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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Kenneth T. Kotz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Ramin Haghgooie, Arlington, MA (US);
Anne C. Petrofsky, Sudbury, MA (US);
Robert Granier, Boston, MA (US);
Ronald G. Tompkins, Boston, MA (US);
Kenneth T. Kotz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Ramin Haghgooie, Arlington, MA (US);
Anne C. Petrofsky, Sudbury, MA (US);
Robert Granier, Boston, MA (US);
Ronald Tompkins, Boston, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a microfluidic system, device, and kit for particle analysis. In one example, the device includes a fluid channel for spacing the particles, an excitation waveguide to guide an excitation beam from a source to the fluid channel, and an excitation lens to focus the excitation beam to a width less than the spacing of the particles in the fluid channel. The device also includes a detection lens to guide light transmitted from the channel along a number of paths, axial and scatter light waveguide to receive light guided by the detection lens, a detector to receive transmitted light from the waveguides and generate a detection signal, and a processor configured to receive the detection signal and determine characteristic features of each of the particles based on the detection signal.