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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Reametrix Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Norman R. Wainwright, Skaneateles, NY (US);
Bala S. Manian, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Eric Stimpson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian J. Kolonia, Walnutport, PA (US);
Robert K. Kolonia, Milford, NJ (US);
Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
ReaMetrix Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a porous planar cell capture system for use in determining the presence and/or amount of cells, for example, viable cells, in a liquid sample, and to methods of using such a cell capture system. The cell capture system contains a fluid permeable, planar membrane adopted to retain cells thereon, a fluid permeable support member that supports the membrane, and an optional register associated with the membrane.