CN101614731A - Be used to sort equipment, method and the program of particle and the animal sperm that the sex letter sorting is provided - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to be used to sort equipment, method and the program of particle and the animal sperm that the sex letter sorting is provided, comprising: collect sperm; Select painted condition; Utilize DNA selectivity fluorescent dye to chromospermism; According to sex chromosome content letter sorting spermatid; With the sperm group of cryopreservation letter sorting until artificial insemination.One embodiment comprises equipment and the method for utilizing a plurality of flow cytometries unit letter sorting spermatid of sharing an integral platform.In one embodiment, the flow cytometry letter sorting comprises following equipment and the method used: the oriented nozzle with baffle plate; The external exposure optical system; Slit scan in endonuclear partial dna zone; Digital signal processing comprises the synchronized sampling of analog output signal, in the feature extraction of the pulse waveform of the approximate value of the first order derivative of the pulse waveform at a some place of pulse; Any in the multiple letter sorting strategy; And sort calibration system automatically.In one embodiment, digital signal processing is included in respect to the time of the pulse of sending from irradiating laser analog output signal is sampled.Other embodiment and above-mentioned differing widely comprise relating to each step that can be used for any various application (comprising grain size analysis) or the embodiment of system.
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The application be the applying date be March 29 in 2004 day, be called the dividing an application of patented claim 200480014339.1 of " be used to sort particle and equipment, method and the program of the animal sperm of sex letter sorting are provided ".
Technical field
The present invention relates to equipment and method that animal sperm is collected, more particularly, relate to the sperm group that utilizes the various technology comprise flow cytometry to produce to be rich in the spermatid population of sperm cells alive of the employed dna characteristics letter sorting of animal farming industry (for example according to) to select the equipment and the method for animal offspring sex in advance with one or more required feature.
Background technology
Utilize artificial insemination (AI) to make animal fertilization and to carry out embryo transfer after in vitro fertilization be a kind of conventional implementation method.In animal husbandry, the ability that influences the reproduction result towards the offspring with one or more required feature has conspicuous advantage.For example, in dairy industry, trend towards femalely selecting the offspring to have economic benefit in advance with the breed of guaranteeing cow.As in U.S. Pat 6,357, disclosed among 307 (Buchanan etc.), US 5,985,216 (Rens etc.) and the US 5,135,759 (Johnson), people realize that to the flow cytometry that utilizes letter sorting X and Y spermatid this target attempts.But these attempt all not causing producing the formation of the system of the commercial successful high productive capacity that has the pure relatively spermatid of the sex that is enough to the effective motility of fertilization in a large number.
Therefore, in animal farming industry, need at present a kind ofly effectively to isolate spermatid to produce the feasible High Speed System of a large amount of such cells based on dna characteristics (perhaps further feature) in commercial use.Also need a kind of sperm management system that when so segregate sperm isolated system is handled, can keep its viability and can preserve so segregate sperm in the preparation use.The present invention satisfies these needs.
More briefly, the present invention relates to the improvement of flow cytometry.Usually, flow cytometry be defined as by a kind of measurement mechanism when particle single-row substantially in fluid stream by the time measure the feature of each particle, flow cytometry provides usually according to the information of selected feature to the particle classification.Perhaps, then can utilize some technology (comprising drop letter sorting, drop interference letter sorting and fluid communication) that particle is classified.The another kind of selection is optionally to divide undesired particle, for example utilizes the light excision.
In flow cytometry system, utilize optical device light beam (for example visible light or UV light) to be guided and focuses in the fluid stream that contains particle and collect the radiation (comprise scattered light and/or come from the particle fluorescent radiation) that comes from particle based on optics.For example in a kind of optical system commonly used, light beam (for example laser beam) is focused on the fluid stream and radiation is collected by a pair of collector unit, one is positioned at the laser instrument front collecting scattered light radiation, another perpendicular to fluid stream and laser instrument setting with the collection fluorescent radiation.Each collector unit comprises the photodetector of separation, and this has increased the expense of system.In addition, in conventional optical system, photodetector is converted into electric signal with collected radiation, utilizes simulation system to analyze electric signal according to selected particle characteristic particle is classified.Simulation system is cheaper, but only finite information can draw from signal.
People also attempt to develop and can be used for handling spermatid to obtain being rich in the technology of the population of sperm cells with the chromosomal sperm of required sex.But existing technology does not reach the technology of the present invention described here.
For example, Johnson etc. (U.S. Pat 5,135,759) have described the sperm enriched populations that utilizes flow cytometry/cell sorting device the sperm group of complete band X and Y chromosome to be separated into band X and Y chromosome according to the DNA content.Described as the document, sperm combines with the DNA selective dye at 1 hour (39 ℃) to 1.5 hours (30 ℃) under 30 to 39 ℃ temperature.Then utilize flow cytometry to measure the fluorescence volume that when the laser beam of sperm by the stimulation dyestuff, sends.Because X-bearing sperm contains the more DNA of sperm than the band Y chromosome, and most of animal has 3 to 5% difference, so X-bearing sperm sends the fluorescence of Duoing than the sperm of band Y chromosome.For the situation that illustrates that fluorescence measurement can change according to the rotational alignment of spermatid, use two photodetectors.Determine at first whether the spermatid orientation is suitable, measure then with according to having X or Y chromosome is classified to sperm.The fluid stream that utilizes oscillator to make to comprise sperm splits into drop in the downstream of sperm by the position of laser beam.The drop that comprises single sperm with predetermined fluorescent intensity be provided electric charge and by electrostatic deflection in collection container.The sex that is collected is strengthened sperm group and is then used in microinjection, in vitro fertilization or artificial insemination.
Seidel etc. (WO 02/43574) have also described the sex of utilizing flow cytometry sperm to be divided into the cell of band X and Y chromosome and have strengthened the group.It is painted that Seidel etc. have described under the temperature between 30 ℃ and 40 ℃ pair cell.
U.S. Patent Application Publication No. is the method that 2003/0157475 A1 (Schenk, on August 21st, 2003) has described the spermatid that a kind of deepfreeze sorted according to X or Y chromosome content.As described herein, need before spermatid is by deepfreeze, add a kind of freeze-point depressant in the deepfreeze process, to protect spermatid for spermatid.For example, glycerine is a kind of freeze-point depressant that added the spermatid of ox usually before deepfreeze to.But, in order to obtain better protection from freeze-point depressant, need before making spermatid be in to be lower than under 0 ℃ the temperature, wait for freeze-point depressant and spermatid balance.In equilibration time, freeze-point depressant permeation cell film is protected also to provide in the cell except the extracellular protection that is provided by freeze-point depressant.Like this, be that the deepfreeze method described among 2003/0157475 A1 has been described to be chilled at spermatid and added a kind of adjuvant that comprises glycerine after 5 ℃ in U.S. Patent Application Publication No..Then before spermatid meets with lower temperature, make spermatid and glycerine in the time between 1 and 18 hour 5 ℃ of following balances.Disclosed content recommendation 3 and the balance period between 6 hours are to obtain optimum.
Regrettably, related time and the expense of 3 to 6 hours equilibration time brought negative effect for the income of commercial sperm method for sorting.In addition, for commercial sperm method for sorting, believe usually by reduce that sperm is collected and deepfreeze between time (other factors is equal to) improve the health of sperm.From this viewpoint, hope can be used does not need long equilibration time to reach the deepfreeze technology of freeze-point depressant optimum efficiency yet.In addition, it is said that known deepfreeze technology produces injurious effects to the motility of sperm, this shows that sperm cell fertility reduces.Like this, need compare the deepfreeze technology of preserving sperm cell fertility with routine techniques.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind of improvement system (method and apparatus) based on one or more required signature analysis, classification and letter sorting particle; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this system, promptly use flow cytometry accurately to isolate system with sorting cell according to dna content; In certain embodiments, a kind of like this system is provided, promptly comprise making the output of system as the system of the controlled letter sorting agreement of the function of one or more factor, these factors comprise the particle swarm of needs letter sorting purity, speed that required particle swarm is collected, be not sorted into the loss and the other factors of the required particle among the required group; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this system, promptly high speed operation is to provide the system that is fit to the commercial sex letter sorting sperm that uses of animal farming industry; A kind of like this system is provided, can under the dysgenic situation that pair cell (motility that comprises spermatid) generation is very not big, be used for the system of sorting cell; A kind of system is provided, this system be used in the spermatid of preserving letter sorting under the minimum dysgenic situation that pair cell (motility that comprises spermatid) produces until needs they the time; A kind of like this system is provided, and when this system included the generation of sex sperm, this system comprised the technology of the letter sorting of raising speed and classify accuracy and spermatid; A kind of flow cytometry system is provided, and this system utilizes external exposure (epi-illumination) optical device to detect various features to be analyzed and (selectable) particle to be sorted; A kind of so economic external exposure flow cytometry system that makes is provided; In one embodiment, a kind of like this system is provided, this system comprises a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and an integrated platform is shared so that with high productivity classification and (selectively) letter sorting particle (such as cell in general sense, particularly spermatid) in described a plurality of flow cytometries unit; A kind of like this multi-channel system is provided, and common unit and system are shared to reduce difference between the passage with more efficient operation by this system; And in one embodiment, provide a kind of like this sorting system, this system comprise can make sample by test rapidly with the quality of determining sample agreement with the rentability that can estimate further letter sorting.
In addition, the present invention relates to be used for the improvement system (method and apparatus) that the signal of fluorescence is represented in digital processing; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this digital display circuit, this system is used to detect the analog-to-digital conversion pulse of the function of feature as a setting; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this digital display circuit, this system is used for the discrimination parameter initialization; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this digital display circuit, this system is used to detect the numerical information corresponding to waveform pulse; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this digital display circuit, this system is used to comprise the numerical information analysis of feature extraction; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this digital display circuit, this system is used for sorting pulse and limits decision boundary; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this digital display circuit, this system uses drop division sensor control transducer amplitude; And in one embodiment, provide a kind of like this digital display circuit, utilize this system assignment and collect the cell that is used for commercial distribution.
In addition, the present invention relates to when the sperm sample of collecting from buck by comprising the improved system ensemble (method and apparatus) of animal sperm being carried out commercial processes than the deepfreeze of the sperm sample that is present in the sperm that more has required karyological character the collected sperm; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this system, this system can strengthen sperm to the sex of the work of commercial quantities and effectively handle; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this system, by this system being regulated the variation that to calculate the Sperm characteristics between daily and the animal; In one embodiment, provide a kind of like this system, this system can utilize a flow cytometry unit per hour to produce about 18,000,000 sex reinforcement sperm with 85% purity; In one embodiment, a kind of like this system is provided, this system can handle the loss of sperm of collection that has the sperm sample alive of required sex character and have a required sex character in 1 hour processing time with 85% purity production less than 10% fully to a collection of sperm (for example, the sperm of collecting from buck).
Generally, the present invention relates in equipment and the method described in the application's claim.
Other purpose of the present invention and characteristic are significantly and partly to mention hereinafter.
