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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2022
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sunitha Nagrath, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel F. Hayes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kaylee J. Smith, St. Paul, MN (US);
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic device for focusing circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from whole blood without a sheath buffer includes a first section and a second section. The first section includes a single flow channel having a plurality of square corners, and the second section includes at least one flow channel having a plurality of curves positioned in a serpentine arrangement. A method of using the device including pumping a whole blood sample through the microfluidic device at a flow rate of approximately 2.4 mL/min to separate CTC enriched blood from waste.
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