Optnics Precision Co., Ltd.

Nagoya University

Aichi Prefecture

Seiji Ito

Hayao Nakanishi

Seichin Kinuta

Yoshiyuki Ichinosawa

Fumihito Arai

Taisuke Masuda

Hiroyuki Honda

Akiko Yusa

Mina Okochi

Miyako Niimi

Haruki Douke

A device for preparing a glass slide specimen of cells has: a filter that has recesses, which capture target cells that are at least one of circulating tumor cells within blood or rare tumor cells within a body fluid, and pores that are formed in the recesses and that pass non-target cells therethrough; a glass slide that is superposed onto a surface of the filter, at a side at which the target cells are captured, and onto which the target cells are transferred; a cover member that is placed on a surface of the filter at a side opposite from the glass slide, and that seals in a buffer solution for immersing the target cells at interiors of the recesses; and a container into which the glass slide is immersed and in which is stored a preservation liquid that preserves the target cells that have been transferred onto the glass slide.

Method of preparing glass slide specimen of cells

A device for isolating periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells includes a metal filter having depressions that can capture periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells that are in a body fluid, and pores that are formed at the depressions and that can pass therethrough body fluid cells other than periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells.

Device for isolating periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells, and method of isolating periphery circulating tumor cells or rare cells

Provided is a microchannel chip, for microparticle separation, which can continuously separate microparticles, from a solution in which microparticles of different particle diameter are mixed, without needing to use an antibody or similar, and without causing clogging. Also provided are a microparticle separation method and a system for microparticle separation using the chip. Microparticles can be captured by using the microchannel chip for microparticle separation, the microchannel chip being characterised by being provided with a plurality of main channels and capture portions that are wider than the main channels and at least one of which is provided to each main channel.

Microchannel chip for microparticle separation, microparticle separation method and system for microparticle separation using chip

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Aichi, Japan

Seiji Ito