High efficiency methods of sex sorting sperm

US10400213B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INGURAN, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kenneth Michael Evans · College Station, US
• Thomas Boyd Gilligan · College Station, US
• Johnathan Charles Sharpe · Hamilton, NZ
• Juan Moreno · College Station, US
• Ramakrishnan Vishwanath · Hamilton, NZ

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q1/6806
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This disclosure relates to cell sorting methods, and particularly cell sorting methods that improve the efficiency or productivity of sorting in a particle sorting instrument utilizing a measured parameter of sorting efficiency. In one embodiment, minimum productivity and minimum purity may be established and maintained while attempting to maximize the sorting efficiency. While in another embodiment, a minimum sorting efficiency and a minimum purity may be established and maintained while attempting to maximize the productivity of a sort.