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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
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 system and apparatus for sorting a mixture of stained particles in a fluid flow path, including stained particles. The system can include a pulsed electromagnetic radiation source for exciting fluorescence emissions from the stained particles, a photodetector for detecting the fluorescence emissions from the stained particles, a processor for classifying the stained particles; and a photo-damaging laser for damaging selected particles in the flow path.