Patent SG-11201811440Q-A (SG)
Title: Apparatus and method for detecting cells or particles in a fluid container
Inventor: SCHÖNDUBE JONAS
IPC: G01N35/10
Filed: 2017-06-19
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111101111011111111111111111111111111111111111111011111100111111101111111111011111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\" WO 2017/220509 Al 28 December 2017 (28.12.2017) WI P0 I PC T (51) International Patent Classification: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, G01N 35/10 (2006.01) GO1N 15/10 (2006.01) HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, (21) International Application Number: KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, PCT/EP2017/064969 MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (22) International Filing Date: SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, 19 June 2017 (19.06.2017) TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (30) Priority Data: UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, 10 2016 211 038.1 TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, 21 June 2016 (21.06.2016) DE EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (71) Applicant: CYTENA GMBH [DE/DE]; Georges- TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, Koehler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg (DE). KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (72) Inventors: SCHONDUBE, Jonas; Niemensstrasse 11, 79098 Freiburg (DE). GROSS, Andre; SautierstraBe 67, Published: 79104 Freiburg (DE). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (74) Agent: STOCKELER, Ferdinand et al.; Schoppe, Zim- mermann, Stockeler, Zinkler, Schenk & Partner mbB, - = Radlkoferstr. 2, 81373 Mfichen (DE). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every = _ kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, = AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, = CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = = (54) Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CELLS OR PARTICLES IN A FLUID CONTAINER = = 14 ( (57) : A apparatus for detecting cells or particles in a fluid container comprises a dispenser configured to dispense at least one cell or at least one particle into a defmed sub-volume of a fluid with which the fluid container is at least partially filled, and a detection apparatus configured to, in a time- coordinated manner with dispensing the at least one cell or the at least one 1 particle by the dispenser, perform a detection in the defmed sub-volume and/ or in one or several sub-volumes underneath the defmed sub-volume in order to sense the at least one cell or the at least one particle when entering the fluid — = = = = = = — = 20 or immediately after entering the fluid. i = = 12 ( = = I 10— 18 24----1 r — 1-1 C:r © kr) .._; 0 ei ei IN 1-1 ! 22 0 ei Fig. 1 O