01N 15/10 - Recherche de particules individuelles
B01J 19/10 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage utilisant des vibrations de fréquences audibles ou des ultrasons
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Separation of Immune Cells by Multiple Microfluidic Devices
A method for extracting or enriching immune cells in a fluid sample, which contains immune and cancer cells and debris, includes the steps introducing the fluid sample into a first microfluidic device as two streams along two sidewalls thereof; applying a first power to the first microfluidic device to exert a first acoustic radiation pressure to produce a first output fluid having a higher relative fraction of the cancer cells than the fluid sample and a second output fluid having a lower relative fraction of the cancer cells than the fluid sample; introducing the second output fluid into a second microfluidic device as two streams along two sidewalls thereof; and applying a second power, which is higher than the first power, to the second microfluidic device to exert a second acoustic radiation pressure to produce a third output fluid having a higher relative fraction of the immune cells than the fluid sample.
C12N 5/00 - Cellules non différenciées humaines, animales ou végétales, p. ex. lignées cellulairesTissusLeur culture ou conservationMilieux de culture à cet effet
C12N 13/00 - Traitement de micro-organismes ou d'enzymes par énergie électrique ou ondulatoire, p. ex. par magnétisme, par des ondes sonores
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A microfluidic system for separating biological entities includes a cooling device including a thermoelectric heat pump, a first fan, and a first heat exchanger disposed between the first fan and the thermoelectric heat pump; a first housing structure having a first shell that encases the first fan and the first heat exchanger; a microfluidic device and one or more piezoelectric transducers attached thereto; and a second housing structure reversibly attached to the first housing structure and having a second shell that encloses therein the microfluidic device and the one or more piezoelectric transducers. When the first and second housing structures are coupled, a first air passage is formed between a side of the first heat exchanger and an end of the microfluidic device, a second air passage is formed between the first fan and the piezoelectric transducers, thereby allowing air to circulate between the first and second air passages.
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F25D 19/00 - Disposition ou montage des groupes frigorifiques dans les dispositifs
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Microfluidic chip for acoustic separation of biological objects
A microfluidic device for sorting biological objects includes a microfluidic chip including a planar substrate having first and second planar surfaces, the planar substrate including first and second networks of channels recessed respectively from the first and second planar surfaces and fluidically connected by way of at least a through-hole in the planar substrate; a first lid attached to the first planar surface of the planar substrate and substantially covering the first network of channels; and a second lid attached to the second planar surface of the planar substrate and substantially covering the second network of channels; and one or more piezoelectric transducers attached to the first lid and/or the second lid and configured to generate first and second acoustic standing waves in a first linear channel of the first network of channels and a second linear channel of the second network of channels, respectively.
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A61K 38/27 - Hormone de croissance [GH], c.-à-d. somatotropine
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B01F 31/86 - Mélange au moyen de vibrations à haute fréquence supérieures à 1 kHz, p. ex. de vibrations ultrasoniques avec vibration du récipient ou d'une partie de celui-ci
B03C 1/005 - Prétraitement spécialement adapté à la séparation magnétique
B03C 1/033 - Éléments constitutifsOpérations auxiliaires caractérisés par le circuit magnétique
B03C 1/23 - Séparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs oscillantsSéparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs mobiles, p. ex. générés par des bobines magnétiques stationnairesSéparateurs à champ de Foucault, p. ex. à rampe glissante
G01N 15/00 - Recherche de caractéristiques de particulesRecherche de la perméabilité, du volume des pores ou de l'aire superficielle effective de matériaux poreux
G01N 27/74 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi de moyens électriques, électrochimiques ou magnétiques en recherchant des variables magnétiques des fluides
G01N 33/49 - Analyse physique de matériau biologique de matériau biologique liquide de sang
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G01N 35/00 - Analyse automatique non limitée à des procédés ou à des matériaux spécifiés dans un seul des groupes Manipulation de matériaux à cet effet
18.
Biological entity separation device and method of use
The current invention generally relates to apparatus and method to analyze and separate biological entities, including cells, bacteria and molecules from human blood, body tissue, body fluid and other human related biological samples. The claimed apparatus and method analyze, or detect, biological entities based on optical signals received from said entities by using optical detectors. The claimed apparatus and method further separate biological entities with using micro-actuator activated sorting devices.
The current invention relates to the method and apparatus to magnetically separate biological entities with magnetic labels from a fluid sample. The claimed magnetic separation device removes biological entities with magnetic labels from its fluidic solution by using a soft-magnetic center pole with two soft-magnetic side poles. The claimed device further includes processes to dissociate entities conglomerate after magnetic separation.
G01N 33/49 - Analyse physique de matériau biologique de matériau biologique liquide de sang
B01D 21/28 - Dispositifs mécaniques auxiliaires pour accélérer la sédimentation, p. ex. par des vibrateurs
B01F 11/02 - Mélangeurs avec mécanismes à secousses, oscillants ou vibrants au moyen de vibrations ultrasonores
G01N 33/543 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet avec un support insoluble pour l'immobilisation de composés immunochimiques
G01N 35/00 - Analyse automatique non limitée à des procédés ou à des matériaux spécifiés dans un seul des groupes Manipulation de matériaux à cet effet
A61K 38/27 - Hormone de croissance [GH], c.-à-d. somatotropine
C12Q 1/6806 - Préparation d’acides nucléiques pour analyse, p. ex. pour test de réaction en chaîne par polymérase [PCR]
B03C 1/005 - Prétraitement spécialement adapté à la séparation magnétique
B01D 35/06 - Filtres utilisant l'électricité ou le magnétisme
G01N 27/74 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi de moyens électriques, électrochimiques ou magnétiques en recherchant des variables magnétiques des fluides
B03C 1/23 - Séparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs oscillantsSéparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs mobiles, p. ex. générés par des bobines magnétiques stationnairesSéparateurs à champ de Foucault, p. ex. à rampe glissante
G01N 15/00 - Recherche de caractéristiques de particulesRecherche de la perméabilité, du volume des pores ou de l'aire superficielle effective de matériaux poreux
B01F 31/86 - Mélange au moyen de vibrations à haute fréquence supérieures à 1 kHz, p. ex. de vibrations ultrasoniques avec vibration du récipient ou d'une partie de celui-ci
The current invention relates to the device and method to separate biological entities from a sample fluid by a microfluidic device. The claimed methods separate biological entities by differentiating the sizes of the biological entities with ultrasound modes. The claimed methods further utilize a multi-staged design that removes smaller size entities at earlier and wider sections and concentrates larger entities at later and narrower sections of a microfluidic channel.
G01N 33/49 - Analyse physique de matériau biologique de matériau biologique liquide de sang
B01D 21/28 - Dispositifs mécaniques auxiliaires pour accélérer la sédimentation, p. ex. par des vibrateurs
G01N 33/543 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet avec un support insoluble pour l'immobilisation de composés immunochimiques
G01N 35/00 - Analyse automatique non limitée à des procédés ou à des matériaux spécifiés dans un seul des groupes Manipulation de matériaux à cet effet
A61K 38/27 - Hormone de croissance [GH], c.-à-d. somatotropine
C12Q 1/6806 - Préparation d’acides nucléiques pour analyse, p. ex. pour test de réaction en chaîne par polymérase [PCR]
B03C 1/005 - Prétraitement spécialement adapté à la séparation magnétique
B01D 35/06 - Filtres utilisant l'électricité ou le magnétisme
G01N 27/74 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi de moyens électriques, électrochimiques ou magnétiques en recherchant des variables magnétiques des fluides
B03C 1/23 - Séparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs oscillantsSéparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs mobiles, p. ex. générés par des bobines magnétiques stationnairesSéparateurs à champ de Foucault, p. ex. à rampe glissante
G01N 15/00 - Recherche de caractéristiques de particulesRecherche de la perméabilité, du volume des pores ou de l'aire superficielle effective de matériaux poreux
B01F 31/86 - Mélange au moyen de vibrations à haute fréquence supérieures à 1 kHz, p. ex. de vibrations ultrasoniques avec vibration du récipient ou d'une partie de celui-ci
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Methods and apparatus to separate biological entities
The current invention relates to the method and apparatus to separate biological entities from a fluid sample. The claimed methods separate biological entities based on size of entities by using acoustic pressure nodes in a microfluidic device. The claimed methods further separate biological entities with magnetic labels and by using a magnetic device. The claimed methods further include combination of microfluidic devices and magnetic devices to separate biological entities from a fluid sample.
