US 12,298,217 B2
Fluidic device for corpuscle analysis and related method
Simone Bonetti, Imola (IT); Domenico Andrea Cristaldi, Imola (IT); Riccardo D'Alpaos, Imola (IT); Daniele Gazzola, Imola (IT); Francesco Musmeci, Imola (IT); and Azzurra Sargenti, Imola (IT)
Assigned to Cell Dynamics ISRL, Imola (IT)
Appl. No. 17/912,790
Filed by Cell Dynamics ISRL, Imola (IT)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/057119
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/186050, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000006031 (IT), filed on Mar. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148043 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 15/10 (2024.01); G01N 15/00 (2024.01); G01N 15/1433 (2024.01)
CPC G01N 15/10 (2013.01) [G01N 2015/0053 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1021 (2024.01); G01N 2015/1027 (2024.01); G01N 2015/1028 (2024.01); G01N 2015/103 (2024.01); G01N 15/1433 (2024.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A fluidic device for measuring at least one of a corpuscle mass density and weight, where said fluidic device comprises:
a sedimentation chamber fluidly connected to an inlet channel
a pumping system connected to the sedimentation chamber, wherein said pumping system is adapted to control liquid flow in the sedimentation chamber, wherein the sedimentation chamber comprises a flow channel having a variable internal cross-section, such as to allow the pumping system to induce flows in the sedimentation chamber having a non-zero horizontal component; and
a processor configured to:
obtain corpuscle data related to a corpuscle in at least one region of the sedimentation chamber; and
calculate at least one of corpuscle mass density and weight based on the data received.