Isolation of cancer cells dispersed in body fluid, takes place in filter chamber containing flat, microporus filter with parallel flow introduction

摘要

Isolation of cancer cells dispersed in body fluid comprises that the fluid is introduced through an inlet (13) of a filter casing (11, 12), to enter the inlet chamber on one side, over a flat filter (15) that has a mesh- or pore size of 10 - 200 micro m. Isolation of cancer cells dispersed in body fluid comprises that the fluid is introduced through an inlet (13) of a filter casing (11, 12), to enter the inlet chamber on one side, over a flat filter (15) that has a mesh- or pore size of 10 - 200 micro m. Distribution is parallel to the surface of the filter. The fluid is separated; the residue being retained, whilst the filtrate is collected in an outlet chamber (25) and leaves via the outlet (14) connection. The residue is recovered subsequently. An Independent claim is also included for the corresponding filtration apparatus.