METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING PARTICLES

摘要

A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The particle sorting system may further include a buffer for absorbing the pressure pulse. The particle sorting system may include a plurality of closely coupled sorting modules which are combined to further increase the sorting rate. The particle sorting system may comprise a multi-stage sorting device for serially sorting streams of particles, in order to decrease the error rate.

主权项

1. A particle detecting system comprising:
a first flow channel adapted to facilitate analysis or processing of a sample having one or more particles flowing through the first flow channel; and a first optically detectable pattern associated with the first flow channel.