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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2019
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Yamagata University, Yamagata, JP;
Yasuhisa Minagawa, Kobe, JP;
Masaru Tanaka, Yonezawa, JP;
Haruka Emura, Yonezawa, JP;
Kazuki Suto, Yonezawa, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe, JP;
YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY, Yamagata, JP;
Abstract
Provided are specific cell-fractionating and -capturing methods which can fractionate and capture, respectively, specific cells (e.g., many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM, or peripheral blood stem cells). Included is a method for fractionating specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including fractionating the blood or biological fluid by centrifugation to collect the specific cells in the blood or biological fluid, the centrifugation being carried out using a container having a low protein adsorbing layer at least partially formed on the inner surface thereof.