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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2011
Applicant:
Gary P. Durack, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventor:
Gary P. Durack, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation of America, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); E03B 1/00 (2006.01); G01F 13/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01);
Abstract
A high speed fluid switch is used to separate desired particles from a source stream containing particles, such as cells. A droplet generator creates and regulates a stream of droplets, which intersects with a source stream containing the particles to be sorted. The stream of droplets can be regulated such that portions of the source stream containing desired particles are deflected into a collection vessel, or such that portions of the source stream containing desired particles are permitted to pass uninterrupted. The high speed fluid switch may be implemented on a microfluidic chip.