Particle analyzer with spatially split wavelength filter
US5528045A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2021/6441
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fluorescence particle analyzer includes a flow tube through which particles marked with different fluorochromes pass from a first location to a second location. Emissions from the first and second locations are respectively imaged at respective first and second filter elements so that emissions that reach a photodetector from said first location are primarily filtered by the first filter element, while emission that reach the same photodetector from the second location are primarily filtered by the second filter element. The first filter element is selected to preferentially transmit emissions from a first fluorochrome at the expense of emissions from a second fluorochrome, while the second filter element is selected to preferentially transmit emissions from the second fluorochrome at the expense of emissions from the first fluorochrome. The first location is illuminated by a laser that preferentially excites the first fluorochrome at the expense of the second fluorochrome, while the second location is illuminated by a laser that preferentially excites the second fluorochrome at the expense of the first fluorochrome. The photodetector output includes a first pulse that correspond…
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