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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Fausto D'Apuzzo, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Viktor Shkolnikov, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Yang Lei, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/0227 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 15/1463 (2013.01); G06V 20/693 (2022.01); G01N 2015/0038 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1488 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1493 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and a method for the batch sorting of particles are provided. An example of a batch sorting system includes a microfluidic ejector, a flow channel fluidically coupled to the microfluidic ejector at one end, and a reservoir coupled to an opposite end of the flow channel from the microfluidic ejector. A counter is disposed in the flow channel upstream of the microfluidic ejector to count particles prior to ejection from the microfluidic ejector. An optical sensor is to image the flow channel. A controller is configured to locate a target particle in the flow channel based, at least in part, on the image and capture the target particle in a collection vessel based, at least in part, on a count from the counter.


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