MODULAR MICROFLUIDIC FLOW CYTOMETER AND METHOD APPLICATIONS

摘要

An embodiment of the invention Is directed to a portable, modular, microscope mounted, microfluidic flow cytometry system The system Includes a microscope platform having an optical inputloutput port, imaging optics, and a sample stage, a sample Illumination source module that Is removably integrated with the optical input/output port, an optics module that Is removably integrated with the sample excitation light source module and the optical inputloutput port, a detector module that Is removably integrated with the optics module and the optical input/output port, a fluidic pump module having a fluldic input and a fluidic output, a first removable fluid conduit for connecting a fluid source to the input, and a second removable fluid conduit for connecting the output to an input of a microfluidic flow module, and, a system control and programmable data processing module The system may further incorporate a microfluidic flow module positionable on the microscope sample stage having an output removably connectable to a fluidic waste collector Method embodiments relating to applications of the microscope-mounted microfluidic flow cytometry system are also described.