Patent ID: 9604214
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B01L,B81B,F16K,G01N

Claim:
1. A cell sorting system for sorting target particles from a fluid sample, comprising: a cell sorting valve microfabricated on a surface of a silicon substrate, with microfabricated channels leading from the cell sorting valve, wherein the cell sorting valve separates the target particles from non-target material; a disposable cartridge containing a sample reservoir, a sort reservoir and a waste reservoir; and an interposer that provides fluid communication between the microfabricated channels in the silicon substrate and the reservoirs in the disposable cartridge and wherein the cell sorting valve moves in a plane parallel to the surface, and directs the target particles from the sample channel into the waste channel when the microfabricated cell sorting valve is in a first position, and which directs the non-target particles into the sort channel when in a second position, wherein the waste channel is substantially orthogonal to the plane of motion of the cell sorting valve.