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Fig. 1 is the operation process chart of an exemplary sperm sort program of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment of flow cytometry drop sorting system of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the side view of a part of an embodiment of the flow cytometry equipment that is used for drop letter sorting of the present invention, the external exposure optical module that will stimulate beam focusing to flow at the fluid that moves up that is produced by nozzle system shown in it;
Fig. 4 is the end-view of an embodiment of nozzle of the present invention and nozzle bearing;
Fig. 5 is the nozzle of Fig. 4 of obtaining of the cutting planes 5-5 along Fig. 4 and the sectional view of nozzle bearing;
Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram of the related spermatid of carrying in the fluid stream by oval beam spot inquiry of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 7 is the synoptic diagram of angle envelope of the required orientation of expression spermatid, and the light beam that wherein comes from optical system is with roomy substantially wide of irradiating cell;
Fig. 8 is the cross-sectional view of an embodiment of nozzle body of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the side view of expression by the nozzle body shown in Fig. 8 of a series of cutting planes (A-A to H-H and J-J to K-K) of nozzle body;
Fig. 9 A-9H and 9J-9K are the sectional views at the nozzle body shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 of the respective planes (A-A to H-H and J-J to K-K) along Fig. 9;
Figure 10 is the skeleton view of xsect of an embodiment that has the nozzle system of directed baffle plate in the nozzle;
Figure 11 is the cross-sectional view of the nozzle system shown in Figure 10;
Figure 12 is that cross-sectional view is amplified in the part of the part of the nozzle system shown in Figure 10 and 11;
Figure 13 amplifies cross-sectional view with the figure shown in Figure 12 is similarly local, but obtain from the direction perpendicular to the direction of observation Figure 12;
Figure 14 is the side view of an embodiment of the barrier support of fixed dam;
Figure 15 is the top view of barrier support shown in Figure 14 and baffle plate;
Figure 16 is so that the top view of an embodiment of the barrier support of mode rotational orientation in nozzle that the line of baffle plate supporting leg and the major axis that is parallel to the oval D in the nozzle intersects;
Figure 17 is so that the top view of an embodiment of the barrier support of mode rotational alignment in nozzle that baffle plate supporting leg and line perpendicular to the major axis of the oval D in the nozzle intersect;
Figure 18 is the side cross-sectional view of an embodiment that comprises the nozzle system of baffle plate, a series of cutting planes (A-A to E-E) by nozzle and baffle plate shown in it;
Figure 18 A-18E is illustrated in the nozzle system shown in Figure 18 the transversal flow region at each some place;
Figure 19 be by have that nozzle perpendicular to the baffle plate of the longitudinal axis of nozzle obtains with the similar cross-sectional view of Figure 12;
Figure 20 is the cross-sectional view of the nozzle shown in the Figure 19 that obtains by the cutting planes 20-20 shown on Figure 19;
Figure 21 is and the similar cross-sectional view of the cross-sectional view of Figure 18 wherein to be illustrated in the offset position place and to have the nozzle system that sample is introduced conduit;
Figure 22 is mounted in the skeleton view of an embodiment of the nozzle system of nozzle holder of the present invention;
Figure 23 is that a plurality of spermatids that form a line are when the synoptic diagram by a perforate element of the present invention rotational alignment when inquiring the position;
Figure 24 is that the drop division that is illustrated in the related nozzle downstream of one embodiment of the present of invention (comes off, break-off) synoptic diagram of position;
Figure 25 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment of division sensing system of the present invention;
Figure 26 is just attempting of a kind of flow cytometry system of the present invention;
Figure 27 is the enlarged perspective of the part of the system shown in Figure 26, and for the sake of clarity removes the some parts of this system;
Figure 28 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment of a kind of external exposure optical system of the present invention;
Figure 29 is the skeleton view of an embodiment of a kind of external exposure optical system of the present invention;
Figure 30 is the side view of the external exposure optical system shown in Figure 29;
Figure 31 is the top view of the external exposure optical system shown in Figure 29 and 30;
Figure 32 is the sectional view along the external exposure optical system of the plane 32-32 of Figure 30;
Figure 33 is the sectional view along the part of the external exposure optical system of the plane 33-33 of Figure 31;
Figure 34 is the skeleton view of element of filter system that only is illustrated in two tropism's light filter back of the external exposure optical system shown in Figure 29;
Figure 35 is the skeleton view of of the present invention another kind of external exposure optical system that comprises the translational adjustment of cylindrical lens;
Figure 36 is the synoptic diagram of the inquiry position of one embodiment of the present of invention, focuses on laser beam on the fluid downstream stream of nozzle with the deflection incident angle shown in it;
Figure 37 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment of letter sorting calibration system of the present invention;
Figure 38 is a synoptic diagram of calibrating an embodiment of the external exposure sensor that is used in combination with the letter sorting shown in Figure 37;
Figure 39 is the block diagram of an embodiment of digital cytoanalyzer (DCA) involved in the present invention and processor;
Figure 40 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment of hyperchannel sorter of the present invention, two passages shown in it;
Figure 41 is the operation process chart of an embodiment of hyperchannel sorter of the present invention, four passages shown in it;
Figure 42 is the block diagram of an embodiment of analog cell analyzer (ACA) involved in the present invention;
Figure 43 is that expression comes from from the chart of the waveform pulse stream of exporting with the photodetector of the mobile cell detection fluorescent pulse of the average velocity of 10,000 cells of per second;
Figure 44 is the exploded view of Figure 43, comes from the stream of exporting from the photodetector of mobile three fluorescent pulse of three cell detection of the average velocity of 10,000 cells of per second shown in it; In the figure the square-wave of 100MHz drop clock be applied with between the square-wave pulse that is illustrated in three pulses and drop clock synchronously;
Figure 45 illustrates spermatid moving with respect to laser beam spots with narrow width;
Figure 49 is the graphical representation of exemplary of simulating the numerical information of output with the continuous sampling rate of 105MHz based on the time change of the photodetector of a fluorescent pulse of 122 pattern detection corresponding to coming from;
Figure 50 is a synoptic diagram of representing the time relationship between the numeral sample of laser pulse, the fluorescent emission that comes from cell that is caused by laser pulse and photodetector output in one embodiment of the invention;
Figure 51 is the synoptic diagram how numeral sample shown in expression Figure 50 forms pulse waveform;
Figure 52 is the synoptic diagram of the pulse waveform of the synchronous X spermatid of the pulse waveform with the Y spermatid of the higher peak intensity of expression X spermatid in pulse waveform;
Figure 53 is the synoptic diagram that expression can be used for the pulse waveform of threshold value of pulse analysis and integration window;
Figure 54 is the histogram that expression utilizes the sample of high-resolution X of comprising that the slit scanning technique reaches and Y spermatid;
Figure 55 is the histogram that expression utilizes the sample that comprises X and Y spermatid of the relatively poor resolution that standard irradiation reaches;
Figure 56-59 illustrates fluorescence histogram and the peak value scatter diagram with respect to the zone of the sperm nucleus and the spermatid of living;
Histogrammic quaternary model-Figure 60 of fluorescence intensity that Figure 60-61 illustrates spermatid illustrates raw data, and Figure 61 illustrates the model curve that utilizes an embodiment of a kind of iterative algorithm of the present invention to produce based on the data shown in Figure 60;
Histogrammic ternary model-Figure 62 of fluorescence intensity that Figure 62-63 illustrates spermatid illustrates raw data, and Figure 63 illustrates the model curve that utilizes an embodiment of a kind of iterative algorithm of the present invention to produce based on the data shown in Figure 62;
Figure 64 illustrates the non-linear of CSD feature; Top panel represents to be used to the average M chart with the spermatid of X or band Y; Middle lath illustrates the chart less than first derivative of these average M charts (being M ') that are used for the signal amplitude value of the peak height of the fluorescent emission pulse of average band Y; And the bottom lath illustrates first derivative as the function of the signal amplitude (difference between M ' x-M ' y);
It is to pass the embodiment of calculating gradient of the straight line of two points in the fluorescent emission pulse that Figure 65 illustrates CSD feature wherein;
Figure 66-69 illustrates the improvement difference that utilizes the CSD feature extraction to reach;
Figure 70 illustrates and is arranged on CSD with respect to the letter sorting of the binary variable on the scattering chart of pulse area (area) scattering zone;
Figure 71 illustrates and is used for wherein left lath and accepts letter sorting strategy (do not have to overlap and end strategy) and the right lath corresponding to height recovery/coincidence and accept the embodiment that the flow cytometry of the test of letter sorting strategy (overlap end tactful) is analyzed once more corresponding to high-purity/coincidences refusal;
Figure 72 is the operation process chart of an embodiment of digital signal processing of the present invention;
Figure 73 is an example of average (k-menas) aggregation strategy of the k that can use according to one embodiment of present invention;
Figure 74 is the concept map and the graphical presentation for pulse characteristics data application Bayes Minimum Error (Bayes's least error) decision rule that can use according to one embodiment of present invention;
Figure 75 result's that to be utilizing of can using the according to one embodiment of present invention result that Bayes Minimum Error decision rule obtains and Mahalonobis (Ma Shi) obtain apart from the threshing support graphical presentation;
The mobile window statistical form that Figure 76 uses according to one embodiment of present invention is to provide the concept map of " forgeing ";
Figure 77 is the drift-compensated graphical presentation that uses according to one embodiment of present invention;
Figure 78 illustrates the fluid stream that comprises exemplary distribution of particles;
Figure 79 is the chart of expression as the purity of using a function that overlaps the fluid transfer rate of accepting the letter sorting strategy;
Figure 80 is the chart of expression as the number percent of the required particle that successfully is sorted into available groups of a function that uses the fluid transfer rate that overlaps refusal letter sorting strategy;
Figure 81 is the chart that expression accepts to be sorted to the inverse relationship between the number percent of the coincidence drop in the group of required particle and the number percent that refusal is sorted to the coincidence drop in this group;
Figure 82 is the decision flowchart of overall operation of an embodiment of expression sorting arrangement of the present invention;
Figure 83 is that orientation is suitable for producing the cytometer of the stream of liquid droplets with horizontal velocity component and collects the side view of the collection system of drop;
Figure 84 is the enlarged perspective about the collection system shown in the Figure 83 shown in nozzle system and the deflector panel;
Figure 85 is the schematic chart of an embodiment of collection system of the present invention;
Figure 86 is just the attempting of cutting device of the collection system shown in Figure 83;
Figure 87 is the side view of the cutting device of the collection system shown in Figure 83;
Figure 88-95 illustrates the graph results of several sperm centrifuge tests;
Figure 96-the 98th, the synoptic diagram of the step among the embodiment of expression filter method of the present invention;
Figure 99 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment that is used to filter the filtering system of spermatid;
Figure 100 is the synoptic diagram that is used to filter the another kind of filtering system of spermatid;
Figure 101 and 102 illustrates the graph results of spermatid filtration test;
Figure 103 is the workflow diagram of an embodiment of low temperature conservation method for Chinese of the present invention
Figure 104 illustrates the graph results of spermatid low-temperature preservation test;
Figure 105 is the operation process chart of an embodiment that is used for the method for processing spermatid involved in the present invention;
Figure 106 is the skeleton view of an embodiment of hyperchannel particle sorting device of the present invention, and wherein part is removed so that the internal feature of sorter to be shown;
Figure 107 is the skeleton view that can be used for the manifold system of FLUID TRANSPORTATION in the hyperchannel particle sorting device of Figure 106;
Figure 108 is the skeleton view of the manifold system of Figure 107, the internal fluid communication of manifold system shown in it;
Figure 109 is the skeleton view of the particle sorting device shown in Figure 106, and wherein Fu Jia element is removed or partly removes so that the internal feature of sorter to be shown better;
Figure 110 is just attempting of the particle sorting device shown in Figure 106;
Figure 111 is the side view of the particle sorting device shown in Figure 106, and the sidewall of its middle shell is removed so that the internal feature of sorter to be shown;
Figure 112 is the side view (obtaining from the side relative with the side that obtains Figure 107) of the particle sorting device shown in Figure 106, and sidewall is removed so that the internal feature of sorter to be shown;
Figure 113 is that the side view and the back of the body lid of the particle sorting device shown in Figure 106 of obtaining of an angle from the sorter back is removed so that the internal feature of sorter to be shown;
Figure 114 is the skeleton view of the part of the particle sorting device shown in Figure 106, the installation of the system of multi-nozzle shown in it on crossbeam;
Figure 115 is the skeleton view of the part of the particle sorting device shown in Figure 106, the relative position of the other parts of collection system shown in it and particle sorting device;
Figure 116 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment that is used for the fluid delivery system of hyperchannel sorter of the present invention;
Figure 117 and 118 is synoptic diagram of two kinds of different laser beam splitting systems;
Figure 119 and Figure 120 are the skeleton views of another kind of hyperchannel sorter of the present invention;
Figure 121-134 illustrates the diagram result of various embodiment;
Figure 135 is the synoptic diagram of an alternate embodiments of nozzle system of the present invention, and wherein nozzle is by kapillary guiding fluid stream;
Figure 136 is the synoptic diagram of an embodiment of a kind of photodamaged sorting system of the present invention;
Figure 137 is based on the synoptic diagram of a kind of selectable sorting system of the fluid conversion in the equipment that can be used for using technology of the present invention; And
Figure 138 is based on the synoptic diagram that makes a kind of high velocity liquid drip-dry of selected discontinuous sections of fluid stream of the particle have analysis relate to a kind of selectable sorting system of stream.
