Patent ID: 9610581
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B01L,C12Q,G01N

Claim:
1. A method for capturing and analyzing a target cell population from a biological sample, comprising: at a fluid delivery module of a sample processing system, rotating a first chamber, of a cylindrical cartridge having a set of chambers, into alignment with a reservoir configured to receive a buffer solution from the first chamber; delivering the buffer solution from the first chamber into the reservoir upon puncturing an inferior portion of the first chamber, and from the reservoir into a cell capture device configured to capture the target cell population; delivering the biological sample, including the target cell population, into the cell capture device, thereby capturing the target cell population, in single-cell format, at the cell capture device; and washing the target cell population captured from the biological sample at the cell capture device, by way of the fluid delivery module; and delivering the cell-capture device from the sample processing system, thereby preparing the target cell population captured at the cell capture device for analysis.