Patent ID: 7428047
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: B82Y,G01N

Abstract:
1. A flow cytometer for sorting cells in a sample containing at least one detectable cell, the flow cytometer comprising: a channel having one or more detection zones; means for generating a flow stream in the channel; one or more irradiation sources disposed for irradiating the one or more detection zones with non-coherent radiation; at least one detector disposed for collecting light signals emitted from the at least one detectable cell in the one or more detection zones excited by the radiation, the at least one detector having an output; a time delay integration system coupled to the at least one detector for effecting the time delay integration of at least one charge on the at least one detector, corresponding to the light signals by accumulating the at least one charge before reading the at least one charge at the output of the at least one detector; and a sorting system comprising a diverter configured to selectively direct the flow of at least one detectable cell away from the channel, and to remove the at least one detectable cell from a flow stream in the channel.