Particle analysis in an acoustic cytometer
View Patent ↗The present invention is a method and apparatus for acoustically manipulating one or more particles.
1. An apparatus that acoustically orients a particle in a flow stream comprising:
a capillary having a longitudinal axis, the capillary being configured for flowing a fluid containing a particle having a major axis;
an acoustic signal producing transducer configured to acoustically orient the major axis of the particle coincident with the capillary's longitudinal axis; and
a particle analyzer.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said apparatus further comprises a flow cytometer.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a particle sorter.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said sorter separates the particle based on size prior to analysis.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said acoustic signal producing transducer aligns the particle in a polar direction about a flow axis.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said acoustic signal producing transducer aligns the particle in a direction of flow.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising a particle fractionator.