Patent ID: 6309606
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B01L,B04B,G01N

Abstract:
A device for the separation of human or animal cells of different densities, from cellular dispersions in which they are contained, having a base and a top and containing an elongated chamber whose cross section decreases from the base towards the top of the device which contains at least a first channel, one end of which opens on the inside of the chamber near the base and the other end connectable to a pressurized liquid source and a second channel whose end opens in the chamber at a level corresponding to the device top, wherein there is at least a third channel in the device, one end of which opens at an intermediate level of the chamber length, and the other end opens outwards from the device and wherein near the base a flow deflector is provided to disperse evenly through the entire cross section of the inside chamber of the incoming fluid arriving from the first channel.