Three-Step Sample Enrichment in Less than 20 Minutes
The LeviCell™ Provides a Gentle, Efficient, and Simple Solution to Dead Cell and Debris Removal
Introduction
Methods
Levitas Bio has developed an innovative levitation technology platform that uses less than 1 psi of pressure to enable a completely touch-free, label-free, three-step sorting process that takes only 20 minutes to complete.

Live cell populations levitate much higher than dead cells and debris, allowing for clear separation and collection by the LeviCell™, as shown. Please note that the fluorescent dyes used in the provided image were used solely to highlight the separation process and are not required to use the LeviCell™.
The gentle separation process used by the LeviCell™ maintains maximum cell viability, enabling the preservation of cell population representation integrity for downstream assays such as single-cell analysis. The simple three-step process streamlines the workflow and minimizes the risk of contamination and damage from multiple instances of handling and washing, consequently maximizing enrichment for each cell type.
Results
Primary samples were processed on the LeviCell™ and using the most common bead-based approach from a leading supplier. The results presented here for both methods were achieved by manually counting the live and dead cells to calculate the yields and viabilities.
Revolutionary viability and yields
The LeviCell™ demonstrated the successful removal of dead cells and debris from a variety of primary samples while maintaining the original representation of the populations found within the sample. Furthermore, the LeviCell™ was able to enrich a low starting number of live cells to a viability of >90%, exhibiting a capacity for scalability regardless of starting number of cells.

Superior LeviCellTM performance over bead based methods

Maximum levitation height difference between differentiated and undifferentiated adipocytes was achieved using 30 mM of Levitation Agent (Figure a above). Note that as the concentration of Levitation Agent increased, overall levitation height of both populations increased while the distance between differentiated and undifferentiated cells decreased
No negative effects on post-processing population representation

No effect on the post-processing activation state

Conclusion
The LeviCellTM’s unique levitation platform enables scientists to significantly reduce costs (financial and otherwise) by reducing the amount of time to enrich for specific cell types from hours and days to mere minutes. The three-step process simplifies the workflow and minimizes the need for highly skilled technicians and complicated single-cell preparation protocols. Because the LeviCellTM does not use any high pressure, labels, dyes, or antibodies to isolate cells, alteration of expression profile is a needless worry. The LeviCellTM’s closed environment also eliminates the risk of contamination and cell death due to manual manipulation. Separating live cells from dead and debris is as easy as finding the line of delineation between them.