METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ISOLATION OF MOTILE SPERM

A system for separating motile and non-motile sperm comprises a microvolume into which a fluid containing sperm is delivered, at least partly defined by a wall which includes a termination or a change in angle away from the microvolume, defining an exit from the microvolume. Sperm delivered into the...

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Main Authors WRIGHT, BRYON ELMER, GREEN, MARK PHILIP
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 20.07.2016
Subjects
APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
CULTURE MEDIA
ENZYMOLOGY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS
SPIRITS
VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:A system for separating motile and non-motile sperm comprises a microvolume into which a fluid containing sperm is delivered, at least partly defined by a wall which includes a termination or a change in angle away from the microvolume, defining an exit from the microvolume. Sperm delivered into the microvolume in a fluid that are motile move entrained along the wall and leave the wall at the termination with an outward turn to or towards a collection reservoir or passage from the microvolume. Typically the system is implemented on a microfluidic chip.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20130754143