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Method and apparatus for sorting particles with a moving catcher tube

  • US 5,030,002 A
  • Filed: 08/11/1989
  • Issued: 07/09/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A catcher tube sorter for a flow cytometer comprising:

  • a body member having a passageway therethrough for the passage of particles which are to be analyzed, the passageway including an analysis portion, a pre-analysis portion and a post analysis portion;

    an uptake tube connected in fluid communication with the pre-analysis portion of the passageway and adapted for fluid communication with a source of particles for providing a particle flow path from the source of particles into the analysis portion;

    a catcher tube carried on the body member and mounted to be selectively positionable in fluid communication with the analysis portion for intermittently receiving analyzed particles after passage of particles through the analysis portion; and

    an operator connected to receive an input signal from the analysis portion relative to one or more particle characteristics and to activate the catcher tube for selectively positioning the catcher tube in fluid communication with the analysis portion.

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