Flow cytometer
AssigneeBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
InventorGerrit Jan van den Engh
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Abstract
A flow cytometer is disclosed. The flow cytometer may comprise a nozzle with an orifice, the nozzle configured to eject fluid from the orifice along a flow path. In some embodiments, the flow cytometer comprises a sensor assembly configured to capture one or more optical signals of one or more particles in the fluid while the one or more particles are disposed at or upstream of the orifice.
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A flow cytometer comprising:
- a nozzle defining an interior volume and comprising an orifice at a distal end of the nozzle, the nozzle configured to eject fluid from the interior volume of the nozzle through the orifice along a flow path, the fluid comprising a plurality of particles;
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- a sensor assembly configured to capture one or more optical signals of one or more of the plurality of particles while the one or more particles are disposed at or upstream of the orifice.
A flow cytometer comprising:
- a nozzle defining an interior volume and comprising an orifice at a distal end of the nozzle, the nozzle configured to eject fluid from the interior volume of the nozzle through the orifice along a flow path, the fluid comprising a plurality of particles;
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- a sensor assembly disposed at a proximal end of the nozzle opposite the orifice, the sensor assembly configured to capture one or more optical signals of one or more of the plurality of particles.
A method of measuring optical signals of particles, the method comprising:
- moving fluid through a nozzle defining an interior volume and comprising an orifice at a distal end of the nozzle, the nozzle configured to eject fluid from the interior volume of the nozzle through the orifice along a flow path, the fluid comprising a plurality of particles;
- capturing, using a sensor assembly, one or more optical signals of one or more of the plurality of particles while the one or more of the plurality of particles are at or upstream of the orifice;
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- ejecting the one or more of the plurality of particles from the nozzle, through the orifice.
In a flow cytometer configured to eject a plurality of particles from an orifice of a nozzle, the improvement comprising a sensor assembly configured to measure one or more optical signals of a one or more particles of the plurality of particles while the one or more particles is disposed at or upstream of the orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.