Flow cytometry and apparatus therefor
US4786165A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N15/147
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for flow cytometry in which laser light pulses are focused on a sheathed stream, a still picture of cells passing by the region of the focal point is taken by an objective lens-CCD camera combination, the still picture obtained is processed and analyzed to acquire information relating to the shape and internal state of individual cells, and the cells are subjected to analysis based on the information acquired.
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