Patent ID: 11858008
Assignee: CYTONOME/ST, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A method for calibration of particle sorting in a fluid stream, comprising:
delivering a sequence of two or more sortable units from a fluid stream to an inspection zone using a particle delivery device;
interrogating the two or more sortable units using an electromagnetic radiation source at the inspection zone;
sorting, using a sorter downstream of the electromagnetic radiation source, the two or more sortable units based on a characteristic thereof using a sort logic;
interrogating non-targeted sortable units that were adjacent to targeted sortable units that are predicted to include one or more particles having a predetermined characteristic of interest in the sequence of sortable units using a monitoring system;
sweeping a sort delay in the sort logic while interrogating the adjacent non-targeted sortable units;
selecting a value for the sort delay for which a detected intensity from the adjacent non-targeted sortable units is minimum; and
determining if an operational parameter of the sort logic needs adjusting based upon a result of the interrogation of the adjacent non-targeted sortable units.