US 12,437,398 B2
Systems and methods for specimen processing and storage
Xing Xie, Atlanta, GA (US); and Wensi Chen, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/997,281
Filed by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/029837
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/222531, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,185, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0169650 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B01D 61/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [B01D 61/147 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
Introducing a specimen comprising a carrier and components to a storage media; and
Releasing at least a portion of a first target from the storage media;
Wherein:
At least a portion of the components of the specimen comprise a first target;
The storage media is configured to capture at least a portion of the first target; and
The storage media is tunable, comprises a superabsorbent polymer, and has a selective absorption profile configured:
To capture components having a size less than a capture size of approximately 0.5 μm; and
To exclude components having a size greater than a non-capture size of approximately 1.0 μm.