System and method for sorting cells

GE Seidel, LA Herickhoff, JL Schenk - US Patent 9,365,822, 2016 - Google Patents
Improved flow cytometer system particularly adapted to use for sex-selected sperm sorting
include enhanced sheath fluid and other strategies which minimize stress on the sperm …

Optical approach for microfluidic DNA electrophoresis detection

HR Bell, JW Pettit, JP Landers, JM Bienvenue… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data (63) Continuation of application No. 127659, 492, filed on Mar.
10, 2010, now abandoned.(60) Provisional application No. 61/213,405, filed on Jun. 4 …

Optical apparatus

JC Sharpe, PN Schaare - US Patent 7,586,604, 2009 - Google Patents
Various optical apparatus, in particular embodiments, may provide a source of parallel light
(7, 75). The parallel light (7, 75) may be generally achieved by directing an incident beam at …

Process for evaluating staining conditions of cells for sorting

G Durak, JD Wallace, GP Vandre, LA Westfall… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
A multi-channel apparatus for classifying particles according to one or more particle
characteristics may have a plurality of flow cytometry units, each of which is operable to …

Methods for concentrating and detecting microorganisms using centrifuge tubes

NG Anderson, NL Anderson - US Patent 6,346,421, 2002 - Google Patents
A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two
dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding …

Detection and characterization of microorganisms

NG Anderson, NL Anderson - US Patent 7,070,739, 2006 - Google Patents
A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two
dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding …

Methods and apparatus for high purity X-chromosome bearing and Y-chromosome bearing populations of spermatozoa

KM Evans, EB Van Munster - US Patent 9,145,590, 2015 - Google Patents
US9145590B2 - Methods and apparatus for high purity X-chromosome bearing and Y-chromosome
bearing populations of spermatozoa - Google Patents US9145590B2 - Methods and …

Optical apparatus

JC Scharpe, PN Schaare - US Patent 7,929,137, 2011 - Google Patents
Various optical apparatus, in particular embodiments, may provide a source of parallel light
(7, 75). The parallel light (7, 75) may be generally achieved by directing an incident beam at …

Methods and devices for electronic and magnetic sensing of the contents of microfluidic flow channels

H Nassef, G Facer, M Unger - US Patent 8,440,093, 2013 - Google Patents
The presence of a detectable entity within a detection volume of a microfabricated
elastomeric structure is sensed through a change in the electrical or magnetic environment …

Heterogeneous inseminate system

JL Schenk, GE Seidel, TK Suh, JF Moreno… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A heterogeneous inseminate including a? rst amount of sperm of a? rst
animal and a second amount of sperm of a second animal of the same species, the? rst …