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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Utkan Demirci, Stanford, CA (US);
Ionita Ghiran, Boston, MA (US);
Savas Tasoglu, Storrs, CT (US);
Ronald W. Davis, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lars Steinmetz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Naside Gozde Durmus, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Huseyin Cumhur Tekin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC., Boston, MA (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA (US);
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Magnetic cell levitation and cell monitoring systems and methods are disclosed. A method for separating a heterogeneous population of cells is performed by placing a microcapillary channel containing the heterogeneous population of cells in a magnetically-responsive medium in the disclosed levitation system and separating the cells by balancing magnetic and corrected gravitational forces on the individual cells. A levitation system is also disclosed, having a microscope on which the microcapillary channel is placed and a set of two magnets between which the microcapillary channel is placed. Additionally, a method for monitoring cellular processes in real-time using the levitation system is disclosed.