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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2019
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ali Fatih Sarioglu, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ningquan Wang, Atlanta, GA (US);
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic device for particle analysis, such as immunophenotyping, includes a plurality of microfluidic channels for the passage of a particle-laden fluid flow, a plurality of dedicated impedance sensors for generating impedance signals relative to each microfluidic sensor. The impedance sensors are CODES Coulter sensors, each having a distinct coded sequence for generating mutually orthogonal signals. The system uses a multi-frequency excitation signal for driving the Coulter sensors, such that the Coulter sensors generate multi-frequency impedance signals. The system outputs the multi-frequency signals of the plurality of impedance sensors as a single multi-frequency multiplexed signal, which is subsequently separated into a plurality of single-frequency multiplexed signals, which are then demodulated into single-frequency component signals corresponding to each of the Coulter sensors.