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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
Abs Global, Inc., Deforest, WI (US);
David Appleyard, Waunakee, WI (US);
Jeff Betthauser, Waunakee, WI (US);
Marjorie Faust, Waunakee, WI (US);
John Larsen, Waunakee, WI (US);
Guocheng Shao, Waunakee, WI (US);
Zheng Xia, Waunakee, WI (US);
Yu Zhou, Waunakee, WI (US);
ABS GLOBAL, INC., Deforest, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of identifying objects includes: a microfluidic chip in which are disposed a plurality of channels, the microfluidic chip including: a main fluid channel into which a sample fluid mixture of objects to be identified is introduced; a plurality of sheath fluid channels into which sheath fluids are introduced, the sheath fluids which orient the objects in the main fluid channel in a predetermined direction while still maintaining laminar flow in the main fluid channel; an interrogation apparatus which detects and interrogates the oriented objects in the main fluid channel; and a focused energy apparatus which performs an action on the objects.