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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2011
Applicants:
David Neckels, Berthoud, CO (US);
Kevin Courter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
David Neckels, Berthoud, CO (US);
Kevin Courter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1427 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of calculating a drop delay in a stream of a flow cytometer. In one embodiment the method includes the steps of determining a widths plot by measuring the width of a stream based on an image of the stream and setting drop delay based on the widths plot. In another aspect the invention relates to a flow cytometer system for automatically calculating drop delay. In one embodiment the flow cytometer system includes means for determining a widths plot based on an image of the stream; and means for calculating drop delay based on the widths plot.