Patent ID: 11921026
Assignee: CYTONOME/ST, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A microfluidic system for anti-sorting particles, the microfluidic system comprising:
a microfluidic channel having an inlet with an aperture to introduce a fluidic stream having a plurality of particles;
a measurement device located downstream of the inlet to detect a desired characteristic in one of the plurality of particles and to output a signal associated with the detection;
an energy source located in a deflection region located downstream of the measurement device that applies a force to particles in the plurality of particles that are free of the desired characteristic, the energy source being responsive to the signal from the measurement device to reduce or eliminate the application of force to avoid application of the force to one or more of the plurality of particles having the desired characteristic;
a computing device configured to control the energy source based on the signal from the measurement device and based upon input values or target goals received from a user, and to switch between a first operating mode and a second operating mode based upon the input values or the target goals, the first operating mode sorting particles and the second operating mode anti-sorting particles;
a first output channel located downstream of the deflection region and configured to output a fluidic stream of particles in the plurality of particles that have the desired characteristic; and
a second output channel located downstream of the deflection region and configured to receive the particles of the plurality of particles that are free of the desired characteristic.