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.
Claims8
1-45. (canceled)
A method for analyzing a plurality of samples, comprising:
- moving a plurality of samples comprising particles in a flow stream to and through a flow cytometer, said flow stream including a separation fluid between adjacent ones of said plurality of samples separating said samples from each other in said flow stream, said flow stream thereby constituting a fluid-separated sample flow stream;
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- operating said flow cytometer to focus said fluid-separated sample flow stream and to selectively analyze the particles in each of said plurality of samples as said fluid-separated sample flow stream passes through said flow cytometer.
A method for analyzing a plurality of samples, comprising:
- guiding a fluid-separated sample flow stream including separated samples and separation fluid to and through a flow cytometer;
- and
- operating said flow cytometer to focus said fluid-separated sample flow stream and to selectively analyze particles in each of said plurality of samples as said fluid-separated sample flow stream passes through said flow cytometer.
A flow cytometry apparatus comprising:
- a flow cytometer;
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- a fluid moving mechanism and conduits or tubing for generating and moving, from a sample source to and through said flow cytometer, a fluid-separated sample flow stream including a plurality of separated samples and separation fluid, said flow cytometer focusing said sample flow stream and selectively analyzing particles in each of said plurality of separated samples as said sample flow stream passes through said flow cytometer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.