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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Janette T Phi-Wilson, Belmont, CA (US);
Diether J Recktenwald, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-2 ; 422102 ; 436810 ;
Abstract
A method for improving recovery of cells from liquid suspension by centrifuqation. The method comprises coating the interior of centrifuge containers with a solution comprising an amphipathic compound prior to introduction of the cell suspension and centrifugation. The method is suited for recovery or concentration of rare cells from dilute suspensions, for example when rare cells are isolated from a sample by sorting on a flow cytometer.