Inventor · Bainbridge Island, WA, US

William E. Ortyn

73Patents
32h-index
39Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 7, 1992 → Sep 27, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6249341A Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Physics 213 Expired
US6211955A Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Physics 190 Expired
US5499097A Method and apparatus for checking automated optical system performance repeatability Physics 133 Expired
US6473176B2 Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Physics 114 Expired
US8406498B2 Blood and cell analysis using an imaging flow cytometer Physics 106 Active
US6671044B2 Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells in broad flat flow Physics 99 Expired
US7925069B2 Blood and cell analysis using an imaging flow cytometer Physics 97 Active
US8131053B2 Detection of circulating tumor cells using imaging flow cytometry Physics 88 Active
US6563583B2 Multipass cavity for illumination and excitation of moving objects Physics 85 Expired
US6532061B2 Measuring the velocity of small moving objects such as cells Physics 85 Expired
US8103080B2 Method for imaging and differential analysis of cells Physics 79 Active
US6608680B2 TDI imaging system for kinetic studies Physics 75 Expired
US6975400B2 Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Physics 75 Expired
US7315357B2 Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Physics 75 Expired
US5875258A Biological specimen analysis system processing integrity checking apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US5677762A Apparatus for illumination stabilization and homogenization Physics 71 Expired
US6608682B2 Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells Physics 71 Expired
US8175371B2 Method for imaging and differential analysis of cells Physics 71 Active
US6507391B2 Measuring the velocity of small moving objects such as cells Physics 67 Expired
US6618140B2 Spectral deconvolution of fluorescent markers Physics 63 Expired
US6580504B1 Multipass cavity for illumination and excitation of moving objects Physics 62 Expired
US6875973B2 Auto focus for a flow imaging system Physics 48 Expired
US6906792B2 Methods of calibrating an imaging system using calibration beads Physics 47 Expired
US6583865B2 Alternative detector configuration and mode of operation of a time delay integration particle analyzer Physics 47 Expired
US5763871A Cytological system autofocus integrity checking apparatus Electricity 46 Expired

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