Abstract: A cell separation process for the isolation of pathogenic cells in a small concentration in a biological fluid specimen, including treating the biological specimen to modify in a differential manner selected rare cells and other cells and causing differential migration of cells that reacted during treatment versus cells that did not react during treatment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 2001
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2008
Assignees:
L'Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), L'Assistance Publique, Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), L'Universite Rene Descartes Paris 5
Inventors:
Jean-Claude Bisconte de Saint Julien, Patricia Paterlini