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Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Acea Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nan Li, San Diego, CA (US);

Sean Lee, San Diego, CA (US);

Kilo Vilayphone, San Diego, CA (US);

Xiaobo Wang, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

ACEA Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1404 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of collecting cells from individual wells of a multi-well plate for use in flow cytometry, the method including adding a suspension of cells to wells of the multi-well plate; and aspirating cells from different wells according to a collection pattern into a flow cytometer, wherein the collection pattern is a sequential ordering of wells beginning at a middle region of the multi-well plate and continuing towards an outer region of the multi-well plate. The method preferably including rotating or agitating the multi-well plate between steps of aspirating cells from different wells. Exemplary collection patterns include spiral-square collection pattern and a nearest well to center collection pattern.


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