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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2006
Yu-chong Tai, Pasadena, CA (US);
Siyang Zheng, Pasadena, CA (US);
Henry Lin, San Marino, CA (US);
Ram Datar, Alhambra, CA (US);
Richard Cote, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yu-Chong Tai, Pasadena, CA (US);
Siyang Zheng, Pasadena, CA (US);
Henry Lin, San Marino, CA (US);
Ram Datar, Alhambra, CA (US);
Richard Cote, Los Angeles, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a parylene-based membrane filter device for capturing of circulating tumor cells (CTC). The membrane filter has an array of holes having a predetermined geometric design with precisely controlled size, shape and density. In one aspect, the device has a stack of substantially parallel membrane filters with uniformly-spaced and/or monodispersed holes.