Patent Document ID: 8290625
Application ID: 12098340
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of sorting particles from a particle stream in a flow cytometer, comprising: (a) receiving a sort logic definition at a computer; (b) receiving at the computer from the flow cytometer one or more raw event data values for a particle passing through the flow cytometer; (c) calculating at the computer in software while the particle is passing through the flow cytometer one or more sort decision making parameters using the raw event data values, and the sort logic definition; (d) using the computer, performing one or more sort logic computations in software while the particle is passing through the flow cytometer using the sort logic definition and the one or more sort decision making parameters to generate one or more sort decisions; (e) using the computer, converting in software while the particle is passing through the flow cytometer the one or more sort decisions into one or more sort commands; and (f) sending the one or more sort commands from the computer to the flow cytometer to control the sorting of the particle by the flow cytometer.