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US 9,038,467 B2Granted
Particle analysis in an acoustic cytometer
AssigneeLos Alamos National Security, LLC
InventorsGregory Kaduchak, Michael D Ward
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for acoustically manipulating one or more particles.
Claims7
An apparatus that acoustically orients a particle in a flow stream comprising:
- a capillary having a longitudinal axis, the capillary being configured for flowing a fluid containing a particle having a major axis;
- an acoustic signal producing transducer configured to acoustically orient the major axis of the particle coincident with the capillary's longitudinal axis;
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- a particle analyzer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.