Flow cytometry for high throughput screening
AssigneeStc.Unm
InventorsLarry A. Sklar, Bruce S. Edwards, Frederick W. Kuckuck
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Abstract
The present invention, provides a flow cytometry apparatus for the detection of particles from a plurality of samples comprising: means for moving a plurality of samples comprising particles from a plurality of respective source wells into a fluid flow stream; means for introducing a separation gas between each of the plurality of samples in the fluid flow stream; and means for selectively analyzing each of the plurality of samples for the particles. The present invention also provides a flow cytometry method employing such an apparatus.
Claims45
A flow cytometry apparatus for the detection of particles from a plurality of samples comprising:
- means for moving a plurality of samples comprising particles from a plurality of respective source wells into a fluid flow stream;
- means for introducing a separation gas between each of said plurality of samples in said fluid flow stream;
- and
- means for selectively analyzing each of said plurality of samples for said particles.
A method for analyzing a plurality of samples comprising:
- moving a plurality of samples comprising particles into a fluid flow stream;
- separating adjacent ones of said plurality of samples from each other in said fluid flow stream by a separation gas;
- and
- selectively analyzing each of said plurality of samples for said particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.