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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Diagnologix, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);
Guixin Shi, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Benchimol, San Diego, CA (US);
Tyler Watson, San Diego, CA (US);
DIAGNOLOGIX, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and devices for the isolation of biological agents that are infused in a solution causing those agents to float. These systems and devices have numerous research, diagnostic, clinical, consumer, and other applications. An aspect of the disclosure provides for an apparatus for isolation or enrichment of biological agents from a sample comprising: a sample container comprising an inner volume to hold a sample and a plurality of micro bubbles, a tapered end and an open end, a plunger inserted into the open end and a tip of the tapered end forming an acute angle relative to the horizontal axis of the sample container, wherein the plurality of micro bubbles float one or more biological agents of the sample and wherein the plunger moves towards the tip to isolate or enrich the one or more biological agents from the sample.