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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Rarecyte, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Campton, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua Nordberg, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Steve Quarre, Woodinville, WA (US);
David Stewart, Seattle, WA (US);
Ronald Seubert, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan Lundt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lance U'Ren, Seattle, WA (US);
Jennifer Chow, Seattle, WA (US);
RareCyte, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for retrieving a target material from a sample. An enrichment agent may be added to a vessel that contains the sample for positive selection, or, in other words, to select or aid in selecting the target material from amongst the remainder of the sample. The enrichment agent may be, for example, immunomagnetic beads, buoyant beads, high-density beads, chemicals to change the density of the target material, or the like.