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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5302 (2013.01); G01N 21/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/574 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting and enumerating a rare cell in blood. The apparatus comprises a sample collector configured to collect a blood sample and receive a complex in which a target antibody and a marker are coupled; a measuring kit connected to the sample collector in such a way that a mixture of the blood sample and the complex is injected into the measuring kit, thereby individually trapping a blood cell; and a detector configured to detect and enumerate the rare cell having an antigen-antibody reaction with the target antibody among the blood cell trapped in the measuring kit.