US 12,078,587 B2
Cell sorting using a high throughput fluorescence flow cytometer
Eric D. Diebold, Menlo Park, CA (US); Keegan Owsley, Campbell, CA (US); and Jonathan Lin, San Gabriel, CA (US)
Assigned to BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,976.
Application 16/382,056 is a division of application No. 15/462,124, filed on Mar. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,324,019, issued on Jun. 18, 2019.
Application 17/953,976 is a continuation of application No. 17/386,192, filed on Jul. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,774,343.
Application 17/386,192 is a continuation of application No. 16/814,394, filed on Mar. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,105,728, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Application 16/814,394 is a continuation of application No. 16/382,056, filed on Apr. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,620,111, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,974, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/309,806, filed on Mar. 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076378 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 15/14 (2024.01); G01N 15/1429 (2024.01); G01N 15/1434 (2024.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/149 (2024.01)
CPC G01N 15/1434 (2013.01) [G01N 15/1429 (2013.01); G01N 15/147 (2013.01); G01N 21/6402 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1447 (2013.01); G01N 15/149 (2024.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a temporal data signal generated from light detected from a sample comprising particles irradiated with an illumination system comprising a laser and an acousto-optic device; and
generating a sort decision for sorting one or more particles of the sample based on the temporal data signal.