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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:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Howie Kaufman, Newton, MA (US);
Lawrence Burg, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Howie Kaufman, Newton, MA (US);
Lawrence Burg, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cytyc Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 35/06 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/553 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for separating components from a patient sample is provided. In particular, the present invention provides a method for the separation of red blood cells or red blood cell components from a patient sample by the use of magnetic beads.