System and method of sorting materials using holographic laser steering
US7241988B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03H2225/32
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention employs a beam steering apparatus to isolate valuable cells from other cells, tissues, and contaminants. In one embodiment, the system balances optical trapping against biasing flow to parallelize cell sorting under the flexible control of computer program-directed traps which differentially manipulate cells based on their composition or labels to direct separation.
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