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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Imec, Leuven, BE;
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ku Leuven R&d, Leuven, BE;
Liesbet Lagae, Leuven, BE;
Peter Peumans, Herfelingen, BE;
Kris Verstreken, Schilde, BE;
Dries Vercruysse, Sint Andries, BE;
Chengxun Liu, Leuven, BE;
IMEC, Leuven, BE;
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
A device and method for sorting objects immersed in a flowing medium are described. An example device comprises a holographic imaging unit comprising a plurality of holographic imaging elements, a fluid handling unit comprising a plurality of microfluidic channels for conducting flowing medium along a corresponding holographic imaging element and a microfluidic switch arranged downstream of an imaging region in the microfluidic channel for directing each object in the flowing medium into a one of a plurality of outlets. The example device also comprises a processing unit configured to determine real-time characterizations of holographic diffraction images obtained for each of the moving objects, with each real-time characterization accounting for at least one predetermined object-type signature. The processing unit is further adapted for controlling the microfluidic switches in response to the real-time characterizations.