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Overview
39 sperms are collected
41 are the knowledge of sperm decals
41A increases buffering agent
43 quality controls
47 clean
48 painted fluids
49 is painted
51 cultivate
The 53 sample guiding devices of packing flow cytometry into
54 by flow cytometry increase sheath fluid
55 letter sortings
57 collect the sperm of letter sorting
58A increases the collection fluid
58B concentrates spermatid
58C increases low-temperature filling agent (swelling agent)
59 sperms with letter sorting are contained in the test tube
61 low-temperature preservations
63 are packaged in the liquid nitrogen
65 distribute
67 sell
69 storages
71 artificial inseminations
Flow cytometry
1 system (totally)
The supply of 3 carrying objects
The supply of 7 sheath fluids
9 have the flow cytometry equipment of sorting ability
15 fluid delivery systems
17 carrying objects
19 sheath fluids
21 fluids stream
23 grain flows
25 electromagnetic radiation beams
31 come from the electromagnetic radiation of particle
33 drops
35 are included in the particle in the drop
Flow cytometry equipment (single channel)
101 nozzle systems
103 nozzle bores
105 transducers
The division of 107 drops
109 optical systems
115 inquiry positions
117 photodetectors
119 sorting systems
123 first are not on the same group or the drop of group
125 second are not on the same group or the drop of group
2201 collection systems
131 processors
Nozzle system
133 cylindrical mobile main bodys
135 central longitudinal are to the hole
137 nozzles
139 infundibulate nozzle bodies
141 passages by nozzle body
145 have the counterbore of internal thread
149 screwed protuberance or double-screw bolts
155 O-ring seals
157 conduits (tube-shaped needle)
167 annular spaces (gap)
Radial hole (sheath fluid) in the 173 mobile main bodys
183 second radial holes (additional sheath fluid)
The center pit of 189 carrying objects
The outer coaxial sheath of 191 fluids
Cell orientation
201 Ns of spermatids
205 oar shape heads
207 flat wide facing surfaces
209 narrow limits
211 sperm equator
213 nuclears
215 tails
217 nuclear length
219 head length
221 head widths
223 length overalls
225 nuclear in locating area
The direction of 227 fluids stream
229 wherein light beam irradiates on wide envelope with certain angle
The R1 angular range
The P plane
Designs of nozzles
The inside of 231 nozzle bodies
The inside surface of 233 nozzle bodies
235 first axial conical regions
237 second axial conical regions
239 the 3rd axial conical regions
The longitudinal axis of 247 nozzles
The 4th zone of 249 nozzle interior
251 four-range axial lengths
255 hole elements
257 counterbores at spray nozzle front end
259 first reverse the zone
261 second reverse the zone
263 first reverse the surface in zone
267 second reverse the surface in zone
271 torsion
273 first reverse the axial length in zone
The axial length of 275 first conical regions
The axial length of 277 second conical regions
279 second reverse the axial length in zone
The conical upstream face of 309 hole elements
The conical downstream surface of 315 hole elements
The axial length of 317 conical upstream face
The axial length of 327 downstream surface
Directed baffle plate
2001 directed baffle plates
2003 baffle plates
2005 baffle plate bearings
2007 upstream supporting legs
2009 downstream supporting legs
2015 intersections
The central axis of 2017 nozzle bodies
The curved edge of 2019 upstream supporting legs
The distance that 2025 times supporting legs extend downstream
The length overall of 2027 baffle plate bearings
The external diameter of 2029 baffle plate bearings
The internal diameter of 2031 baffle plate bearings
Distance between 2033 intersections and the nozzle centerline
The upstream extremity of 2035 baffle plates
The inclined surface of 2037 baffle plate bearings
The side of 2039 downstream supporting legs
The downstream side of 2041 downstream supporting legs
Gap between 2049 baffle plates and the baffle plate bearing
The inside surface of 2051 baffle plate bearings
Volume behind 2053 baffle plates
The internal volume of 2055 nozzles
The longitudinal axis of 2057 cylindrical baffle bearings
2059 pass through the line of the major axis of oval D
Distance between 2061 entry needles and the baffle plate
The downstream end of 2067 baffle plate bearings
Contact point between 2069 baffle plate bearings and the nozzle
2071 O shapes circle
The downstream end of 2077 nozzle holders (boss)
The internal diameter of 2079 boss
Sheath fluid part between 2081 cores stream and the nozzle surface
2087 upstream xsects (A)
2089 xsects of locating at baffle plate (B)
2091 xsects of locating at baffle plate (C)
2093 xsects of locating at baffle plate (D)
2094 xsects of locating at baffle plate downstream (E)
2097 vertical baffle systems
2095 air bubbles
2099 vertical baffles
The curved edge of 2101 vertical baffles
The straight edge of 2103 vertical baffles
2105 O shapes circle
Annular shoulder in 2107 nozzles (frame)
The external diameter of 2109 sample entry needles (conduit)
2151 have the nozzle system that the biasing sample is introduced conduit
Nozzle is installed and is regulated
331 nozzle holders
333 first linear grade
337 second linear grade
339 X-axis lines
341 Y-axis lines
343 the 3rd rotate level
345 z axis
347 fixing first order element (not shown)
The framework of 349 first order elements of fixing
The first order element of 355 activities
357 are used for the actuator (mircrometer gauge) of the first order
359 fixing second level elements
The second level element of 361 activities
363 are used for partial actuator (mircrometer gauge)
365 fixing third level elements
The third level element of 371 activities
373 are used for the actuator (mircrometer gauge) of the third level
375 comprise the direction that generally makes progress of the stream of cell
377 upward to angle
Transducer and drop form
379 collars
381 piezoelectric element (not shown)
383 terminals
The diameter of D stream
The division sensor
389 division sensors
391 microprocessors
393 light sources
395 linear photosensor element arrays (optical diode)
401 are used for the lens of drop division sensor
405 current/voltage operation amplifier circuits
407 tracking/hold amplifiers
409 sine-wave generators (tracking/holding signal)
411 A/D converters
412 camera chains
413 gatings
The 414A shadow shield
Slit-shaped openings in the 414B shadow shield
The external exposure optical system
415 external exposure optical systems
417 external exposure utensils
419 vertical optical axials
425 bundle spots
427 focus on the axis of irradiation beam
429 rectangular base
431 reflecting filters
435 laser instruments or arc lamp
437 regulate lens subassembly
The sidewall split shed of 439 dichroic chambers
The sidewall of 441 dichroic chambers
443 dichroic chambers
445 clasps
447 neutral density filters
449 cylindrical lens
455 lens mounts
457 retainer nuts
The oval cross section of 459 bundle spots
461 are used for the clip of reflecting filter
463 light filter bearings
The angled surface of 465 light filter bearings
Opening in the 467 light filter bearings
469 are used for the linear grade of light filter bearing
471 X-axis lines
473 semi-girders
475 are used for the actuator of linear grade
477 dichroic filters
479 are used for the clip of dichroic filter
485 are used for the framework of dichroic filter
487 forward directions
Vertical optical axial of 489 optical instruments
491 focus lens assemblies
Fluorescent pulse waveform or signal that 497 cells send
498 stimulate space function
501 microscope adapters
Opening in the antetheca of 503 dichroic chambers
The antetheca of 505 dichroic chambers
507 focusing barrels
509 lens mount tubes
511 condenser lenses
513 backward directions
515 bushing type focal adjustments
517 collimation emission light
519 filter systems
521 emission light filters
523 emission light filter bearings
525 openings in the rear wall of dichroic chamber
The rear wall of 527 dichroic chambers
529 calibration film assemblies
The slide block of 531 calibration films
533 are used for the guide rail of filter assembly parts
535 are used to calibrate the light filter bearing of film
539 thin film filter elements
541 are used for component of the light filter is fixed to the clip of light filter bearing
543 calibration films are with respect to the angle of optical axial
545 are used for slide block is fixed on securing member on the base
Parallel slot in 547 bases
549 non-spherical lenses
551 are used for the bearing of non-spherical lens
553 are used for the framework of non-spherical lens
557 are used for the securing member of non-spherical lens
559 spatial light filters
561 orifice plates
563 are used for the framework of spatial light filter plate
567 vertical clearance gap
571 horizontal gaps
573 holes
575 vertical dimensions
577 lateral dimensions
579 collected volume
583 board supports
587 are used for the securing member of board support
589 are used for the backing element of orifice plate
The adjustable installation component of 449A
The 449B slit
The 449C slit
The external exposure of 450 reflected fluorescent light emission
451 dichroic filters
Photodetector
591 are used for the installing plate of photodetector
595 are used for the securing member of photodetector
The bundle incident angle
Distance between 605 inquiry positions and the nozzle
609 bundle axis
The A firing angle
The bundle spot that focuses on
L1 is along the length of major axis
W1 is along the width of minor axis
Sorting system
627 charging devices
The detector plates of 629 chargings
631 charge members
Opening in 633 charge members
635 are used for the power supply of detector plates
5001 adjustable installation components
5003 installation component adjustable plates
5005 installation component backings
5007 securing members
5009 slits
5011 translated axis lines
5013 translated axis lines
5015 installation component adjustable plates
5017 securing members
5019 slits
5021 fixed support
5023 securing members
5025 springs
Aut.eq. letter sorting calibration
4201 calibration systems
4203 external exposure sensors
4205 Connectorized fiber optic cablings
4207 dichroic filters
4209 lens combinations
4211 come from the fluorescent emission of the particle in the drop
4213 photodetectors
4215 bundle retainings
The sorting system error recovery
5047 chips that are used for charge member are removed system
5048 chips that are used for detector plates are removed system
5051 are used for the supporting of charge member
5053 vacuum passages
5055 vacuum lines
5057 openings near charge member
5058 accessories
5059 pressure gas lines
5061 manifolds
5063 air ducts
5064 openings
5065 accessories
The side of 5066 detector plates
The protection of the sample of letter sorting
4033 collection containers
4041 contamination preventing mechanisms
4043 pneumatic actuators
4045 swing arms
4047 swing arm ends
Fluid delivery system
645 syringe pumps
647 streamlines of from the pump to the carrier, supplying with
649 are used to comprise the container that carrying object is supplied with
651 lines from the pump to the entry needle
657 supply lines from the syringe pump to the pin
659 variable speed drivers
661 are used for second container that sheath fluid is supplied with
667 are used for the supply line that makes that sheath fluid links to each other with the radial hole of nozzle
669 operation valves in supply line
671 are used for the gaseous tension system of sheath fluid
675 pressurized-gas sources
679 gas-pressurized gas lines
681 are used to control the regulator of the pressure that is fed into the sheath fluid jar
Two-way valve in 683 air line
Control (device)
689 A/D converters
693 move through the relative beam intensity of the spot experience of bundle spot
695 come from the relative beam intensity of the sperm that passes the bundle spot
Distance between d nozzle and the drop division position
Signal Processing
701 come from the output signal of photodetector
703 drop clockings
705 digital signal processing (digital cytoanalyzer)
707 come from the digital signal of A/D
735 PC/ computing machine terminals
737 major clocks (128 * clock signal)
739 data obtain (HH1 ')
741 initialization detected parameters (HH1)
745 initialization identification (distinguishing) parameter (HH2)
747 digit pulses detect (HH3)
749 digit pulse analysis-feature extractions (HH4)
753 pulse area (HH5)
755 peak value of pulses (HH6)
757 pulse recognition (HH7)
759 letter sortings (HH8)
(HH9) analyzed in 761 drifts
763 are used for the decision boundary of Bayes rule
769 initialization
771 systems inspections
773 users interact
775 retries (maximum three times)
777 flashes of light
779 pearl quality controls
781 air-breathing samplings
The control of 783 sampling qualities
785 begin sampling
787 letter sortings are carried out
789 samplings are finished
791 continuous samplings
793 letter sortings stop
795 X/Y discern best
797 are provided with X/Y identification
799 identification OK
801 speed the bests
803 set injection speed
805 speed OK
807 systems inspections
809 system resets
811 OK of system
813 general exemplary operations stream
825 integrators
827 width/regional comparer
829 dynamic threshold counters
831 pulse recognition
833 jtag port I/O
837 window comparers (zone)
839 pulse widths and trigger logic
841 letter sortings are judged
843 I/O controllers
845 slave controllers
847 sorting controller plates
849??USB
851 dsp board SDRAM
853 letter sorting signals
854 low-pass filters
855 I/O plate SDRAM
857 processor I/O
859 peripheral I/O buses
861 letter sorting pulse producers
863 data management processors
865 pulse detection processors
867 feature extraction processors
873 letter sorting processors
875 dsp board RAM
Coincidence drop in the OL available groups and the reverse-power between the coincidence drop in the unavailable group
P1 is corresponding to the point on the line OL of 85% purity
LL is corresponding to the point on the line OL of the collection of 60% required particle
OR opereating specification (the OL section between P1 and the LL)
6000 raw data
The 6001 first cell groups of not arranging
The 6003 second cell groups of not arranging
The 6005 Y groups of arranging
The 6007 X groups of arranging
6010 raw data
The 6011 cell groups of not arranging
The 6015 Y groups of arranging
The 6017 X groups of arranging
Multi-channel system
1001 multi-channel systems
1003 flow cytometry unit
1005 public pellet supplies
1007 common-battery magnetic radiation sources
1009 public housings
1011 public control inputs
1019 public outputs
1021 common fluid induction systems
1023 public temperature control systems
1025 public powers
1027 public waste recovery system
1029 public deflecting plate systems
1031 public cleaning systems
Public housing
1069 bases
1071 two sides
1073 times shoulder is right
