| CPC C12M 23/16 (2013.01) [B01L 3/50273 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0652 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0848 (2013.01); B01L 2300/089 (2013.01)] | 2 Claims |
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1. A fluid concentration apparatus comprising:
a main body provided with a flow path through which a fluid containing cells or fine particles to be separated therein flows;
a plurality of fluid guiding units which are provided on the flow path so as to interfere with a flow of the fluid to guide the cells or fine particles to be separated toward an inner side surface of the flow path and are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in forward and rearward directions with respect to a flow direction of the fluid; and
a discharge part which is provided in the main body at a position spaced apart rearward from the plurality of fluid guiding units and collects and discharges the cells or fine particles to be separated which are guided into the inner side surface of the flow path,
wherein each fluid guiding unit of the plurality of fluid guiding units comprises
a top surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, a left-front surface, a right-front surface, a left-rear surface, a right-rear surface, and a bottom surface,
wherein:
each of the left side surface, the right side surface, the left-front surface, the right-front surface, the left-rear surface, and the right-rear surface is directly connected with the top surface and the bottom surface;
the left side surface is directly connected with the left-front surface and the left-rear surface;
the right side surface is directly connected with the right-front surface and the right-rear surface;
the left-front surface is directly connected with the left side surface and the right-front surface;
the right-front surface is directly connected with the right side surface and the left-front surface;
the left-rear surface is directly connected with the left side surface and the right-rear surface;
the right-rear surface is directly connected with the right side surface and the left-rear surface;
the left side surface has a first edge that is shared by the left side surface and the top surface, and a second edge that is shared by the left side surface and the left-rear surface;
a length of the first edge is longer than a length of the second edge;
the right side surface has a third edge that is shared by the right side surface and the top surface, and a fourth edge that is shared by the right side surface and the right-rear surface;
a length of the third edge is longer than a length of the fourth edge;
the first edge is positioned parallel to the third edge;
a first angle at the direct connection between the left-rear surface and the right-rear surface is greater than a second angle at the direct connection between the left-front surface and the right-front surface; and
the first angle is 180°,
wherein:
a front part of the fluid guiding unit has a lateral width that increases in a rear direction from a front end part of the front part; and
a rear part of the fluid guiding unit is extending rearward from the front part,
wherein the discharge part comprises a first discharge path, a second discharge path, a third discharge path, a first round-shaped collecting container, a second round-shaped collecting container, and a third round-shaped collecting container,
wherein the first discharge path, the second discharge path, and the third discharge path are in communication with the flow path of the main body,
wherein the second discharge path and the third discharge path have the same length, and a length of the first discharge path is longer than the length of the second discharge path and the third discharge path,
wherein the first discharge path has a shape of a straight line, and the plurality of second discharge paths has shapes of angled lines,
wherein the second discharge path is disposed on a left side of the discharge part with respect to the first discharge path, and the third discharge path is disposed on a right side of the discharge part with respect to the first discharge path, so that the cells or fine particles to be separated which are guided into the inner side surface of the flow path are introduced to the second discharge path and the third discharge path,
wherein a distal end of the first discharge path is connected to the first round-shaped collecting container, a distal end of the second discharge path is connected to the second round-shaped collecting container, and a distal end of the third discharge path is connected to the third round-shaped collecting container, and
wherein the first round-shaped collecting container, the second round-shaped collecting container, and the third round-shaped collecting container are separated from each other.
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