Cellular mechanical property measurement and sorting system, method, and terminal

A cellular mechanical property measurement and sorting system comprising a first interdigital transducer, a second interdigital transducer, a cellular elastic modulus calculation unit, a cell locating unit, and a cell sorting unit comprising a plurality of third interdigital transducers;

• wherein
• the first interdigital transducer is configured to generate a standing wave acoustic field, which arranges cells to be sorted in a straight line;
• the second interdigital transducer is configured to generate focused acoustic field, which generates a radiation force on the cells arranged in a straight line, such that the cells are deformed;
• the cellular elastic modulus calculation unit comprises a recording module and a computer, the recording module comprises a high-speed camera or a microscope, the recording module is configured to record deformation generated by the cells, the computer is configured to calculate, according to the radiation force and deformation information, to obtain elastic moduli of the cells;
• wherein the high-speed camera has a frame rate sufficient to record deformation of the cells;
• the cell locating unit comprises a photosensitive electrode, the photosensitive electrode is configured to determine positions of the cells;
• the cell sorting unit comprises a plurality of third interdigital transducers;
• wherein the system is configured to:
• selectively drive the third interdigital transducers in the cell sorting unit with designed delay time according to moving speeds of the cells and distances between the cells and the cell sorting unit;
• and trigger, according to the elastic moduli, a corresponding third interdigital transducer to generate a planar acoustic field to sort the cells;
• wherein the first interdigital transducer, the second interdigital transducer, and the plurality of third interdigital transducers are arranged in series along a microfluidic channel;
• and wherein the system is configured to perform calculation of the elastic moduli and trigger the corresponding third interdigital transducer in real-time as each cell flows from the second interdigital transducer to the cell sorting unit.