1075 lower covers
1077 housing front portions
Shoulder is right on 1081
1083 upper cover plates
1085 housing rear portions
1087 are used to install the framework of a plurality of cell counts unit
1089 crossbeams (being used to connect nozzle holder) attached to housing sidewall
The 1093 angled installing plates that between sidewall, extend
Common fluid is supplied with (source)
1105 are used for the pump of carrying object
The public supply of 1107 carrying objects (source)
1115 are used for the gaseous tension system of sheath fluid
The public supply of 1117 sheath fluids (source)
1121 manifold systems
1123 comprise the container of the public supply of carrying object
1125 vessel bases
1133 rest pads
1135 are used for the chamber of receiving vessel
1137 are used for second chamber of padded coaming
1139 are used for the container of padded coaming
1141 syringe pumps
1147 supply lines from the syringe pump to the manifold
The 3-way valve of 1149 control carrying objects and buffer fluid
1155 are used for the container of the public supply of sheath fluid
1157 supply lines from the sheath fluid container to manifold
1161 pressurized-gas sources
1163 gas line
1165 regulators in gas line
1167 gas lines between source of the gas and sheath fluid jar used two to valve
The gas line of the supply pressurization of 1169 pairs of clean solutions
1173 are used for the jar of clean solution
1175 be used for clean solution the gas line two to valve
1177 manifolds
1179 hierarchical blocks
1181 passages
1185 fluid flowing paths
1189 inlets that link to each other with syringe pump
1191 inlets that are connected with the supply of sheath fluid
1193 are used for the outlet of carrying object and sheath fluid
V1-V6 is used to control the valve by the fluid stream of manifold passage
1203 frame elements (being used to connect manifold blocks)
1205 are screwed in the accessory in the piece
V1A-V1D two-way valve (being used to control sample fluid flowing) to nozzle
The pin of sample storage chambers 1217
1221 waste systems
1223 dedicated waste tanks (container)
1225 mechanisms (being used to produce vacuum) such as vacuum pump
1227 refuse lines (V1A-V1D is connected to dedicated waste tanks with valve)
1233 hydrophobic filter (in the line that connects dedicated waste tanks and vacuum pump)
1235 are used for the stream of sheath fluid
V2A-V2D is to valve (being used to control sheath fluid flowing to nozzle)
1241 sheath supply lines
The refuse line of 1247 connecting utricle fluid flowing paths and dedicated waste tanks
Public power and control
1249 public powers
1251 public power induction systems
1253 public inputs (device) (GUI)
1255 public outputs (device) (being connected to microprocessor)
Public temperature control
1257 temperature control systems
1259 fluid flowing paths (to temperature control)
1263 fluid passages (being used for fixing the temperature control in the piece)
1265 control modules
1269 fluid passages (being used for the temperature control of manifold)
The V6 shut-off valve
Public light beam and beam splitting system
1270 beam splitters
1270A comes from first light beam of beam splitter
1270B comes from second light beam of beam splitter
1,271 second beam splitters
1271A comes from first light beam of second beam splitter
1271B comes from second light beam of second beam splitter
1272 three beam splitters
1272A comes from first light beam of three beam splitter
1272B comes from second light beam of three beam splitter
1273 beam guidance systems
1279 times filtering assemblies
1281 upper reflector assemblies
1285 bases (being used for filtering assembly down)
1289 grades (being used for filtering assembly down)
1291 are used for moving mechanism's (mircrometer gauge) of level
1293 tiltable platforms on level
1295 catoptrons (on platform)
1297 bases (being used for mirror assembly)
1299 grades (being used for mirror assembly)
1301 tiltable platforms (being used for mirror assembly)
1303 mirrors (being used for mirror assembly)
1305 are used for mobile higher level's mechanism
1309 Target Boards (on the sidewall attached to housing)
The hole of 1311 homeotropic alignments (in Target Board)
1,315 first reflecting filters
1,317 second reflecting filters
1319 the 3rd reflecting filters
1321 the 4th reflecting filters
The common detector plate
1,331 two common detector plates
1333 frameworks (being used for the common detector plate is installed in housing)
The modular multi-channel system
4001 multi-channel systems
4009 modular cell count unit
4011 are used for the housing of modular unit
4013 public housings
4015 laser instruments
4017 beam splittings and guidance system
4021 are used to make that laser enters the hole of modular housing
The plate in 4023 cover outlet holes
4025 are used for the collection system of system
The capillary nozzle system
1335 capillary nozzle systems
1337 kapillaries
1341 are filled with the chamber of light transmission medium
Selectable sorting system
1351 photo-fission sorting systems
1,353 second laser instruments
1355 collection containers
1357 fluid converting systems
1359 fluid conversion equipments
1361 are branched off into the kapillary of first collection container
1365 are branched off into the kapillary of second collection container
1367 transducers (being used to produce pressure wave) optionally to control the direction of fluid stream
1369 kapillaries on the end of nozzle
1371 drops disturb flow point to choose system
1373 high velocity liquid drip-dry flow-disturbings
1375 drops that are used for high velocity flow of droplets produce system
1377 high speed nozzle systems
1379 high-velocity fluids stream
1381 are used for the transducer that drop disturbs miscarriage to give birth to
1383 high speed drops
1387 are used for the persuader of high speed drop deflection
1389 uncharged drops
The drop of 1391 chargings
The section of turning to of 1397 fluids stream
The intersection of 1399 high velocity flow of droplets and coaxial fluid stream
1403 collect kapillary
Collection system
2201 collection systems
2203 capture devices
2205 shock surfaces
2207 collection containers
2211 drop access roades
The bulb of 2213 pipette
2215 pipette
The inwall of 2217 pipette
2225 conduits
2227 collection system frameworks
2229 circular supports
2231 are used for the adjustment screw of capture device height
2233 installing plates
2235 are used for the set screw of lateral adjustments
2241 transverse slot
2243 are used to place the carriage of collection container
2245 exit windows
2,247 first capture devices
2,249 second capture devices
2265 discrete droplets
Collect fluid
2301 collect fluid
Filter
2401 filtrators
2403 collection containers that are used to filter
2405 comprise the thickened pulp of spermatid
2409 injector mechanism
2411 sleeve filter
2413 suspensions again
2,419 second containers
2421 are used for the syringe of filtration test
2423 are used for the sample of filtration test
2425 are used for the filtrator of filtration test
2427 are used for the vacuum pump of filtration test
2431 are used for the syringe of filtration test II
2433 are used for the sample of filtration test II
2435 are used for the filtrator of filtration test II
2437 are used for the vacuum pump of filtration test II
Low-temperature preservation
2501 adjustings concentrate
2503 increase cryoprotective agent
2505 increase protein source
2507 are contained in the test tube
2509 are cooled to holding temperature
2511 remain under the holding temperature
2513 are cooled to reach the temperature of critical zone
The cooling of 2515 scopes that form by ice crystal
2517 are immersed in the liquid nitrogen
Public collection system
2801 public collection systems
2803 are used for the common framework of capture device
2805 waste tanks
2807 are used for the carriage of collection container
Pulse laser system
3001 pulse lasers
3003 laser pulse sensors
3005 laser pulses
The decay of 3007 fluorescent pulse life-spans
3009 numeral samples
Embodiment
Embodiment described below relates to the collection and the processing of animal sperm, and particularly processing comes from the sperm of domestic animal to sort spermatid (for example, selecting the X/Y chromosome content of offspring's sex in advance) according to specific dna characteristics.The result that multiple technology of the present invention is combined and describes below to reach.But, it should be understood that the technology of the present invention described here in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention can be used for other application.
General introduction
Fig. 1 provides the operation process chart of the step overview in an exemplary process of the present invention.This program starts from from one or more buck (for example bull) and collects pure sperm sample (step 39).The sperm sample is sticked sign so that identification (step 41) contacts (step 41A) and is transported to treatment facility with buffering agent.Except buffering agent, also add additive (step 41A), for example comprise energy source, protein source, microbiotic and/or in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular.Selectable quality control test can be performed (step 43) is enough to indicate final product may meet minimum quality standard with the quality (for example, the motility of sperm) of guaranteeing each sample.Selectable washing step can be carried out (step 47).At step 47A, select the painted agreement that is used to handle by the required painted agreement of utilizing the various letter sortings of then analyzing each part for the painted agreement of part sample painted to be used for specific sample with identification.Join painted (step 49) carried out in each sample according to selected painted agreement by the painted fluid 48 that will comprise chemical dye (for example a kind of DNA selectivity fluorescent dye).Except painted fluid, additive also can be increased in step 48, for example comprises energy source, protein source, microbiotic and/or in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular.Cultivate sample so that sperm picked-up dyestuff in step 51.Then sample is contained in the sample introducing device of flow cytometry in step 53.In step 54, sample fluid is introduced in the flow cytometry with sheath fluid.Except sheath fluid, also can increase additive in step 54, for example comprise energy source, protein source, microbiotic and/or in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular.In step 55, flow cytometry is described as following according to specific dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid.When the collection system of utilizing flow cytometry in step 57 was collected the cell of letter sorting, they were added into and comprise the collection container (step 58A) of collecting fluid or low temperature filling agent.Except collecting fluid, also can increase additive at step 58A, for example comprise energy source, protein source, microbiotic and/or in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular.At this moment, spermatid is in the solution of the various fluid dilutions that have been increased in this process.Therefore, the spermatid group with required dna characteristics is concentrated to be used for the coml artificial insemination at step 58B.At step 58C, the low temperature filling agent is added into the spermatid of concentrated letter sorting.Except the low temperature filling agent, also can increase additive at step 58C, for example comprise energy source, protein source, microbiotic and/or in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular.Spermatid then is packaged in (be called as " test tube " in animal husbandry) in the tube container (step 59) and low-temperature preservation (step 61).Packaged by the sperm of low-temperature preservation with storage (step 63) in liquid nitrogen.Then be assigned with (step 65) and be sold to animal feeding person's (step 67) by the sperm of low-temperature preservation by the commercial distribution system.Animal feeding person can store the sperm (step 69) of low-temperature preservation and prepare to use sperm to jenny (for example milk cow) artificial insemination (step 71) until them.Describe as following, one embodiment of the present of invention comprise carries out temperature control substantially in whole process.Equally, finishing each step in the limited time limit is aspect of an alternative embodiment of the invention.Whole process only is the example how the present invention can use, and it should be understood that more above-mentioned steps can be cancelled and/or increase other step.The spermatid that is sorted also can be used for microinjection or other is in vitro fertilization, and then the embryo is transplanted in the jenny body of acceptance.
The step that comprises the whole process of progress of the present invention will be described in detail below.Although described a kind of specific program relates to letter sorting animal sperm (for example bull sperm), but it should be understood that, various aspects of the present invention can be used for the sperm (horse, pig and other) of any kind, the cell that can be used for any kind, the particle that can be used for any kind, organic or inorganic, comprise latex particle, magnetic-particle, chromosome, subcellular component, bioplast and starch granules.The size of these particles is in 0.5 to 200 micron scope, but technology of the present invention is not limited to this scope.
Sample collection and dilution
Sample collection
Sperm sample to be sorted comes from the sample of the firm collection of source animal, comprises bull, horse, pig or other mammal, the sample of the former low-temperature preservation of perhaps thawing.In addition, sample comes from same mammiferous ejaculum, the seminal fluid that repeatedly compiles or comes from the seminal fluid that repeatedly compiles of two or more animals.
Various collection methods be known and comprise the band gloves-the hand method, utilize artificial vagina and electro-ejaculation.Sperm preferably is collected or is transported to fast in the heat-insulated container and changes with the fast temperature of avoiding physiological temp (common 35 ℃ to 39 ℃).Ejaculum comprises every milliliter of 500,000,000 to 15,000,000,000 sperms usually, and this depends on kind and specific animal.
No matter collection method, can from the sperm sample, extract a part of and each feature is assessed, such as sperm concentration, sperm motility, sperm advance maneuverability, sample pH, sperm membrane integrality and sperm morphology.For example can utilize Hamilton-Thorn motility analyzer (IVOS) (for example to see the Theriogenology (1998) 49 (4) of Farrel etc.: 871-9 with known program according to standard; And U.S. Pat 4,896,966 and US 4,896,967) obtain data by check to sperm.
