US 12,337,321 B2
Systems, devices, and methods for automatic cell sorting
Daniele Malleo, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Wilson Wai Toy, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Cellares Corporation, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Cellares Corporation, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/811,490.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/520,861, filed on Aug. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0065331 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/502761 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated cell sorting system comprising:
a cartridge having a cell sorting module, wherein the cell sorting module comprises a flow cell; and
an instrument within a bay of a cell processing workcell, wherein the instrument comprises a magnetic array couplable to the flow cell, each of the magnets within the magnetic array having a width of w and being spaced apart by between about w/3 to about ¾w, and wherein the flow cell has a height of between about 1/12w to about ⅛w.