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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Kevin D. Ness, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mark A. Arbore, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jerry E. Hurst, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
David L. Klein, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald A. Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Kevin D. Ness, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mark A. Arbore, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jerry E. Hurst, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
David L. Klein, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald A. Masquelier, Tracy, CA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
System, including methods and apparatus, for light detection and signal processing for droplet-based assays. An exemplary system provides a method of detection for droplets. An examination region of a channel may be illuminated with first pulses of light interleaved with second pulses of light as droplets pass through the examination region, the first pulses being spectrally distinct from the second pulses. Data may be collected representing light detected during illumination of the examination region with the first pulses and the second pulses. Each droplet may be illuminated with a beam of light that is narrower than a diameter of the droplets.