CTC COLLECTION SYSTEM AND CTC COLLECTION METHOD

• Main Author: IGARASHI MASATSUGU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.03.2020
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; TESTING

To provide a CTC collection system and a CTC collection method capable of collecting a large amount of CTC to which an antibody is not adhering.SOLUTION: A CTC collection system 10 includes: a blood component separation device 12 for collecting blood from a patient and separating the collected blood into red blood cells, buffy coat, and plasma; and a CTC separation unit 14 including a separation filter 60 that passes white blood cells from the buffy coat while inhibiting the passage of CTC 80, which removes the CTC 80 adhering to the separation filter 60 with cleaning fluid and drains the removed CTC 80 into a CTC collection bag 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】抗体が付着していないＣＴＣを大量に採取可能なＣＴＣ採取システム及びＣＴＣ採取方法を提供する。【解決手段】患者から血液を採取するとともに、採取した血液を赤血球とバフィーコートと血漿とに分離する血液成分分離装置１２と、バフィーコートから、白血球を通過させる一方でＣＴＣ８０の通過を阻止する分離フィルタ６０を有し、分離フィルタ６０に付着したＣＴＣ８０を洗浄液で離脱させて、離脱したＣＴＣ８０をＣＴＣ採取バッグ３０に流し込むＣＴＣ分離部１４と、を備えたＣＴＣ採取システム１０が提供される。【選択図】図１