Microparticle sorting apparatus, flow cytometer using the same and microparticle sorting method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYosuke Muraki
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a microparticle sorting apparatus, including: a discharge direction confirming section configured to confirm a discharge direction of a discharged liquid discharged from a discharge outlet of a flow path; opposite electrodes disposed downstream with respect to the discharge outlet; an opposite electrode position controlling section configured to control positions of the opposite electrodes in accordance with the discharge direction confirmed by the discharge direction confirming section; a droplet generating section configured to generate a droplet from the discharge outlet; and a charging section configured to electrically charge the droplet with electric charges.
Claims7
A microparticle sorting apparatus, comprising:
- discharge direction confirming means for confirming a discharge direction of a discharged liquid discharged from a discharge outlet of a flow path;
- opposite electrodes disposed downstream with respect to said discharge outlet;
- opposite electrode position controlling means for controlling positions of said opposite electrodes in accordance with the discharge direction confirmed by said discharge direction confirming means;
- droplet generating means for generating a droplet from said discharge outlet;
- and
- charging means for electrically charging the droplet with electric charges.
A flow cytometer, comprising:
- discharge direction confirming means for confirming a discharge direction of a discharged liquid discharged from a discharge outlet of a flow path;
- opposite electrodes disposed downstream with respect to said discharge outlet;
- opposite electrode position controlling means for controlling positions of said opposite electrodes in accordance with the discharge direction confirmed by said discharge direction confirming means;
- light radiating means for radiating a light to microparticles being caused to flow within said flow path;
- optical detecting means for detecting optical information generated from the microparticles by the radiation of the light by said light radiating means;
- droplet generating means for generating a droplet containing the microparticles from said discharge outlet;
- and
- charging means for electrically charging the droplet with electric charges in accordance with the optical information detected by said optical detecting means.
A microparticle sorting method, comprising:
- causing a control liquid to flow through a flow path having a discharge outlet provided in the flow path;
- confirming a discharge direction of the control liquid discharged from said discharge outlet;
- controlling positions of opposite electrodes disposed downstream with respect to said discharge outlet in accordance with the discharge direction confirmed in the step of confirming the discharge direction;
- causing microparticles to flow through said flow path;
- generating a droplet containing the microparticles from said discharge outlet;
- electrically charging the droplet with electric charges;
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- applying a voltage across said opposite electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.