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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Smartcatch, Toulouse, FR;
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees DE Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, FR;
Institut National Polytechnique DE Toulouse, Toulouse, FR;
Universite Toulouse Iii—paul Sabatier, Toulouse, FR;
Alejandro Kayum Jimenez-Zenteno, Toulouse, FR;
David Bourrier, Ramonville St Agne, FR;
Elise Bou, Toulouse, FR;
Aline Cerf, Saint Orens de Gameville, FR;
Hervé Aubert, Toulouse, FR;
Christophe Vieu, Auzeville Tolosane, FR;
Bernard Malavaud, Toulouse, FR;
SMARTCATCH, Toulouse, FR;
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, FR;
INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE TOULOUSE, Toulouse, FR;
INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE, Toulouse, FR;
UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE III—PAUL SABATIER, Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system for detecting at least one species present in a fluid, preferably for detecting at least one circulating cell or aggregate of cells present in a human or animal biological fluid, and in particular circulating tumor cells (CTC) present in a blood fluid, the detection system comprising means () for filtering the fluid, the filtering means () comprising a filtering membrane (), the filtrating membrane comprising at least one pore () designed to retain a species of a given type present in the fluid, the filtration means () further comprising at least one opening () designed to ensure, during operation within the fluid, the continuous circulation of the biological fluid, even when the at least one pore () is occupied.