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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Svitlana Y. Berezhna, Los Gatos, CA (US);
JrHung T. Tsai, Abbott Park, IL (US);
David Spalding, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Mahesh R. Junnarkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Chia-Fa Hsu, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott park, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/51 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/15 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/51 (2013.01); G01N 15/1404 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 21/15 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2021/157 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4707 (2013.01); G01N 2201/06113 (2013.01); G01N 2201/129 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods of assessing the cleanliness of a flow cell of a flow cytometric system. The provided methods include computing a ratio of post-flow cell and pre-flow cell light beam intensities and using such a ratio to assess the cleanliness of the flow cell. Flow cytometric systems capable of monitoring the cleanliness of a flow cell contained within the system are also provided.