Improved method and apparatus for electrostatically sorting biological cells. [DOE patent application]
Abstract
An improved method of sorting biological cells in a conventional cell sorter apparatus includes generating a fluid jet containing cells to be sorted, measuring the distance between the centers of adjacent droplets in a zone thereof defined at the point where the fluid jet separates into descrete droplets, setting the distance between the center of a droplet in said separation zone and the position along said fluid jet at which the cell is optically sensed for specific characteristics to be an integral multiple of said center-to-center distance, and disabling a charger from electrically charging a specific droplet if a cell is detected by the optical sensor in a position wherein it will be in the neck area between droplets during droplet formation rather than within a predetermined distance from the droplet center.
- Inventors:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5415113
- Assignee:
- TIC; ERA-05-024701; EDB-80-067995
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; ANIMAL CELLS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; CELL FLOW SYSTEMS; DESIGN; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SORTING; DIAGRAMS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; 550300* - Cytology; 440300 - Miscellaneous Instruments- (-1989)
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abstractNote = {An improved method of sorting biological cells in a conventional cell sorter apparatus includes generating a fluid jet containing cells to be sorted, measuring the distance between the centers of adjacent droplets in a zone thereof defined at the point where the fluid jet separates into descrete droplets, setting the distance between the center of a droplet in said separation zone and the position along said fluid jet at which the cell is optically sensed for specific characteristics to be an integral multiple of said center-to-center distance, and disabling a charger from electrically charging a specific droplet if a cell is detected by the optical sensor in a position wherein it will be in the neck area between droplets during droplet formation rather than within a predetermined distance from the droplet center.},
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