Devices and methods for enrichment and alteration of cells and other particles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8021614
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11449149

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The invention features devices and methods for the deterministic separation of particles. Exemplary methods include the enrichment of a sample in a desired particle or the alteration of a desired particle in the device. The devices and methods are advantageously employed to enrich for rare cells, e.g., fetal cells, present in a sample, e.g., maternal blood and rare cell components, e.g., fetal cell nuclei. The invention further provides a method for preferentially lysing cells of interest in a sample, e.g., to extract clinical information from a cellular component, e.g., a nucleus, of the cells of interest. In general, the method employs differential lysis between the cells of interest and other cells (e.g., other nucleated cells) in the sample.

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ZEON CORPORATION6-2 MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1008246

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barber, Thomas A Cambridge, US 12 559
Carvalho, Bruce L Watertown, US 34 2353
Huang, Lotien Richard Brookline, US 18 1014
Kapur, Ravi Stoughton, US 102 6293
Toner, Mehmet Wellesley, US 179 7163
Vernucci, Paul Billerica, US 17 609
Wang, Zihua Newton, US 34 2180

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