Microfluidic device for cell separation and uses thereof
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C12M-001/34
C12M-003/00
출원번호
US-0726230
(2007-03-21)
등록번호
US-8304230
(2012-11-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Toner, Mehmet
Truskey, George
Kapur, Ravi
출원인 / 주소
The General Hospital Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Fish & Richardson P.C.
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초록▼
The invention features methods for separating cells from a sample (e.g., separating fetal red blood cells from maternal blood). The method begins with the introduction of a sample including cells into one or more microfluidic channels. In one embodiment, the device includes at least two processing s
The invention features methods for separating cells from a sample (e.g., separating fetal red blood cells from maternal blood). The method begins with the introduction of a sample including cells into one or more microfluidic channels. In one embodiment, the device includes at least two processing steps. For example, a mixture of cells is introduced into a microfluidic channel that selectively allows the passage of a desired type of cell, and the population of cells enriched in the desired type is then introduced into a second microfluidic channel that allows the passage of the desired cell to produce a population of cells further enriched in the desired type. The selection of cells is based on a property of the cells in the mixture, for example, size, shape, deformability, surface characteristics (e.g., cell surface receptors or antigens and membrane permeability), or intracellular properties (e.g., expression of a particular enzyme).
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1. A flow-through device for enriching tumor cells or epithelial cells, or both, in a blood sample, the device comprising a flow chamber through which the blood sample flows along a flow path;an array of obstacles distributed in the flow chamber, wherein the obstacles in the array are arranged in at
1. A flow-through device for enriching tumor cells or epithelial cells, or both, in a blood sample, the device comprising a flow chamber through which the blood sample flows along a flow path;an array of obstacles distributed in the flow chamber, wherein the obstacles in the array are arranged in at least two rows aligned normal to the flow path, wherein the obstacles are equally spaced within each row in the array, and each successive row of obstacles is shifted in a direction normal to the flow path relative to the obstacles in the preceding row;wherein (i) a distance between the obstacles varies in the flow direction and (ii) the obstacles have the same shape; andwherein the array of obstacles forms a network of microfluidic channels disposed to selectively enrich tumor cells or epithelial cells, or both in a blood sample flowed through the device by a factor of at least 1000. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device selectively enriches tumor cells. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device retains at least 60% of the tumor cells or epithelial cells present in the blood sample. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein a row of obstacles in the array is shifted by a distance equal to a radius of capture of the tumor cells or epithelial cells. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein said device enriches tumor cells or epithelial cells, or both, from said blood sample from said patient by a factor of at least 100,000. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the array is configured to enable flow of cells without mechanically damaging them. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein the obstacles in each of the rows in the array are spaced apart by at most 100 μm, and wherein the obstacles in a given row of obstacles in the array are shifted in a direction normal to the flow path by a distance of at most 50 μm-with respect to obstacles in an adjacent row. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the array of obstacles is coated with a binding moiety that selectively binds to epithelial cells. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein the array of obstacles is coated with a binding moiety that selectively binds to tumor cells. 10. The device of claim 1, wherein a distance between edges of two adjacent obstacles in the array of obstacles is larger than a size of a largest cell in the blood sample. 11. The device of claim 1, wherein the obstacles are circular in cross-section. 12. The device of claim 1, wherein a diameter of an obstacle is 5 μm, 10 μm, 25 μm, 50 μm, 75 μm, 100 μm, or 250 μm. 13. The device of claim 1, wherein each obstacle is 5 μm, 10 μm, 25 μm, 50 μm, 75 μm, or 250 μm at a widest point of the obstacle. 14. The device of claim 1, wherein a spacing between the obstacles is 10 μm, 25 μm, 50 μm, 75 μm, 100 μm, 250 μm, 500 μm, or 750 μm. 15. The device of claim 8, wherein the binding moiety is an antibody. 16. The device of claim 15, wherein the binding moiety is an antibody to a cell surface receptor. 17. The device of claim 1, wherein the obstacles in the array are spaced at most 100 μm center to center. 18. The device of claim 1, wherein the obstacles in the array are spaced at least 10 μm apart. 19. The device of claim 1, wherein the obstacles in the array are spaced at most 500 μm apart. 20. The device of claim 1, wherein said device is composed of plastic. 21. The device of claim 1, wherein the array of obstacles is an ordered array of obstacles. 22. The device of claim 1, wherein the obstacles contact both the top and bottom of the chamber. 23. The device of claim 1, wherein there is a gap between the obstacles and one surface of the flow chamber. 24. The device of claim 1, coupled to a positive pressure pump. 25. The device of claim 1, coupled to a negative pressure pump. 26. The device of claim 1, coupled to an imaging system. 27. The device of claim 1, wherein a spacing between obstacles is at least 10 μm. 28. The device of claim 1, wherein a spacing between obstacles is at most 100 μm. 29. A device comprising a flow chamber comprising an inlet and an outlet and a flow path from the inlet to the outlet in which a fluid sample may flow;a substrate that forms a bottom of the flow chamber;a plurality of obstacles arranged in a first array and a second array on the substrate,wherein the first array comprises a plurality of obstacles arranged in two or more rows aligned normal to the flow path and forming a plurality of equilateral triangular arrays of obstacles, wherein each obstacle has an equal center-to-center distance to any adjacent obstacle,wherein the second array comprises a plurality of obstacles arranged in two or more rows aligned normal to the flow path and forming a plurality of triangular arrays of obstacles, wherein one or more of the obstacles in the second array are shifted to have a first center-to-center distance to a first adjacent obstacle that is different than a second center-to-center distance to a second adjacent obstacleand further wherein at least the first or second array of obstacles, or both, is coated with a binding moiety that selectively binds to a first type of cell in the sample, wherein the first type of cell is a tumor cell or epithelial cell. 30. The device of claim 29, wherein the obstacles shifted in the second array are shifted by a distance equal to a radius of capture of the first type of cell. 31. The device of claim 29, wherein the binding moiety is an antibody. 32. The device of claim 31, wherein the binding moiety is an antibody to a cell surface receptor.
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