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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Teruo Hiruma, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hidenao Iwai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Susumu Terakawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
National University Corporation Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A cell sorting apparatus includes an extracorporeal circulation systemfor sampling blood from a subject and circulating the blood outside a body; a cell measuring sectionfor supplying measurement light to cells contained in the blood to optically measure cell information on the physical quantity relating to the volume of the cell itself or a nucleus of the cell; and a cell separating sectionfor separating cells with reference to the cell information measured. The cell separating sectionseparates cells, based on the cell information measured by the cell measuring sectionand a sorting condition set for sorting a specific type of cell such as a cancer cell, the cells satisfying the sorting condition, and returns the other cells into the body via the extracorporeal circulation system. Thus, a cell sorting apparatus can be realized which is capable of suitably sorting a target cell from the cells in blood.