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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Oyama, JP;
Hisashige Kanbara, Oyama, JP;
Yoshihito Kikuhara, Oyama, JP;
Kyosuke Suzuki, Tsukuba, JP;
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A metal filter includes a plurality of through holes. An opening shape of each of the plurality of through holes is a rectangle or rounded-rectangle and a length of a short side of the rectangle or a rounded rectangle is 5 to 15 μm. A method for concentrating cancer cells using the metal filter includes separating cancer cells from blood and blood cell constituents by passing blood, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets through the plurality of through holes while capturing cancer cells to concentrate the cancer cells.