Dilution
The sperm sample can combine to form sperm suspensions with buffering agent (adopting the form of solid or solution).Particularly, buffering agent can strengthen the viability of sperm by the great change buffering suspending liquid of opposing pH or seepage pressure.Usually, buffering agent for cell be nontoxic and be used to make that the painted dyestuff of cell is compatible.Exemplary buffering agent comprises phosphate, diphosphate, citrate, acetate, lactate and combination thereof.Preferred reducing agents comprises TCA, TEST, sodium citrate, HEPES, TL, TES, citric acid monohydrate compound, HEPEST (Gradipore at present, St.Louis, MO), PBS (Gamete Research such as Johnson, 17:203-212 (1987)) and Dulbecco ' s PBS (Invitrogen Corp., Carlsbad, CA).
One or more buffering agents can combine or be combined together to form solutions buffered with adjuvant described below, and solutions buffered combines the formation sperm suspensions with the sperm sample.Solutions buffered also can comprise one or more adjuvants, and is as described in detail later.Exemplary solutions buffered is illustrated in the table 1.Preferred buffer solution comprises a kind of solution that comprises the fructose (w/v) of 3% TRIS base, 2% citric acid monohydrate compound and 1% in pH is 7.0 water, is denoted as the solution of TCA# 1 and is denoted as the solution of TCA# 2 in table 1 in table 1.
Table 1 buffer solution
| Component | ??TCA#1 | ??TCA#2 | ??TEST | Sodium citrate | ??HEPES | ??TL |
| Sodium chloride (NaCl) | ??7.6g | ??5.84g | ||||
| Potassium chloride (KCl) | ??0.3g | ??0.23g | ||||
| Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3) | ??2.1g | |||||
| Sodium dihydrogen phosphate (NaH 2PO 4-H 2O) | ??0.04g | |||||
| 2 hydroxy propanoic acid (sodium lactate) | ??3.68g | |||||
| Magnesium chloride (Mg 2Cl) | ??0.1g | ??0.08g | ||||
| N-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine-N '-(2-ethyl sulfonic acid) (HEPES) | ??2.38g | ??2.38g | ||||
| Three (methylol) aminomethane (TRIS yl) | ??30.3g | ??32.02g | ??10.28g | |||
| The citric acid monohydrate compound | ??15.75g | ??18.68g | ||||
| Trisodium citrate dihydrate | ??29g | |||||
| 2-[(2-hydroxyl-1,1-(two) methylol) ethyl] tarine (TES) | ??43.25g | |||||
| Fructose | ??12.5g | ??2.67g | ??10g | ??2.52g | ||
| D-glucose | ??2g | |||||
| Streptomysin | ??0.25g | |||||
| Penicillin-G | ??0.15g | |||||
| Water | 1 liter | 1 liter | 1 liter | 1 liter | 1 liter | 1 liter |
| Target pH | ??7.35 | ??7.35 | ??7.35 | ??7.35 | ??7.35 | ??7.35 |
| Target Morie osmolarity (milliosmol/kg water) | ??～314 | ??～300 | ??～302 | ??～316 | ??～298 | ??～298 |
Perhaps, sperm can combine the sperm suspensions that suppresses to form with metabolic antagonist.Metabolic antagonist makes spermatid imitate the spermatid of the epididymis of mammal (for example bull) by the fluid environment of simulating mammiferous epididymis or duct of epididymis.A kind of like this mortifier can reduce or suppress the motility or the metabolic activities of sperm.The example of this class mortifier comprises the mortifier based on carbonate, for example at Salisbury ﹠amp; Graves discloses among the J.Reprod.Fertil., 6:351-359 (1963).The preferred mortifier of this class comprises NaHCO
3, KHCO
3And C
6H
8O
7-H
2O.A kind of preferred mortifier of this class comprises the NaHCO of the 0.204g of per 25 ml pure waters
3, the KHCO of 0.433g
3C with 0.473g
6H
8O
7-H
2O (in water, NaHCO
3Be 0.097 mol, KHCO
3Be 0.173 mol and C
6H
8O
7-H
2O is 0.090 mol).
Except buffering agent, sperm suspensions also can comprise several additives to strengthen the viability or the motility of sperm.Exemplary additives comprises energy source, protein source, microbiotic and/or in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular.In these additives one or more can be introduced in the buffering agent or in the solutions buffered before sperm suspensions forms, and perhaps can be incorporated in the sperm suspensions independently.
One or more energy source can be added into to reduce greatly or to stop spermatid oxidation endocellular phosphorus fat and other cell component.Exemplary energy source comprises monose, such as fructose, glucose, galactose and mannose, and disaccharose, such as sucrose, lactose, maltose and trehalose, and other polysaccharide.For example, resulting sperm suspensions can comprise the energy source of 1% (w/v) to 4% (w/v).If comprise, energy source preferably fructose and sperm suspensions comprises about 2.5% (w/v).
In order to make the dilution vibrations minimize, for cell provides supporting or makes cell be dispersed in the whole suspending liquid, protein source also can be included in buffering agent, buffer solution or the sperm suspensions.Exemplary protein source comprises yolk, egg yolk extract, milk (comprising thermally homogenisingization and skimming), milk extract, soybean protein, soybean protein extract, seralbumin, bovine serum albumin(BSA), human serum substitute fill-in and combination thereof.Albumin, particularly bovine serum albumin(BSA) (BSA) are a kind of preferred protein source.For example, if comprise, with less than 5.0% (w/v), preferably less than 2% (w/v), be more preferably less than 1% (w/v), most preferably the BSA less than 0.1% (w/v) can be present in the sperm suspensions.
The use of protein source (for example BSA) only can be started the capacitation process in the number percent of spermatid in suspending liquid.Preferably, this process occurs in the female reproductive tract.Therefore, in order to stop the capacitation starting in dilution and in painted and sort process subsequently, a kind of selectable protein source or protein substitute can be comprised in the sperm suspensions.Selectable protein source or protein substitute have the beneficial effect of conventional protein sources (for example BSA) and also have the ability that stops the capacitation starting in the big number percent of cell in sperm suspensions.The example of selectable protein source comprises human serum substitute fill-in (SSS) (Irvine Scientific, Santa Ana, CA) and cholesterol intensifier BSA, and an example of protein substitute comprises polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) (is the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) of viscosity in 30000 to 60000 be low to moderate such as molecular weight).Usually, if comprise, these compositions will be to exist with the top identical amount of describing about BSA, and total albumin content of buffering agent or buffer solution is no more than 5.0% (w/v) usually.
Microbiotic can be added into sperm suspensions with bacteria growing inhibiting.Exemplary microbiotic for example comprises tylosin, cillimycin, spextinomyxin, Linco-
(cillimycin hydrochloride spextinomyxin), penicillin, streptomysin, ticarcillin or its any combination.Microbiotic can every milliliter sperm 50 gram to the concentration of 800 gram exist, and whether pure with sperm, be cushioned or to comprise additional material (for example, described here any adjuvant) irrelevant.Sperm Identification Service mechanism (CSS) and zooman association of country (NAAB) have issued the guide about the use of microbiotic in sperm is collected and used.
In cell and/or the extracellular composition of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction also can be comprised in the sperm suspensions.A kind of like this composition can be spermatid a kind of protectiveness effect is provided, and keeps the sperm viability or the motility that advances such as utilizing.A kind of like this example of composition for example comprises acetonate, vitamin K, lipoic acid, glutathione, flaviolin, quinone, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and SOD mimicry.If be included in the sperm suspensions, a kind of like this composition can be enough to exist in the concentration that does not cause dysgenic situation to be issued to the protection effect to sperm health.The exemplary concentration scope comprises that about 10mM to about 50mM, depends on the factor the concentration in suspending liquid such as used special component or sperm.For example, acetonate can about 1mM to about 50mM, preferably about 2.5mM extremely about 40mM, more preferably about 5mM to 25mM, more preferably from about 10mM to 15mM, 15mM most preferably from about, the most preferably the concentration of about 10mM is present in the sperm suspensions.Vitamin K can about 1mM to about 100mM, preferably about 10mM extremely about 100mM, more preferably from about the concentration of 100mM is present in the sperm suspensions.Lipoic acid can about 0.1mM to about 1mM, more preferably from about 0.5mM extremely about 1mM, most preferably from about the concentration of 1mM is present in the sperm suspensions.
Cell to be sorted painted
Usually, the coloring mixture that can utilize formation to comprise spermatid, buffering agent and dyestuff makes spermatid be colored.Describe about sample collection and dilution as top, spermatid can be obtained by sperm sample that has just obtained or the low-temperature preservation sperm that thaws sample.
If the sperm sample be thaw at preceding low-temperature preservation sperm sample, sperm preferably thawed before painted immediately.Usually, the test tube or other deepfreeze container that comprise frozen sperm can be placed in the pond, and the temperature in pond preferably surpasses the glass transition temperature (that is, about 17 ℃) of meticulous after birth, but not high to sperm health is produced harmful effect.For example, can continue 30 to 90 seconds frozen sperms that thaw in the pond under the temperature that remain on 17 to 40 ℃ by the deepfreeze container is immersed in.
After acquisition, the form that spermatid can pure sperm or be introduced in the coloring mixture with the form of the suspending liquid that comes from sperm (sperm suspensions of describing about sample collection and dilution for example).
Dyestuff can adopt the form of pure solid or liquid component.Dyestuff also can be dissolved or be dispersed in the liquid of buffering not to form dye solution.Perhaps, dyestuff can adopt the form of the dye suspensions that comprises dyestuff and buffering agent compatible with spermatid physiology or buffer solution.The buffering agent of various exemplary or buffer solution are top about sample collection and dilution description.For example, in available buffering agent, a kind of is the TCA buffer solution that comprises the fructose of 3% TRIS base, 2% citric acid monohydrate compound and 1% in pH is 7.0 water, the inhibitor solution based on carbonate (comprising the NaHCO3 of 0.097 mol, the KHCO3 of 0.173 mol and the C6H8O7H2O of 0.090 mol in the water) of the KHCO3 of perhaps a kind of NaHCO3,0.433g that comprises 0.204g in per 25 milliliters pure water and the C6H8O7H2O of 0.473g.Like this, for example, a kind of coloring mixture can combine with dyestuff by pure sperm and form.Perhaps, coloring mixture can combine by pure sperm and buffering agent or buffer solution and dyestuff and form.In addition, coloring mixture can combine with dyestuff by sperm suspensions and form.
Describe in U.S. Pat 5135759 and WO 02/41906 as the front, can utilize the DNA selective dye of one or more UV or excited by visible light to form coloring mixture.The light activated selective dye of exemplary UV comprises Hoechst 33342 and Hoechst 33258, and each all can be from Sigma-Aldrich (St.Louis, MO) the commercial acquisition.Exemplary excited by visible light dyestuff comprises can be from Molecular Probes, Inc. (Eugene, OR) bisbenzimide-of commercial SYBR-14 that obtains and description in WO 02/41906
Conjugate 6-{[3-((2Z)-2-{[1-(boron difluoride alkyl)-3; 5-dimethyl-1H-pyrroles-2-yl] methylene }-2H-pyrroles-5-yl) propyl alcohol] amino }-N-[3-(methyl { 3-[({4-[6-(4-methyl piperazine-1-yl)-1H; 3 ' H-2,5 '-bisbenzimidazole-2 '-yl] phenoxy group } acetyl group) amino] propyl group } amino) propyl group] acetamide (" BBC ").In these dyestuffs each can be used separately or be used in combination; Perhaps, can use or be used in combination other Premeabilisation of cells UV and excited by visible light dyestuff separately, as long as dyestuff does not produce the harmful effect that reaches unacceptable degree to the viability of spermatid when using with the concentration that can sort described here with above-mentioned dyestuff.
The preferred concentration of DNA selective dye in coloring mixture be comprise cell with respect to the temperature of the perviousness of selected dyestuff, coloring mixture, allow the time of painted generation and the function of a plurality of variablees of required concentrating degree in follow-up separation step.Usually, dye strength preferably reaches required coloring degree in the quite short time under not to the very big dysgenic situation of the viability generation of sperm.For example, Hoechst 33342, Hoechst 33258, SYBR-14 and the concentration of BBC in coloring mixture are usually between 0.1 μ M to 1.0M, preferably between 0.1 μ M to 700 μ M, preferably between 100 μ M to 200 μ M.Therefore, under one group of painted condition, the concentration of Hoechst 33342 is preferably 100 μ M.Organize under the painted condition at another, the concentration of Hoechst 33342 is preferably 150 μ M.Organize under the painted condition at another, concentration is preferably 200 μ M.
