Rare Cell Isolation And Culture

EpiSep Cell Harvester provides a simple process for magnetic bead-driven sterile enrichment of cells, enabling the separation, characterization and culture of rare and/or fragile cells. This device has an adhesive backing so that it can be affixed to a tissue culture dish and positioned on a proprietary magnetic base. The user directly adds the sample containing specific antibody-coated magnetic particles into the cell harvester, and rapid separation occurs leaving a concentration of live, highly purified target cells directly on the culture dish. The time required for this process to capture, wash and recover cells is less than four minutes, which shortens the time that cells are exposed to ambient conditions. The cell harvester is easily removed from the dish allowing for direct cell examination with a microscope. Alternatively, culture medium can be added to grow the cells in situ, which can be followed by cell line propagation, in vivo animal model experiments, and other culture applications.