Patent ID: 9580678
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B01L,C12M,G01N

Claim:
1. A tissue dissociation device comprising: an inlet coupled to a first stage comprising a single channel having cross-section of x; a second stage coupled to a downstream end of the first stage, the second stage comprising two channels having a cross-section of x/2; a third stage coupled to a downstream end of the second stage, the third stage comprising four channels having a cross-section of x/4; a fourth stage coupled to a downstream end of the third stage, the fourth stage comprising eight channels having a cross-section of x/8; a fifth stage coupled to a downstream end of the fourth stage, the fifth stage comprising sixteen channels having a cross-section of x/16; and an outlet coupled to the fifth stage; and wherein each of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth stages comprise a plurality of expansion and constriction regions extending along a length of the respective channels.