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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Wakefield, MA (US);
Denis Loginov, Dorchester Center, MA (US);
J. Christopher Love, Somerville, MA (US);
Alan Stockdale, Providence, RI (US);
Todd Gierahn, Brookline, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.