摘要:
A filtration recovery method for filtering and recovering a liquid containing a filtering object that includes: sinking a filtration recovery device including a filtration filter having a plurality of through-holes, an inlet for introducing the liquid, an outlet for discharging the liquid, and a holder having a flow path communicating the inlet and the outlet, and the filtration filter is arranged in the flow path, into the liquid containing the filtering object contained in a liquid storage container with one end side of the holder provided with the outlet so as to capture the filtering object with the filtration filter; introducing the liquid from the outlet of the holder of the filtration recovery device; closing the outlet of the holder of the filtration recovery device; and recovering the filtering object together with the liquid held in the holder of the filtration recovery device.
摘要:
Methods of detecting microorganisms in a fluid sample are provided. The method includes providing a nonwoven article, providing a fluid sample suspected of containing at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte, and contacting the fluid sample with the nonwoven article such that at least a portion of the at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte is bound to the nonwoven article. The nonwoven article includes a fibrous porous matrix and a concentration agent particles enmeshed in the fibrous porous matrix. The method further includes placing the microorganism strain- or target cellular analyte-bound nonwoven article in contact with at least one detection reagent and detecting the presence of the bound microorganism strain or bound target cellular analyte. Devices and kits containing the devices, for contacting a fluid sample with a nonwoven article, are also provided. The device includes a sample container, a filter holder, a nonwoven article, and an adaptor configured to interface the filter holder with a receptacle.
摘要:
Provided in one embodiment is a dynamically tunable structure including an elastic layer, and a plurality of ferromagnetic micropillars disposed over the elastic layer. The elastic layer may have an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the micropillars.
摘要:
The assembly comprises a filtration unit and a gel growth medium cassette, the unit and the cassette being adapted to cooperate in order to occupy a nested position in which a membrane covers the gel growth medium, the unit and the cassette each being equipped with an intermediate stop, it being possible for at least one of the two stops to move clear so as to allow the unit to move from an intermediate position, in which the membrane is spaced away from the gel growth medium, into the nested position. The method comprises selecting such an assembly, of engaging the unit on the cassette until the intermediate stop of the unit comes into contact with the intermediate stop of the cassette, and the step of moving clear the stop able to move clear so as to allow the unit to move from the intermediate position into the nested position.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a bioreactor and a method for operating a bioreactor which comprises a chamber (100) capable of receiving a liquid media, and a filter assembly (200) comprising a perfusion filter (210; 212; 214). The filter assembly (200) is disposed in the chamber (100) and the filter assembly (200) is free to move within the chamber (100). The filter assembly (200) comprises means for coupling a harvesting flow through said filter (210; 212; 214) and means for coupling a feed flow through said filter in an opposite direction compared to the harvesting flow. Through this arrangement, the clogging prevention of the perfusion filter can be improved.
摘要:
In most cancers, a significant factor in a poor outcome for the individual cancer victim is metastatic disease, i.e., dissemination of tumour cells to other parts of the human body via the circulation, such as distant organs, and their subsequent proliferation therein to form multiple other cancer tumours. The presence of circulating tumour cells, or CTCs, represents a vital intermediate step in this process and variations of a few CTCs within blood samples containing tens of billions of cells may denote the outcome for a patient or impact the cancer treatment regimen. At present no low cost field deployable technique for filtering CTCs exists. According to embodiments of the invention micro-machined filters with high aspect ratio, with and without, functionalization are employed to perform multi-parameter filtering for CTCs based upon compatibility with low cost semiconductor processes within multiple materials including silicon, polymers and silicon carbide.
摘要:
The present invention provides a variety of microscale bioreactors (microfermentors) and microscale bioreactor arrays for use in culturing cells. The microfermentors include a vessel for culturing cells and means for providing oxygen to the interior of the vessel at a concentration sufficient to support cell growth, e.g., growth of bacterial cells. Depending on the embodiment, the microfermentor vessel may have various interior volumes less than approximately 1 ml. The microfermentors may include an aeration membrane and optionally a variety of sensing devices. The invention further provides a chamber to contain the microfermentors and microfermentor arrays and to provide environmental control. Certain of the microfermentors include a second chamber that may be used, e.g., to provide oxygen, nutrients, pH control, etc., to the culture vessel and/or to remove metabolites, etc. Various methods of using the microfermentors, e.g., to select optimum cell strains or bioprocess parameters are provided. The invention provides microreactors having a variety of different designs, some of which incorporate active stirring and/or have the capability to operate in batch or fed-batch mode. The invention further provides an apparatus and methods for simultaneous operation of a plurality of microreactors, with monitoring of the individual microreactors during a run. The invention further provides methods of performing gene expression analysis on cells cultured in microreactors.
摘要:
A filtration recovery device according to the present disclosure may include: a filtration filter having a plurality of through-holes; and a holder having an introduction port configured to introduce a liquid, a discharge port configured to discharge the liquid, and a flow path configured to communicate the introduction port and the discharge port with each other, in which the filtration filter is disposed in the flow path between the introduction port and the discharge port of the holder.
摘要:
Provided is a device for determining the live/dead bacterial state, with which it is possible to ascertain the accurate state of live bacteria/dead bacteria via a captured image in a relatively easy operation with which ascertaining the state of a bacterial cell is more accurate than conventional methods. This device for determining the live/dead bacterial state comprises: a case body in which a measurement mechanism is housed; an opening/closing lid body that allows a fungus base insertion port formed in the case body to be opened and closed; and the measurement mechanism, which is housed in the case body and is configured to measure the number of bacteria. The measurement mechanism comprises: a fungus base holding mechanism that inserts and fixes a fungus base on which a bacterial cell collected from a specimen is placed; an excitation light irradiating mechanism configured so as to be capable of focusing and irradiating an excitation light toward the bacterial cell on the fungus base; an imaging camera disposed above the bacterial cell on the fungus base; and an XY-axes adjustment mechanism that minutely adjusts and moves, in the XY-axes, an XY stage supporting the fungus base holding mechanism and comprising two separately moving layers.
摘要:
A method of producing a cryogel-based multicompartment 3D scaffold is herein disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a first frozen polymeric layer on a refrigerated support kept at subzero temperature; b) providing subsequent polymeric layers to obtain a stack of polymeric layers by possibly modulating the subzero temperature of the refrigerated support; c) optionally incubating the final polymeric structure at subzero temperature; and d) placing the produced cryogel at a temperature above 0° C., wherein each subsequent layer i) is deposited on the previous one after freezing of this latter; ii) is deposited on the previous one before the complete polymerization of this latter; and iii) is deposited with a temperature higher than the freezing temperature of the previously deposited layer. Cryogel scaffolds obtained from said method are also disclosed.