Except buffering agent, other adjuvant can be included in the coloring mixture to strengthen the viability or the motility of sperm; The part that these adjuvants can be used as sperm cell source, dye source is provided or provides separately with respect to coloring mixture.Such adjuvant comprises energy source, microbiotic, in cell and/or the extracellular regulate the component and the seminal plasma of oxidation/reduction reaction, first three kind is toply to describe about sample collection and dilution, last a kind of be followingly to describe about collecting fluid.Be added in the dye technology process that such adjuvant can be related here.
Particularly, observe, in coloring mixture, be added in the cell and/or component that oxidation/reduction reaction is regulated in the extracellular can help under high color temperature, under the high dye strength, in the long painted time or keep the viability of sperm under their combination.The example of these compositions and their use are with reference to top description about buffering agent and thinning agent.Be added in the dye technology process that these compositions can be related here.
Coloring mixture can be maintained in any temperature range; Usually, scope is between 4 to 50 ℃.For example, coloring mixture can be maintained under the temperature of " lower ", promptly under the temperature between 4 to 30 ℃; In this embodiment, temperature preferably between 20 to 30 ℃, temperature preferably between 25 to 30 ℃, is preferably 28 ℃.Perhaps, coloring mixture can be maintained in the temperature range of " centre ", promptly under the temperature between 30 to 39 ℃; In this embodiment, temperature preferably between 34 to 39 ℃, be preferably 37 ℃.In addition, coloring mixture can be maintained in the warm scope of " higher " down, promptly under the temperature between 40 to 50 ℃; In this embodiment, temperature preferably between 40 to 45 ℃, temperature preferably between 40 to 43 ℃, is preferably 41 ℃.A plurality of variablees are depended in the selection of preferred temperature usually, for example comprise cell with respect to perviousness, concentration, the cell of dyestuff in coloring mixture of used dyestuff be maintained in the coloring mixture time and in separation step the required degree that concentrates.
Make spermatid in coloring mixture, absorb the time that dyestuff continues to be enough to reach the painted required degree of DNA.This time normally dyestuff be enough to the DNA of bonding spermatid so that have X and time that the spermatid of Y chromosome can be sorted based on the different and measurable fluorescence intensity between them.Usually, this time be not more than 160 minutes, preferably be not more than 90 minutes, preferably be not more than 60 minutes, preferably between 5 minutes to 40 minutes.
Therefore, in one embodiment, form the coloring mixture that comprise spermatid and dyestuff of concentration between 100 μ M to 200 μ M, and coloring mixture keeps a period of time under 41 ℃ temperature.In another embodiment, coloring mixture comprises that also concentration is that the acetonate of 10mM, vitamin K and the concentration that concentration is 100 μ M are the lipoic acid of 1mM.
In another embodiment, form the coloring mixture that comprise spermatid and dyestuff of concentration between 100 μ M to 200 μ M, and coloring mixture keeps a period of time under 28 ℃ temperature.In another embodiment, coloring mixture comprises that also concentration is that the acetonate of 10mM, vitamin K and the concentration that concentration is 100 μ M are the lipoic acid of 1mM.
In another embodiment, form concentration comprising spermatid and in per 25 milliliters pure water, comprising the KHCO3 of NaHCO3,0.433g of 0.204g and the coloring mixture of the metabolism inhibitor of 0.473g (comprising the NaHCO3 of 0.097 mol, the KHCO3 of 0.173 mol and the C6H8O7H2O of 0.090 mol in the water) between 100 μ M to 200 μ M, and coloring mixture keeps a period of time under 28 ℃ temperature.In another embodiment, coloring mixture keeps a period of time under 41 ℃ temperature.
Sheath fluid
In order to sort spermatid, painted cell is introduced in the nozzle of the flow cytometry that describes below as sample fluid.As the part of program, sample fluid is surrounded by sheath fluid usually.Sheath fluid makes the spermatid in the sample fluid be pumped into row that describe below.Utilize the collection system of flow cytometry to make sheath fluid and spermatid be collected together, thus the part of environment after the letter sorting of formation spermatid.Like this, preferably contact the back sheath fluid with sheath fluid and provide the protection effect for cell at cell.
Sheath fluid generally includes buffering agent or buffer solution.Can be used for the example of buffering agent in the sheath fluid or buffer solution and their illustrative concentration is collected as top sample for reference and dilution is described.In a certain embodiments, sheath fluid is included in the Dulbecco ' s phosphate buffer salt (w/v) that the pH value is 0.96% in 7.0 the water, 0.1% BSA (w/v).
Perhaps, sheath fluid also can comprise the adjuvant of multiple beneficial in sperm viability and motility.Such adjuvant for example comprises energy source, protein source, microbiotic, in cell and/or the extracellular regulate the component of oxidation/reduction reaction, alternative protein source and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA).Each of these adjuvants and their example are collected as top sample for reference and dilution is described.According to it, such adjuvant can be added in the sheath fluid.
Before separation step, sheath fluid also can be filtered.The impurity in the sheath fluid can be present in,, letter sorting can be disturbed such as insoluble particle.Therefore, sheath fluid can be filtered before it is introduced in the flow cytometry.Such filtrator and using method thereof are being known in the art.Usually, filtrator is 0.1 micron to 0.5 micron a film, is preferably 0.2 micron to 0.3 micron, is preferably 0.2 micron.
Painted cell can be introduced in the sheath fluid any time after painted.Usually, the painted stream of cells in sample fluid is injected in the nozzle of flow cytometry in the sheath fluid stream.Beginning, because the cause of the fluid laminar flow of describing in detail below, sample fluid does not contact substantially with sheath fluid.Preferably, the particle (for example painted spermatid) of cutout in sample fluid was analyzed between sample fluid and sheath fluid kept substantially.But in some places, sample fluid and sheath fluid are in contact with one another.For example in drop letter sorting flow cytometry (describing below), sheath fluid and sample fluid begin to be in contact with one another when drop forms in inquiry downstream, position.
When introducing painted cell and sheath fluid, painted cell and sheath fluid can be under 4 to 50 ℃ temperature.Sheath fluid can be in identical or different temperature with painted cell, and the temperature of one of them is higher than another.Therefore, in one embodiment, when introducing painted cell and sheath fluid, sheath fluid is in identical temperature with painted cell; For example, under " lower " temperature, for example 5 ℃ to 8 ℃; Perhaps under " centre " temperature, for example 25 ℃ to 30 ℃; Under " higher " temperature, for example 40 ℃ to 43 ℃.In another embodiment, the temperature of painted cell is higher than sheath fluid, and between 40 ℃ to 43 ℃, sheath fluid at room temperature or 5 ℃ such as, cell.In another embodiment, the temperature of painted cell is lower than sheath fluid.
Flow cytometry
One embodiment of the present of invention use creationary technology to analyze and the letter sorting spermatid in flow cytometry.Now referring to Fig. 2 and 3, an embodiment entirety by reference numeral 1 expression of flow cytometry of the present invention system.As shown in FIG., flow cytometry system 1 is used for according to selected tagsort and letter sorting particle, such as spermatid.Usually, system 1 comprise the supply 7 of supply 3, the sheath fluid 19 of the carrying object 17 that comprises particle to be sorted, the flow cytometry equipment represented with Reference numeral 9 with sorting ability and be used under pressure with carrying object 17 and sheath fluid 19 from for from supply 3,7 be transported to the fluid delivery system 15 of flow cytometry equipment 9.Flow cytometry equipment 9 be suitable for receiving carrying object 17 and sheath fluid 19 so that carrying object 17 and sheath fluid 19 in conjunction with by the electromagnetic radiation beam 25 that focuses on (for example forming flow of pressurized fluid 21 with stream 21 guiding that will have particle, UV laser), and analyze the electromagnetic radiation 31 (for example, fluorescence) of sending by particle by focused beam acts 25.Equipment 9 be used for that also stream 21 split into the drop 33 that comprises particle to be assessed and according to one or more feature of the particle that is included in drop 33 based on above-mentioned measurement letter sorting drop 33.Although the present invention can be used for analyzing the particle of preferred letter sorting any kind, it is specially adapted to one or more required feature (for example, size, dna content, shape, density, the gene ordering etc.) sorting cell according to cell.The animal spermatid that the present invention is specially adapted to sort the animal breeding commercialization is to be used in the body or external artificial insemination, and is as described in detail later.
Single channel sorting arrangement and method
Flow cytometry equipment
Flow cytometry equipment 9 shown in Fig. 3 comprises nozzle system 101, nozzle system 101 is used for will comprising fluid stream 21 conveyings of particle (for example painted spermatid) by nozzle bore 103 under pressure, and cell forms a line substantially, for spermatid, the asymmetric head of spermatid is substantially on the required orientation that will describe.As in the flow cytometry drop sorting system of routine, transducer 105 relatively is set acoustic energy is introduced in the fluid stream 21 with nozzle bore 103, makes stream 21 be cleaved into the drop 33 that comprises each cell with nozzle bore 103 " drop division " position 107 punishment at interval.System 1 also comprises optical system 109, optical system 109 is used to make electromagnetic radiation beam 25 (for example, 350-700 nanometer UV or visible laser) focus on the fluid stream 21 at 115 places, " inquiry " position, in described embodiment, inquiry position 105 is between nozzle bore 103 and drop division position 107.Like this, described embodiment is a spraying system in a kind of air.In other embodiments, inquiry position 107 can be in nozzle bore 103 or in the hole 103 upstreams.Under any circumstance, cell is suitable for passing light beam 25 at inquiry 107 places, position, chemical stain agent in the activated cell (the perhaps medium of other report) with the fluorescent emission 31 that forms wavelength and be different from bundle 25 (for example, if the wavelength of irradiates light 25 is the 350-370 nanometer, the wavelength of fluorescent emission 31 can be 460 nanometers).Photodetector 117 can detect these emissions 31 and change them into electric signal, and described electric signal is processed and be used for classifying according to selected feature (such as the X/Y chromosome content of spermatid) pair cell.Flow cytometry equipment 9 also comprises sorting system 119 and collection system 2201 (Fig. 2), sorting system 119 is used for according to the classification of the cell that is included in drop 33 drop 33 (for example being sorted into different groups or group, two groups 123,125), collection system 2201 is used to collect drop 33 and keeps separating of different groups 123,125.
The operation of system is subjected to the control of processor 131, and such as microprocessor or other numeral or simulation control and/or processor or their combination, processor 131 is with the various functions of the parts of a kind of mode control system 1 that will describe.Importantly, processor 131 also in response to grain size analysis information with output based on selected control that comprises different parameters and letter sorting policy control control system 1, comprise the required purity of the particle group that one of them is sorted, acceptable amount (perhaps number percent) and other parameter described later of the required particle in group therein of comparing with the amount (perhaps number percent) of required particle in one or more other group.
Below each parts of detailed description system 1.
Nozzle system
Referring to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, in one embodiment, nozzle system 101 comprises having the nozzle with infundibulate nozzle body 139 137 of central longitudinal on the substantially cylindrical in hole 135 flows the main body 133 and the main body 133 that flowing by it.Passage 141 runs through nozzle body 139 coaxially and ends at said nozzle hole 103 at the front end place of nozzle 137 with the hole 135 in the mobile main body 133.Nozzle body 139 locate in its back-end to have tapped counterbore 145 with the threaded bosses at the front end place that threadably is received in the main body 133 that flows or double-screw bolt 149 removably to make nozzle 137 link to each other with mobile main body 133, this connection is sealed by O-ring seals 155.It should be understood that nozzle can otherwise link to each other with mobile main body removably, perhaps parts can integrally form one.
Utilize the conduit 157 in the hole 135 that is arranged in the main body 133 that flows coaxially that particle transport is arrived nozzle 137.The external diameter of conduit 157 less than the internal diameter in hole 135 so that annular space 167 be formed on around the conduit 157.In a particular embodiment, conduit 157 is end of tubular needle (for example, internal diameter is 0.01 inch a 16-ga. pin), and conduit 157 has the front end that extends in the counterbore 145 at nozzle rear portion.The rear end of conduit 157 links to each other with fluid delivery system 15 so that carrying object 15 (coloring mixture that for example, comprises spermatid) is transported to conduit 157.Annular space 167 around conduit 157 links to each other so that sheath fluid 19 is transported in the annular space 167 with fluid delivery system 15 by the radial hole 173 in the main body 133 that flows.As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, selectable second radial hole 183 can be arranged in the main body 133 that flows so that annular space 167 links to each other with another pipeline (not shown) so that additional sheath fluid 19 is supplied in the nozzle 137.
