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System for high throughput sperm sorting

US9757726B2 · kind B2 · utility

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96Claims

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Assignee

INGURAN, LLC · US

Inventors

Johnathan Charles Sharpe · Hamilton, NZ
Nemanya Sedoglavich · Boston, US
Kris Buchanan · Fort Collins, US
Blair D. Morad · Belmont, US
Donald Francis Perrault, Jr. · Watertown, US
Erin Koksal · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2015/1006
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a system for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various features are incorporated into the system for aligning and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, for determining sperm orientation and measuring relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.

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