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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Gary Pestano, Lafayette, CO (US);
Ryan Dittamore, San Diego, CA (US);
Karl Garsha, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Michael Otter, Tucson, AZ (US);
Chol Steven Yun, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alexandra Dea Nagy, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/574 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/57434 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); G01N 2800/52 (2013.01); G01N 2800/54 (2013.01); G01N 2800/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides methods for automated characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), for example using automated tissue strainers. In specific examples, such methods permit characterizing a prostate cancer sample by simultaneously or contemporaneously detecting ERG rearrangements and PTEN deletions in the same CTC. Also provided are kits that can be used with such methods.