As in conventional flow cytometry equipment, sheath fluid 19 is introduced in the annular space 167 that surrounds conduit 157.Speed when sheath fluid 19 flows through conduit 157 most advanced and sophisticated is far above the speed of the carrying object 17 that leaves conduit 157, so that carrying object 17 and the cell (for example, spermatid) that is included in are wherein quickened by the sheath fluid 19 towards the hole 103 of nozzle 137.This acceleration is used for arranging the cell separation to carry out separate analysis by optical system 109 at basic row.Sheath fluid 19 surrounds carrying object 17, and the fluid that produces the outer coaxial sheath 191 of central core 189 with carrying object 17 and the sheath fluid 19 that surrounds central core 189 flows 121 (see figure 6)s.The technician in flow cytometry field it should be understood that the laminar flow of central core 189 and hydraulic coupling are concentrated and is tending towards particle is limited to core 189, do not mix with sheath fluid 19 and carrying object 17 in the nozzle 137 substantially.In addition, when stream 21 moved through nozzle system 101, central core 189 substantially intactly remained in the sheath 191, when drop 33 is formed on division 107 places, position.Such coaxial flow is particularly suitable for flow cytometry, and this is because in the particle to be analyzed narrower core 189 in being limited in flowing.Therefore, focus on that stream 21 center or the light beam 25 on the core 189 will shine particle so that they are can be substantially analyzed in next a mode.Be used for core 189 is limited in the enough narrow diameter, so people can obtain the more homogeneous granules irradiation in core fluid 189.In order to reach good analytical effect, the diameter of core that comprises particle is preferably in 7 to 20 microns scope, preferably in 7 to 14 microns scope.Can increase or reduce the diameter of core stream 189 by the transporting velocity of regulating carrying object 17 with respect to the transporting velocity of sheath fluid 19.
Cell orientation
In order to make analysis result reach best, preferably when passing the light beam that comes from optical system, the particle with asymmetric shape make them be in required orientation.As is known to persons skilled in the art, the fluorescent emission that comes from asymmetric particle is tending towards anisotropy (that is, the intensity of emission is uneven) on all directions.Terminology used here " required orientation " refer to make the accuracy rate of cell that disposal system identification has a different characteristic in 70% to 100% scope, preferably in 80% to 100% scope, preferably in 90% to 100% scope, be preferably 95% or bigger orientation.
For this aspect is described, ox spermatid 201 is illustrated among Fig. 6 and Fig. 7.Usually, cell has the nuclear 213 of oar shape head 205 and the chromosomal DNA material that comprises cell in head 205 and 205 afterbodys 215 that extend from the head, oar shape head 205 has flat wide apparent surface 207 and narrow limit 209, and afterbody 215 provides effective fertilization required motility.The head length 219 of average ox spermatid 201 is 8 microns, and head width 221 is 4 microns, and the anterior from the head length overall to tail end is 100 microns.In average ox spermatid 201, nuclear 213 occupies the most of of head volume and only slightly less than sperm head 205.Like this, nuclear length 217 equals head length 219 substantially, and length also is 8 microns.Observe, in ox, the X/Y chromosome of spermatid 201 is arranged in longitudinal midline or equator or the central lower and the tight adjacent areas 225 (Fig. 6) at head 205 of nuclear.Particularly, zone 225 under this equator is gone up to extend in the Lower Half (towards afterbody 215) of examining 213 and is not more than 20% of nuclear length 217, preferably extend the 10-15% that is not more than nuclear length 217 on the Lower Half of nuclear 213, preferably extension is not more than the 1.0-1.5 micron below the equator of nuclear 213.
When spermatid passes excitation beam 25, preferred cell become substantially the head 205 of row and each cell 201 basic for similar orientation reducing the orientation difference between cell and the cell, thereby more uniform cell measurement is provided.Wish that also cell has the orientation that can accurately distinguish between X and Y cell.Preferably, this orientation is such orientation, that is, wherein the length of spermatid 201 is rotated on its longitudinal axis the head 205 of the direction (front end (shown in Figure 6) or head end) of quasi-fluid stream 227 and spermatid 201 substantially so that head 205 falls into the light beam 25 that wherein comes from optical system 109 with the orientation in the enveloping surface with angle 229 on the narrow limit 209 of wide (being generally wide side) (schematically showing as Fig. 7) of irradiating cell 201 rather than cell.Preferably, the enveloping surface 229 that limits required orientation is to turn over angular range R1 by spermatid 201 with respect to the plane P that is basically perpendicular to incident beam 25 to form, as what see in passing stream 21 xsects that laterally intercept.Scope R1 is preferably the 0-90 degree, is preferably the 0-60 degree, is preferably the 0-30 degree.Nozzle of the present invention can with up to 90% or higher accuracy arrive required orientation.
The tolerance limit of sperm orientation (that is the size of the enveloping surface 229 that is limited by angular range R1) is relevant with the numerical aperture of the lens that are used to collect the fluorescent emission that comes from spermatid.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 7, for example, optical system 109 has fluorescent emission 31 detection limits 579 that limited by 55 solid angles of spending.In the time of when move through the bundle enveloping surface 229 that the rotational alignment of sperm head 205 is being limited by R1 25 time at sperm outside, the stronger fluorescent emission 31 that comes from the edge 209 of sperm head 205 is collected by optical system 109, prevents that processor 131 from connecting the intensity of fluorescent emission 31 and the X/Y chromosome content of spermatid 201.But as long as the rotational alignment of its head 205 is in enveloping surface 229 when sperm passes through inquiry position 115, optical system 109 is not just collected the stronger fluorescent emission 31 on the narrow limit 209 that comes from sperm head 205.Like this, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 7, as long as the narrow limit 209 of sperm head 205 is limited in the angle R1, the orientation of spermatid does not cause the stronger collection along the limit fluorescent emission so.Can utilize to have the solid angle that the lens that reduce numerical aperture reduce collecting amount 579, thus the tolerance limit of the sperm of increase angle R1 and misorientation.But this has also reduced the photon amount that can be collected by optical system 109, the measurement of the intensity effect fluorescent emission 31 that this can be by the emission 31 that reduces to be detected by photodetector.Equally, if optical system 109 utilizes the lens of high-NA to collect the stronger intensity of fluorescent emission 31 with the fluorescent emission that obtains to be detected by photodetector, then the tolerance limit of sperm orientation reduces.Like this, in design system of the present invention, people need weigh the advantages and disadvantages between the tolerance limit of sperm orientation and numerical value lens opening.Best balance depends on the optical sensibility of alignment capability and system.In an alternate preferred embodiment, for example, the use numerical aperture is 0.65 lens.
Designs of nozzles
In one embodiment, as shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, inside 231 at the nozzle body 139 in the downstream of counterbore 145 has inside surface 233, and described inside surface 233 comprises that first, second and the 3rd axial conical region 235,237,239 are to flow 21 speed improving fluid gradually on the downstream direction of nozzle bore 103.As mentioned above, this acceleration is used for separating the particle (for example cell) of stream 21, make them present a kind of single-row form, thereby they substantially can be analyzed by the form of next particle.At least two of these zones, and preferably all three 235,237,239 basic for oval (avette), shown in Fig. 9 A-9H and Fig. 9 J-9K in the longitudinal axis 247 with respect to nozzle 137 meets at right angles the xsect that intercepts.The inside surface 233 of nozzle body 139 also has in 235,237,239 downstream, three zones and just in the 4th zone 249 of the non-taper of the upstream of nozzle bore 103, in one embodiment, the 4th zone 249 is formed in the independent hole element 255 in the counterbore 257 that is fixed in nozzle body 139 front portions.In one embodiment, substantially the oval-shaped shape of cross section of first area 235 and second area 237 reverses zone 259 with essentially identical direction orientation to limit first, and constitutes second and reverse the oval-shaped substantially shape of cross section in the 3rd zone 239 in zone 261 with the oval-shaped substantially shape of cross section with respect to first area 235 and second area 237 angled (for example 90 degree) orientation.This orientation makes the inside surface 233 of nozzle body 139 apply torsion on fluid stream 21, thereby makes spermatid 201 be oriented to above-mentioned required orientation during by nozzle bore 103 when spermatid 201.Preferably, first reverse axial length 273 that zone 259 has a 3.0-4.5 millimeter, be preferably 3.6 millimeters, and first conical region 235 and second conical region 237 that constitute zone 259 have the basic axial length 275,277 (for example 1.8 millimeters) that equates.Second reverse axial length 279 that zone 261 has a 3.0-5.0 millimeter, be preferably 4.45 millimeters.The 4th zone 249 is cylindrical substantially preferably.In the first area 235, each shape of cross section of the boundary in second area 237 and the 3rd zone 239 is that oval A-D (Fig. 8) has major diameter and minor axis diameter substantially, their exemplary dimensions shown in Fig. 8 and the following table 1.
Table 1
| Oval | Major diameter (millimeter) | Minor axis diameter (millimeter) | Ratio |
| ??A | ??7.0 | ??6.0 | ??1.2 |
| ??B | ??6.1 | ??5.3 | ??1.15 |
| ??C | ??2.1 | ??2.1 | ??1 |
| ??D | ??0.9 | ??0.2 | ??1.45 |
It should be understood that above-mentioned size is exemplary, and other size and dimension is fine also.On the function, the oval-shaped different orientation generation in rate of change between major diameter and the minor axis diameter and zone acts on each cell 201 and applies the side acting force of the torsion 271 that can make that cell 201 rotates on its longitudinal axis, thereby makes its wide 207 and first minor axis that reverses in the zone 259 aim at and twist (for example 90 degree) when the cell appropriateness and aim at second minor axis that reverses in the zone 261.In the conical surface 235,237,239 each also is used for making the stream 21 (and cell) that flows through nozzle 101 to quicken.In one embodiment, the mild acceleration and acceleration rapidly in second area 237 in first area 235 and the 3rd zone 239.For example, the tapering of first area 235 can be in the scope of 11-14 degree; The tapering of second area 237 can be in the scope of 42-48 degree; And the tapering in the 3rd zone 239 can be in the scope of 8-12 degree.Nozzle body 139 is to be formed by the suitable material such as forming plastic (ABS) or metal.
Hole element 255 (Fig. 8) is preferably made by hard, high-abrasive material, such as sapphire, it can accurate dimension by machine work or moulding.In one embodiment, hole element 255 itself has and substantially be the conical upstream face 309 of circular cross section, and its diameter is reduced to 0.060 millimeter and have 0.54 millimeter axial length 317 and 39 cone angles of spending from 0.92 millimeter.Hole element 255 also has the basic columniform downstream surface 315 that is, its diameter is that 0.060 millimeter and axial length 327 are 0.36 millimeter.These sizes only are exemplary, it should be understood that hole element 255 can have other size and dimension.For example, the shape of cross section of upstream face 309 can be oval (avette) substantially, can be 40 to 100 microns or bigger scope at the diameter in the hole 103 of the downstream end of nozzle 137.Preferably, the size in hole 103 is such,, makes that the cell that leaves nozzle 101 is basic for single-row form and substantially in required orientation, as mentioned above in the core 189 of stream 21 that is.For example, for spermatid, the hole 103 that has the diameter of 60-62 micron in downstream end has been found to be suitable.Preferably, nozzle bore 103 is used for making stream 21 further quicken and the shape and size of setting stream 21 reach best so that cell separation, cell orientation and drop 33 form, as below describing.
Speed when cell leaves nozzle 137 will depend on each factor, comprise that sheath fluid 19 is introduced in the pressure in the nozzle system 101.When pressure is 20psi, when comprising the cell at core 189 places that are oriented in stream 21 substantially similarly for columniform stream 21 substantially, cell will leave the nozzle bore 103 of the foregoing description with the speed of 16.6m/s.When sheath pressure is 30psi, cell speed will be 20.3m/s.Under the different situation of the pressure of sheath fluid 19, the speed of stream 21 will change.
Core flows to the introducing of reversing the zone
Can be orientated so that (for example comprise particle to be orientated by the mobile improvement that can obtain particle that is orientated nozzle by changing fluid stream 21, spermatid) core stream 189 is directed along flow path, and they are in the position at offset nozzle center simultaneously so that particle stands the hydrodynamic dipole-dipole force that produced by nozzle at least a portion offset nozzle center of described flow path.Also can improve the orientation of particle in conventional nozzle (that is, without any the nozzle that reverses the zone) along the flow path guiding core stream 189 that departs from.In many nozzles, people can determine the center of a known location offset nozzle, and this is to move because of its longitudinal axis from nozzle.People also can recognize, the center of ad-hoc location offset nozzle, and this is because the geometric center of the xsect of the nozzle that it flows through from fluid stream moves.
