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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10173217 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2017

Sample processing method, sample processing chip, and sample processing apparatus

Applicant:

Sysmex Corporation, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;

Inventors:

Koya Yamawaki, Kobe, JP;

Ayato Tagawa, Kobe, JP;

Tsuyoshi Nakano, Kobe, JP;

Assignee:

SYSMEX CORPORATION, Hyogo, JP;

Attorney:

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Primary Examiner:

Jennifer Wecker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); G01N 1/44 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); B01F 5/06 (2006.01); B01F 3/08 (2006.01); B01F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01F 3/0807 (2013.01); B01F 5/0647 (2013.01); B01F 13/0062 (2013.01); B01F 13/0079 (2013.01); B01F 13/0081 (2013.01); B01L 7/00 (2013.01); G01N 1/31 (2013.01); G01N 1/38 (2013.01); G01N 1/44 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); B01L 2300/087 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0877 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0883 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01); B01L 2300/18 (2013.01); B01L 2300/185 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0445 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a sample processing method for processing a target component in a sample by use of a sample processing chip having a storage portion and a droplet forming flow path, the sample processing method including: storing, in the storage portion, a mixture of the target component and a predetermined amount of a diluent for causing the target component to be encapsulated by one molecule or by one particle into a droplet; heating the mixture in the storage portion to cause thermal convection in the storage portion thereby to mix the target component and the diluent together; and in the droplet forming flow path, forming droplets in a dispersion medium, each droplet containing the diluted target component and a reagent that reacts with the target component.

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