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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Acousort Ab, Lund, SE;
Thomas Laurell, Lund, SE;
Carl Grenvall, Lund, SE;
Cecilia Magnusson, Malmö, SE;
Per Augustsson, Lund, SE;
ACOUSORT AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
The invention provides a micro scaled method and system for separating a subgroup of cells and/or particles from a mixture of different types of cells and/or particles in a suspension. The suspension is forced under pressure into an inlet and further into a pre-alignment channel wherein the suspension is subjected to a two dimensional acoustic force directed perpendicular to the length direction of the pre-alignment channel. The suspension is then forced into a second inlet and further into at least one separation channel wherein the mixture of cells and/or particles are forced towards the walls of the channel and subjected to a one dimensional acoustic force directed perpendicular to the length direction of the separation channel. Cells and/or particles having the same size and/or mass density and/or compressibility are collected through at least two outlets.