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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Chwee Teck Lim, Singapore, SG;
Jongyoon Han, Cambridge, MA (US);
Han Wei Hou, Singapore, SG;
Ali Asgar Bhagat, Singapore, SG;
Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Cambridge, MA (US);
Wong Cheng Lee, Singapore, SG;
Chwee Teck Lim, Singapore, SG;
Jongyoon Han, Cambridge, MA (US);
Han Wei Hou, Singapore, SG;
Ali Asgar Bhagat, Singapore, SG;
Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Cambridge, MA (US);
Wong Cheng Lee, Singapore, SG;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method of detecting one or more diseased blood cells in a blood sample includes introducing a blood sample into at least one inlet of a microfluidic device comprising one or more linear channels wherein each channel has a length and a cross-section of a height and a width defining an aspect ratio adapted to isolate diseased blood cells along at least one portion of the cross-section of the channel based on reduced deformability of diseased blood cells as compared to non-diseased blood cells, wherein diseased blood cells flow along a first portion of the channel to a first outlet and non-diseased blood cells flow along a second portion of the channel to a second outlet. The one or more channels can be adapted to isolate cells along portions of the cross-section of the channel based on cell size. In some embodiments, the one or more channels can be spiral channels.