Patent ID: 11867605
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A particle sorter comprising:
a flow cell;
a light source for irradiating an interrogation point of the flow cell;
a detector for detecting light from the interrogation point;
a droplet generator for producing a droplet stream from fluid exiting the flow cell; and
a droplet deflector configured to apply a known offset deflection force to the droplet stream;
wherein the droplet deflector comprises first and second plates configured to be adjustably offset from one another with respect to a horizontal plane perpendicular to the axis of the droplet stream, and further wherein the first plate comprises an elongated section comprising a set screw configured to allow the first plate to be adjustably offset from the second plate with respect to the horizontal plane.