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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Gary Durack, Urbana, IL (US);
Jeffrey D. Wallace, Rantoul, IL (US);
Gary P. Vandre, Mahomet, IL (US);
Lon A. Westfall, Mahomet, IL (US);
Jeremy T. Hatcher, Urbana, IL (US);
Niraj V. Nayak, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Gary Durack, Urbana, IL (US);
Jeffrey D. Wallace, Rantoul, IL (US);
Gary P. Vandre, Mahomet, IL (US);
Lon A. Westfall, Mahomet, IL (US);
Jeremy T. Hatcher, Urbana, IL (US);
Niraj V. Nayak, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Inguran LLC, Navasota, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sorting stained particles in a fluid stream, each of the method and apparatus including an epi-illumination optics system with a focusing lens. The optics system being operable to direct a beam of electromagnetic radiation through the focusing lens in a forward direction along a beam axis intersecting particles in the fluid stream at the first location so that the particles pass through the beam, resulting in the fluorescence emissions from the particles being directed along the beam axis in a rearward direction.