Patent ID: 9546392
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B03C,C12M,C12N,C12Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: (a) providing a magnetic separation system that comprises: (b) operating said first and second pumps to separately feed, into said mixture container, a sample fluid from said sample container and a carrier fluid from said carrier container, wherein the sample fluid comprises magnetized cells and non-magnetized cells, (c) operating said plurality of electromagnets to generate magnetic flux, and at the same time operate said third pump to cause a mixture of the sample fluid and the carrier fluid to flow inside said tube about said plurality of electromagnets, such that: (d) operating said plurality of electromagnets to terminate the magnetic flux, and at the same time operating said second and third pumps to feed a washing fluid from said carrier container, through said mixture container and into said tube, such that attracted magnetized cells are dislodged from the wall of said tube and are washed, with the washing fluid, to a second collection vessel of said plurality of collections vessels.