AcouSort provides acoustofluidic modules and benchtop instruments that use ultrasound‑driven standing waves to trap, separate, wash, and concentrate cells, extracellular vesicles, bacteria, and blood components without labels or physical contact. The label‑free, gentle process eliminates centrifugation, reduces manual steps, and can be integrated inline with existing life‑science or diagnostic equipment for automated, high‑throughput sample preparation.
Funding
$2.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Conventional cell and extracellular vesicle processing methods such as centrifugation, filtration, or magnetic labeling are labor‑intensive, can damage fragile samples, and often require bulky equipment that limits automation and integration into manufacturing or diagnostic workflows.
Solution
AcouSort offers acoustofluidic modules and benchtop instruments that use ultrasound‑driven standing waves within microfluidic channels to manipulate particles based on size, density and compressibility. The technology enables label‑free trapping, separation, washing and up‑concentration of cells, extracellular vesicles, bacteria and blood components without physical contact, preserving viability and functionality. Integrated solutions such as AcouTrap and AcouWash provide automated, high‑throughput sample preparation on standard 96‑well formats, while OEM modules (Separation, Trapping, AQC, AcouPlasma) can be embedded directly into third‑party instruments for continuous in‑line processing. By eliminating centrifugation and reducing manual steps, AcouSort streamlines workflows for cell therapy manufacturing, diagnostic sample preparation, and research applications, delivering consistent high‑quality outputs with minimal variation.
Target Audience
Primary customers are manufacturers of life‑science and diagnostic instrumentation, cell‑therapy production facilities, and research laboratories that require automated, gentle, label‑free sample preparation for cells, extracellular vesicles, or blood components.
Features
- Ultrasound‑driven standing wave actuation in microfluidic channels for gentle, label‑free particle manipulation
- Modular acoustic separation and trapping units that can be integrated inline with existing instrumentation
- Automated benchtop platforms (AcouTrap, AcouWash) supporting up to 48 samples per 96‑well plate with rapid processing times
- In‑line optical analysis (AQC module) providing non‑invasive monitoring of particle suspensions
- AcouPlasma module for centrifuge‑free blood plasma extraction and optical access to plasma
- Compatibility with a range of sample types including cells, extracellular vesicles, bacteria and whole blood
- Scalable designs for continuous flow processing in cell therapy manufacturing, stem‑cell isolation, flow cytometry and quality‑control systems