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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Jack T. Ball, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Kehrer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nathaniel C. Bair, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Collin A. Rich, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jack T. Ball, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Kehrer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nathaniel C. Bair, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Collin A. Rich, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Accuri Cytometers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for cleaning a fluidic system of a flow cytometer having a sheath pump to pump sheath fluid towards an interrogation zone and a waste pump to pump the sheath fluid and a sample fluid as waste fluid from the interrogation zone, wherein the sheath pump and/or the waste pump draw sample fluid into the flow cytometer through a drawtube towards the interrogation zone. The method includes controlling the sheath pump and the waste pump to cooperatively flush a fluid out through the drawtube, thereby cleaning the fluidic system of the flow cytometer.