초록 ▼

This invention concerns a flow apparatus and method for the detection of particles in a sample. Particles are moved, substantially one at a time, in a fluid flow stream. An incident beam of illumination is provided so as to be directed at the particles in the flow stream. Data associated with each m

This invention concerns a flow apparatus and method for the detection of particles in a sample. Particles are moved, substantially one at a time, in a fluid flow stream. An incident beam of illumination is provided so as to be directed at the particles in the flow stream. Data associated with each moving particle as it passes through the beam of illumination is detected. A class of particles is established, these particles having common characteristics based on the data detected from such class of particles. The data is then stored. Such stored data is compared to data detected from sample particles of an unknown class. A determination is then made that particles from the unknown class belong to the established class as a result of matching respective data.

대표청구항 ▼

A flow cytometry apparatus for the detection of biological particles of interest from a sample of unknown biological particles comprising: means for moving particles from a sample of biological particles of an unknown class, substantially one at a time, in a fluid flow stream; means for providing an

A flow cytometry apparatus for the detection of biological particles of interest from a sample of unknown biological particles comprising: means for moving particles from a sample of biological particles of an unknown class, substantially one at a time, in a fluid flow stream; means for providing an incident beam of illumination directed at the particles in said flow stream; means for detecting light-related data associated with each moving particle as the particle passes through said beam of illumination; means for storing data representing a known class of particles having common characteristics based on light data collected from such known class of particles; means for applying such stored data to light data detected from sample particles of said unknown class in order to match patterns between the data of the known and unknown particles; and means for recognizing that particles from said unknown class belong to said known class as a result of matching patterns of respective light-related data.