Particle analyzers having scintillation counters, and methods of use thereof
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsTimothy Petersen, Geoffrey Osborne
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Abstract
Particle analyzers having scintillation counters are provided. Particle analyzers of interest include a flow cell for transporting particles in a flow stream, a light source for irradiating a particle in the flow stream at an interrogation point, a particle-modulated light detector for detecting light from the interrogation point, and a scintillation counter for assessing particle radioactivity. In embodiments, the scintillation counter is positioned within the flow cell and configured generate particle radioactivity data that may be associated with a given particle in a plurality of particles. Methods and non-transitory computer readable storage media for practicing the invention are also provided.
Claims20
A particle analyzer comprising:
- a flow cell for transporting a plurality of particles in a flow stream;
- a light source for irradiating the flow stream at an interrogation point;
- a particle-modulated light detector for detecting light from the interrogation point;
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- a scintillation counter for assessing radioactivity of an individual particle of the plurality of particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.