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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Galla Chandra Rao, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Brad Foulk, Chalfont, PA (US);
Denis Smirnov, Media, PA (US);
Karl Nielsen, Pitman, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5005 (2013.01); G01N 33/5044 (2013.01); G01N 33/54313 (2013.01); G01N 33/54326 (2013.01); G01N 33/54333 (2013.01); G01N 33/57492 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01); G01N 33/583 (2013.01); G01N 33/585 (2013.01); G01N 33/6854 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed invention includes methods and kits for the removal of white blood cells from samples of immunomagnetically enriched rare cells by treating the sample with a leukocyte marker conjugated to a hapten which adheres to the white blood cells and treating the resulting product with a second medium that adheres to the hapten of the white blood cells that are labeled with the leukocyte marker conjugated to hapten and removing the labeled white blood cells.