公开(公告)号：US20230266227A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18000607

申请日：2021-06-03

Applicant: KINETIC RIVER CORP.

Inventor： Giacomo Vacca ,  Elijah Sassoon Kashi ,  Alan Hap Chin

IPC: G01N15/14

CPC classification number: G01N15/1436 ,  G01N15/1404 ,  G01N2015/1006

Abstract: This disclosure relates to configurable particle analyzer apparatuses and methods. In some embodiments, a modular particle analyzer includes a stray light blocking module including a focusing lens, a pinhole, and a collimating lens. The focusing lens is configured to focus light emitted from the flowcell through the pinhole. The pinhole is configured to block stray or scattered light emitted from the flowcell. The collimating lens is configured to substantially collimate the light exiting the pinhole to output a substantially collimated light beam. A modular particle analyzer may alternatively, or additionally, include a rod-and-cage architecture. A particle analyzer may alternatively, or additionally, include a sheath pressure control module and a sample pressure control module. Further, a particle analyzer may alternatively, or additionally, include a sample probe wash. Any of the embodiments described herein may be combined with any one or more of the other embodiments described herein.

公开(公告)号：US20240102914A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18546508

申请日：2022-02-16

Applicant: Kinetic River Corp.

Inventor： Giacomo Vacca ,  Rick Yarussi ,  Elijah Sassoon Kashi

IPC: G01N15/14 ,  G01N15/1434

CPC classification number: G01N15/1459 ,  G01N15/1436 ,  G01N2015/1006

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an external monitoring device for a flow cytometer. The external monitoring device comprises: a housing configured to reversibly attach to a portion of the flow cytometer such that an optical system within the housing is aligned with a monitoring region within a flowcell of the flow cytometer. The optical system is configured to continuously capture and monitor at least a portion of the optical energy emanating from the monitoring region of the flowcell. The optical system comprises at least one sensor configured to: detect the optical energy captured by the optical system, and generate, based on the detected optical energy, an image of the monitoring region. The external monitoring device may further comprise a processor configured to continuously provide the image to an electronic device, for example a display or a computing device.