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

US9145590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 2008
Grant dateSep 29, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2028

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  • 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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