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Methods and apparatus for producing high purity X-chromosome bearing and Y-chromosome bearing populations of spermatozoa

US8703418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

XY, LLC · US

Inventors

Kenneth Michael Evans · College Station, US
Erik B. van Munster · Amsterdam, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2013
Grant date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N15/149
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Isolated non-naturally occurring populations of spermatozoa (15) having high purity and technologies to differentiate spermatozoa (28) based on characteristics such as mass, volume, orientation, or emitted light including methods of analysis and apparatus such as beam shaping optics (30) and detectors (32).

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