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Method and device for sorting particles suspended in an electrolyte

  • US 4,175,662 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1978
  • Issued: 11/27/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method to direct the flow of electrolyte and especially the motion of particles or cells in an electrolyte suspension to sort these particles or cells from a mixture into different containers according to their preselected properties, characterized in that the suspension flows in a middle channel along a preselected length of its trajectory in the form of a very thin stream and can be deflected into at least one side channel, that a pair of control electrodes is located in at least one of the side channels, which produces gas by electrolysis when being activated by an electric current impulse of sufficient amplitude, and that the production of a gas impulse in all side channels with activated control electrodes results in a deflection of the suspension stream into those side channels with inactivated or no control electrodes.

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