Beam shaping optics of flow cytometer systems and methods related thereto

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9494801
APP PUB NO 20140264097A1
SERIAL NO

14212185

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In some aspects, a flow cytometer system is provided that includes beam shaping optics positioned to manipulate a light beam and produce a resulting light beam that irradiates the core stream at the interrogation zone of the flow cell. The beam shaping optics include an acylindrical lens positioned to receive and focus light in a direction of a first axis orthogonal to a direction of light travel, and a cylindrical lens positioned to receive the light output from the acylindrical lens and to focus the light output from the acylindrical lens in a direction of a second axis orthogonal to the first axis and to the direction of light travel. The resulting light beam output has a flat-top shaped intensity profile along the first axis, and a Gaussian-shaped intensity profile along the second axis. Related methods of shaping a light beam at an interrogation zone of a flow cell are also provided.

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  • ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Friedman, Stuart L Palo Alto, US 11 437
Heanue, John F Manchester, US 47 838

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