Method and apparatus for sorting particles
CA 2499245 A1 · Owner: Cytonome/St, Llc · Inventors: Gilbert, John R.; Bohm, Sebastian; Deshpande, Manish
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A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The particle sorting system may further include a buffer for absorbing the pressure pulse. The particle sorting system may include a plurality of closely coupled sorting modules which are combined to further increase the sorting rate. The particle sorting system may comprise a multi-stage sorting device for serially sorting streams of particles in order , to decrease the error rate.
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- Filed September 16, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 16, 2023.
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