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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2018
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Micareo Inc., Taipei, TW;
Daniel T. Chiu, Seattle, WA (US);
Mengxia Zhao, Seattle, WA (US);
Eleanor S. Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
Perry G. Schiro, Burlingame, CA (US);
Hui Min Yu, New Taipei, TW;
Wei-Feng Fang, Taoyuan, TW;
Jui-Lin Chen, Taipei, TW;
University of Washnington, Seattle, WA (US);
Micareo Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
Provided herein, among other aspects, are methods and apparatuses for analyzing particles in a sample. In some aspects, the particles can be analytes, cells, nucleic acids, or proteins and can be contacted with a tag, partitioned into aliquots, detected by a ranking device, and isolated. The methods and apparatuses provided herein may include a microfluidic chip. In some aspects, the methods and apparatuses may be used to quantify rare particles in a sample, such as cancer cells and other rare cells for disease diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment.