Automatic buffy coat extraction: methodology, feasibility, optimization and validation study

Biopreserv Biobank. 2012 Dec;10(6):543-7. doi: 10.1089/bio.2012.0042.

Abstract

Buffy coat isolation from whole blood has typically been a long, manual process. We tested and evaluated the feasibility, efficiency, and reproducibility of extracting buffy coat by an automated process with the Tecan pipetting robot Freedom Evo200.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Automation, Laboratory
  • Blood Buffy Coat*
  • Blood Donors*
  • Cell Separation / instrumentation*
  • Cell Separation / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reproducibility of Results