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B01D 35/06 - Filtres utilisant l'électricité ou le magnétisme
B01F 31/86 - Mélange au moyen de vibrations à haute fréquence supérieures à 1 kHz, p. ex. de vibrations ultrasoniques avec vibration du récipient ou d'une partie de celui-ci
B03C 1/005 - Prétraitement spécialement adapté à la séparation magnétique
B03C 1/033 - Éléments constitutifsOpérations auxiliaires caractérisés par le circuit magnétique
B03C 1/23 - Séparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs oscillantsSéparation magnétique agissant directement sur la substance à séparer le matériau étant déplacé sous l'effet de champs mobiles, p. ex. générés par des bobines magnétiques stationnairesSéparateurs à champ de Foucault, p. ex. à rampe glissante
G01N 15/00 - Recherche de caractéristiques de particulesRecherche de la perméabilité, du volume des pores ou de l'aire superficielle effective de matériaux poreux
G01N 27/74 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi de moyens électriques, électrochimiques ou magnétiques en recherchant des variables magnétiques des fluides
G01N 33/49 - Analyse physique de matériau biologique de matériau biologique liquide de sang
G01N 33/543 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet avec un support insoluble pour l'immobilisation de composés immunochimiques
G01N 35/00 - Analyse automatique non limitée à des procédés ou à des matériaux spécifiés dans un seul des groupes Manipulation de matériaux à cet effet
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Magnetic biological entity separation device and method of use
The current invention relates to the method and apparatus to magnetically separate biological entities with magnetic labels from a fluid sample. The claimed methods separate biological entities with magnetic labels by using a magnetic device. The claimed methods further include processes to dissociate biological entities magnetic conglomerate after magnetic separation.
G01N 33/543 - Tests immunologiquesTests faisant intervenir la formation de liaisons biospécifiquesMatériaux à cet effet avec un support insoluble pour l'immobilisation de composés immunochimiques
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B01F 11/02 - Mélangeurs avec mécanismes à secousses, oscillants ou vibrants au moyen de vibrations ultrasonores
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09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Apparatus and instruments, namely, laboratory apparatus and instruments for the separation and processing of biological material for scientific use; apparatus for magnetic cell separation, namely, magnetic separators for scientific use; apparatus for microfluidics cell separation, namely, microfluidics separators for scientific use; sacks, bags, sheets, tubes and connectors for scientific purposes, in particular for tissue and blood collection; spare parts for the aforesaid goods; All the of the aforementioned for scientific stem cell research
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Apparatus and instruments, namely, laboratory apparatus and instruments for the separation and processing of biological material for scientific use; apparatus for magnetic cell separation, namely, magnetic separators for scientific use; apparatus for microfluidics cell separation, namely, microfluidics separators for scientific use; sacks, bags, sheets, tubes and connectors for scientific purposes, in particular for tissue and blood collection; spare parts for the aforesaid goods; All the of the aforementioned for scientific stem cell research
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Apparatus and instruments, namely, laboratory apparatus and instruments for the separation and processing of biological material for scientific use; apparatus for magnetic cell separation, namely, magnetic separators for scientific use; apparatus for microfluidics cell separation, namely, microfluidics separators for scientific use; sacks, bags, sheets, tubes and connectors for scientific purposes, in particular for tissue and blood collection; spare parts for the aforesaid goods; All the of the aforementioned for scientific stem cell research