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Patent No.:

US 9274043 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Toru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Ken Tsukii, Tokyo, JP;

Jie Xu, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/14 (2006.01); B03B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); B03B 13/02 (2013.01); G01N 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 15/1404 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1415 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1481 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sample identification sorting apparatus includes an identifying unit having an optical information-measuring section that measures optical information of a sample dispersed in a liquid, and a determining section that determines whether the sample is a target sample or a non-target sample, a sorting unit including a sorting nozzle having a flow path in communication with the flow path of the identifying unit, a liquid waste-collecting section that collects by suction a liquid waste discharged from a sorting nozzle tip, and a container to collect a sorting solution containing a target sample, a moving unit and a control unit that cause the sorting nozzle and/or the collecting container to move relatively based on the optical information. The liquid waste-collecting section has a suction nozzle that sucks a liquid waste containing a non-target sample discharged from the sorting nozzle tip or containing a non-target sample or a non-sortable sample.


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