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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Enrico Gratton, Urbana, IL (US);
Guido Motolese, Carroccio, IT;
Abdel Tahari, Savoy, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods and devices for detecting, identifying, classifying and characterizing particles in a fluid sample. Optical analyzers are provided having a rotating and/or translating sample container for measuring the concentrations of fluorescent particles present in very low concentrations and for characterizing fluorescent particles on the basis of size, shape, diffusion constant and/or composition. Scanning optical analyzers are provided using pattern recognitions data analysis techniques and multichannel detection.