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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Robert Thomas Kery, New South Wales, AU;
John Anton Gal, New South Wales, AU;
Sung-wei Chen, Singapore, SG;
Robert Thomas Kery, New South Wales, AU;
John Anton Gal, New South Wales, AU;
Sung-Wei Chen, Singapore, SG;
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A material sorting system is disclosed. The system has an electrical charge device arranged to produce electrical charging conditions for substantially all particles of a material sample such that an electrical charge at least partially dependent on particle capacitance is imparted to one or more particles, and a particle delivery device operably connected to the electrical charge device and arranged to cause the one or more particles to move along a flowpath. The system also has a deflection device arranged to cause each particle to deviate from the flowpath an amount at least partially dependent on the electrical charge imparted to the particle, and a collection device in fluid communication with the deflection device. The collection device is arranged to collect the one or more particles at one or more locations corresponding to the amount of deviation of the one or more particles from the flowpath. A corresponding method is also disclosed. The material sorting system and method are suitable for sorting cells according to the level of cell differentiation.