SORTING FLOW CYTOMETER

摘要

A sorting flow cytometer identifies an undesirable drop charge sequence that is preassigned to adjacent drops before the drops have separated from a fluid stream. An example of an undesirable drop charge sequence is a sequence of adjacent drops that are charged with sufficiently high opposing charges that, after the drops are formed, would result in merging of the adjacent drops. The sorting flow cytometer adjusts the assignment of drop charges to avoid the undesired drop charge sequence.

主权项

1. A method of operating a sorting flow cytometer, the method comprising:
identifying, with a computing device, an undesired drop charge sequence assigned to two or more adjacent drops prior to the separation of the drops from a fluid stream; and aborting a sort operation for at least one of the drops in the fluid stream to avoid the undesired drop charge sequence.