Patent ID: 8067170
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of sorting objects comprising: providing a sample having wanted objects and unwanted objects; coating a surface of a sample holder with an antibody; eluting said sample and placing said eluted sample on said sample holder; binding an antigen in wanted objects in said sample with said antibody on said surface of said sample holder to sort said objects into bound wanted objects and unbound unwanted objects; separating said wanted objects from said unwanted objects by removing said unwanted objects from a surface of said sample holder, leaving behind antibody-bound wanted objects on said surface of said sample holder; inspecting and identifying said wanted objects, and determining a level of purity of said wanted objects; releasing said wanted objects from said surface of said sample holder; removing said wanted objects from said surface of said same sample holder using holographic optical trapping; and performing single cell PCR-based STR analysis on said wanted objects in individual output chambers on said same sample holder.