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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2016
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Qihua Xu, Cary, NC (US);
Alexander G. Lastovich, Raleigh, NC (US);
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A filtration cell () for a biological sample including an upper chamber for receiving the biological sample to be filtered, a lower chamber in fluid communication with the upper chamber, and a filtration membrane () positioned between the upper chamber and the lower chamber is disclosed. A surface of the filtration membrane has a contact angle >90°. The flow of the biological sample through the upper chamber may be tangential to the filtration membrane and a filtrate passing through the filtration membrane may be collected in the lower chamber. Also, a method of filtering a biological sample including passing the biological sample through an upper chamber of a filtration cell as described above and collecting a filtrate in the lower chamber is disclosed.