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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Daniel C. Pregibon, Cambridge, MA (US);
Davide M. Marini, Wellesley, MA (US);
Isaac Stoner, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andreas Windemuth, Belmont, MA (US);
Timothy Erps, Salem, MA (US);
Daniel C. Pregibon, Cambridge, MA (US);
Davide M. Marini, Wellesley, MA (US);
Isaac Stoner, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andreas Windemuth, Belmont, MA (US);
Timothy Erps, Salem, MA (US);
Firefly Bioworks, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and systems for characterizing multifunctional objects using a flow-through device, such as, a flow cytometer. In some embodiments, an inventive method according to the present invention includes one more steps of (a) interrogating a plurality of objects (e.g., particles), wherein each individual object (e.g., particle) comprises one or more interrogation regions detectable as a sequence of events; (b) recording multiple events, wherein each individual event corresponds to each individual interrogation region detectable above a pre-determined triggering threshold; (c) grouping the recorded multiple events, and (d) characterizing the plurality of objects based on the grouped events.