System and method for capturing and analyzing cells
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at fluid delivery module comprising a cartridge having a first chamber, a second chamber displaced from the first chamber, and a piercer, the first chamber containing a first liquid and the second chamber containing a second liquid, providing a first movement along a first non-linear path, about an axis, between the first chamber and the piercer, wherein the first chamber is offset from the axis;
opening a first outlet of the first chamber with the piercer;
upon opening the first outlet, delivering the first liquid along a fluid path from the first outlet into a cell capture device, wherein the fluid path is offset from the axis;
delivering a biological sample, including a target cell population, into the cell capture device by exerting a first set of pressure pulses on the biological sample, thereby capturing the target cell population at the cell capture device;
washing the target cell population captured from the biological sample at the cell capture device, wherein washing comprises;
providing a second movement along a second non-linear path, relative to the axis, between the second chamber and the piercer, wherein the second chamber is offset from the axis,opening a second outlet of the second chamber with the piercer, anddelivering the second liquid along the fluid path into the cell capture device with a second set of pressure pulses; and
delivering the target cell population from the sample processing system.
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Abstract
A system for isolating cells in at least one of single-cell format and single-cluster format, comprising a reservoir, including a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet, configured to receive a biological sample and to receive at least one fluid, a manifold configured to receive and deliver the biological sample and the at least one fluid from the reservoir into a biological sample substrate, the manifold comprising a broad surface comprising a central region configured to receive the biological sample substrate, a set of openings configured to enable fluid flow transmission across the biological sample substrate, a manifold inlet configured to transmit flow from the reservoir the first subset of openings, a manifold outlet configured at a downstream end of the broad surface and coupled to the second subset of openings, the manifold outlet configured to transmit waste fluid from the manifold.
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9 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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at fluid delivery module comprising a cartridge having a first chamber, a second chamber displaced from the first chamber, and a piercer, the first chamber containing a first liquid and the second chamber containing a second liquid, providing a first movement along a first non-linear path, about an axis, between the first chamber and the piercer, wherein the first chamber is offset from the axis; opening a first outlet of the first chamber with the piercer; upon opening the first outlet, delivering the first liquid along a fluid path from the first outlet into a cell capture device, wherein the fluid path is offset from the axis; delivering a biological sample, including a target cell population, into the cell capture device by exerting a first set of pressure pulses on the biological sample, thereby capturing the target cell population at the cell capture device; washing the target cell population captured from the biological sample at the cell capture device, wherein washing comprises; providing a second movement along a second non-linear path, relative to the axis, between the second chamber and the piercer, wherein the second chamber is offset from the axis, opening a second outlet of the second chamber with the piercer, and delivering the second liquid along the fluid path into the cell capture device with a second set of pressure pulses; and delivering the target cell population from the sample processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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