A plurality of technology can be used for the flow path guiding core stream 189 along the offset nozzle center.For example, the orientation baffle plate can be arranged in nozzle so that core stream deflects into a side of nozzle.Similarly, be used to guide the conduit 157 of the core stream 189 that comprises the sample particle to be repositioned onto deviation position from the conventional center of nozzle.In addition, predictably, bias sample conduit 157 can be used in combination with the orientation baffle plate.The embodiment of the use of orientation baffle plate and the use of bias sample conduit describes as following.
The improvement orientation of the particle (for example spermatid) that utilization orientation baffle plate and/or bias sample conduit 157 reach can be depending on a plurality of factors.A factor is, the size and dimension of the deflection of core stream 189 and/or the xsect of flow region cause being tending towards directed asymmetric particle hydraulic power apply (Kachel, et al.Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 25 (7): 774-80 (1977)).Another factor is to have been found that asymmetric particle (particularly spermatid) is tending towards being orientated near solid surface when they flow in fluid stream.Like this, so that its inside surface or baffle surface near nozzle, people can obtain the improvement orientation of particle by guiding core stream 189.In addition, baffle plate and/or bias sample conduit can be used in combination with the orientation nozzle that applies additional dipole-dipole force (for example, twisting resistance) on asymmetric particle.In this case, baffle plate can be operated to guide fluid stream so that comprise the core stream of particle to be orientated stands to be reversed by one or more zone generation along the path flow while particle at offset nozzle center torsion.
Directed baffle plate
Figure 10-13 illustrates an exemplary orientation baffle plate 2001 that is arranged in above-mentioned orientation nozzle 137.But baffle plate 2001 can be on the basis that does not break away from protection scope of the present invention be used in combination with different nozzle, comprises non-orientation nozzle.Baffle plate 2001 be arranged in nozzle in the hole 103 upstream and the downstream of sample entry needle 157.Referring to Figure 14 and 15, baffle plate comprises the baffle plate 2003 of being located by barrier support 2005.In an illustrated embodiment, baffle plate 2003 basic for L shaped and by substantially rigid, durable constitute (for example stainless steel) with resistant material.L shaped plate 2003 has upstream supporting leg 2007 and downstream supporting leg 2009, preferred upstream supporting leg 2007 and downstream supporting leg 2009 basic vertical mutually (for example in the verticality of 5 degree).In the exemplary embodiment in the figure, two supporting legs 2007,2009 of L shaped plate 2003 intersect at line 2015 places perpendicular to 137 longitudinal axis 2017 of nozzle.As shown in Figure 14, intersection 2015 is separated short distance 2033 (for example about 0.3 millimeter) with the longitudinal axis 2057 of barrier support 2005.The upstream supporting leg 2007 of L shaped plate 2003 extends to the edge of barrier support 2005 from the intersection 2015 away from the longitudinal axis 2017 of nozzle 137 always, as shown in Figure 15.Like this, upstream supporting leg 2007 is formed with the curved edge 2019 of the shape of tight coupling barrier support 2005.As shown in Figure 14, upstream supporting leg 2007 is to become the angle A A of 15-25 degree to tilt with direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2057 of barrier support 2005.The downstream supporting leg 2009 of L shaped plate 2003 extends about 2.0-2.5 mm distance 2025 with the angle B B in the scope that becomes the 60-80 degree with direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2057 of barrier support 2005 downstream from the intersection 2015 of two supporting legs 2007,2009.
The size and dimension of barrier support 2005 is suitable for being installed in the nozzle 137, as shown in Figure 10-13.Barrier support 2005 is preferably made by mouldable material (for example, polypropylene), although in protection scope of the present invention, barrier support 2005 can be made of other material.As shown in Figure 14 and 15, used in this embodiment barrier support 2005 is formed total length 2027 substantially and is the hollow cylindrical shell of 4.0-4.5 millimeter.Barrier support 2005 has the external diameter 2029 of about 5-6 millimeter and the internal diameter 2031 of about 2.5-3.5 millimeter.If barrier support 2005 will be molded, the slight draft (not shown) can be provided at (for example, so that barrier support takes out from injecting molding machine easily) on the surface of support 2005.The upstream extremity 2035 of exemplary barrier support 2005 has the inclined surface 2037 that tilts with the angle A A identical with the upstream supporting leg 2007 of L shaped plate 2003.The upstream supporting leg 2007 of L shaped plate 2003 is against the inclined surface 2037 of barrier support 2005 and by its supporting.The side 2039 (Figure 15) of the downstream supporting leg 2009 of L shaped plate 2003 partly buried (for example being received in the groove) in barrier support 2005 baffle plate 2003 is fixed on the basic positions that are cross over another side from one side of barrier support 2005 of downstream supporting leg 2009.The downstream edge 2041 of downstream supporting leg 2009 in this embodiment forms the straight line of the longitudinal axis that is basically perpendicular to barrier support 2057.Between the inner cylindrical surface 2051 of the downstream edge 2041 of downstream supporting leg 2009 and barrier support 2005, has gap 2049 (Figure 14).Gap 2049 provides the connection between the remainder of internal volume 2055 of volume 2053 that the inner cylindrical surface 2051 by the supporting leg 2007,2009 of L shaped plate 2003 and barrier support 2003 limits and nozzle 137.
Barrier support 2005 can be fixed on desired location with respect to nozzle in many ways.Referring to Figure 14, the downstream end 2067 of barrier support 2005 is step-like so that it is installed in farther downstream part in nozzle 137.The stepped appearance downstream end 2067 of support 2005 is circular and against the elliptical inner surface 233 of nozzle 137.Like this, be restricted to two points 2069 substantially in the inside surface 233 and the contact between the barrier support 2005 of nozzle 137, as shown in Figure 13.Pair of O shape circle 2071 prevents its leakage around barrier support 2005 (Figure 11-13) and sealed-in nozzles system 101 between the threaded bosses 149 of nozzle 137 and mobile main body 133.O shape circle 2071 can by
Make, perhaps make by any other materials similar.When nozzle 137 was screwed on the threaded bosses 149, two O shape circles 2071 were compressed so that fluid-tight to be provided.Use two O shape circles 2071 in this embodiment, because owing to the length 2027 of barrier support 2005 makes an O shape enclose in the space that can not be compressed between nozzle 137 and the mobile main body 133.On the basis that does not break away from protection scope of the present invention; any amount of O shape circle or dissimilar sealings can be used, and have fluid-tight when being screwed on the main body 133 that flows with convenient nozzle 137 as long as the sealing of the quantity of O shape circle and other type is selected.This will depend on a plurality of factors, comprise nozzle 137, mobile main body 133, barrier support 2005 and the size and dimension of O shape circle 2071 and the type of sealing.O shape circle 2071 also helps barrier support 2005 is fixed on desired location.O shape circle 2071 occupies the space around the barrier support 2005, thus defining baffle support 2005 move left and right in nozzle 137.The rotation that friction force between O shape circle 2071 and barrier support 2005 is also resisted barrier support 2005.
As shown in Figure 12, when nozzle 137 is fixed on the main body 133 that flows, in the present embodiment, threaded bosses 149 adopts the form of boss with respect to the downstream end 2077 of the main body 133 that flows, and downstream end 2077 is concordant with the upstream portion 2035 of baffle plate 2001 substantially.Thereby, make barrier support 2005 between the inside surface 233 (at downstream end 2067 places of barrier support 2005) of main body 133 (at upstream extremity 2035 places of barrier support 2005) and nozzle 137 that flows by axial restraint.Can use other maintaining body.Among the embodiment in the figure, equate with the internal diameter 2031 of barrier support 2005 substantially at the internal diameter (Figure 12) of the boss 2079 of the downstream end of threaded bosses 149.
Although it will be understood by those skilled in the art that to have baffle plate 2001, the stream by nozzle system 101 still keeps laminar flow, and this is because low reynolds number is given birth to for described miscarriage in the little transversal zone that fluid flows through.As shown in Figure 11, baffle plate makes core stream 189 and sheath flow the central longitudinal axis 2017 of 191 offset nozzle 137 and towards inside surface 233 deflections of nozzle 137.In one embodiment, when core stream 189 first reverse zone 259 and second reverse between the transition portion between the zone 261 by the time, core stream 189 also flows very close to the inside surface 233 of nozzle 137.But the part 2081 of sheath fluid stream 191 remains between the inside surface 233 of core stream 189 and nozzle 137, so in fact the particle in core stream 189 does not impact or the inside surface 233 of contact nozzle 137.In the farther downstream of nozzle 137, hydrodynamic pushes back (for example, aiming at the longitudinal axis 2017 of nozzle 137) with core stream 189 towards the center of nozzle 137.
Referring to Figure 18 A-18E, baffle plate 2001 changes shape and reduces the size in the mobile transversal zone in the nozzle 137.(for the sake of clarity, any nozzle arrangements in the not shown baffle plate of Figure 18 A-18E downstream.Flow region in each of Figure 18 A-18E illustrates with clear with the runic outlining).At baffle plate 2001 upstreams (Figure 18 A), mobile transversal regional 2087 is circular or oval substantially.At the upstream extremity 2035 of baffle plate 2001, flow region begins to be semicircular shape 2089 (Figure 1B) from the basic of intersection 2015 that circle changes at the supporting leg 2007,2009 of baffle plate 2003, although other shape is fit to.Transversal flow region 2089 is less than the flow region 2087 of baffle plate upstream.Figure 18 C illustrates the flow region 2091 when fluid flows through barrier support 2005 a part of, and Figure 18 D is illustrated in the flow region 2093 in farther downstream of downstream end 2041 of the downstream supporting leg 2009 of baffle plate 2003.Can observe, because the angle orientation of the downstream supporting leg 2009 of baffle plate 2003, flow region 2093 is slightly greater than flow region 2091.In the flow region that passes through baffle plate 2094 of baffle plate 2003 downstreams (Figure 18 E) shape corresponding to the inside surface 2051 of barrier support 2005, it is circular in the embodiment shown.(other shape is fit to).In the downstream of barrier support 2005, the zone 259,261 of reversing of nozzle 137 preferably provides above-mentioned torsion.
As shown in Figure 11, what can observe is that one or more bubble 2095 can be trapped in the downstream supporting leg 2009 and the volume 2053 between the barrier support 2005 of L shaped plate 2003.In addition, the part of bubble 2095 is extensible passes through in the edge 2041 of downstream supporting leg 2009 and the gap 2049 between the barrier support 2005.Like this, bubble 2095 can occupy the part of transversal flow region in downstream supporting leg 2009 downstreams of L shaped plate 2003, may influence fluid flowing by nozzle 137.Have been found that exemplary baffle plate 2001 can both fine work under the situation that has and do not have bubble 2095.Like this, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, under the situation of not bringing any bubble into, baffle plate can be used for directed spermatid.
Another exemplary orientation baffle plate 2097 shown in Figure 19 and 20.Baffle plate 2097 is included in flat basic in the above-mentioned orientation nozzle 137 and is semicircular baffle plate 2099.Baffle plate 2099 is arranged in nozzle 137 in the downstream of sample conduits 157 and be basically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 2017 of nozzle 137.Baffle plate 2099 has the curved edge 2101 of curvature of the inside surface 233 of basic coupling nozzle 137, thereby does not have big gap between the inside surface 233 of the curved edge 2101 of baffle plate 2099 and nozzle 137.Baffle plate 2099 also have longitudinal axis 2017 through nozzle 137 extend a bit of distance straight flange 2103 so that its aim at the external diameter 2109 of sample conduits 157 substantially.Utilize baffle plate 2099 to make baffle plate 2099 locate being similar to the friction that O-ring seals 2071 similar O-ring seals 2105 that the L shaped baffle plate of above reference 2001 describes and the annular shoulder that is formed on nozzle 137 inside or the compression between the support 2107 form.As shown in Figure 19, come operational orientation baffle plate 2099 by deflection fluid stream so that comprise the central longitudinal axis 2017 of the core stream 189 of particle to be orientated along a part of offset nozzle 137 of its flow path.For example, when core stream 189 flows through first can be when reversing zone 259 and second and reversing at least a portion in zone 261 along the flow path guiding core stream 189 of the central longitudinal axis 2017 of offset nozzle 137.Therefore, particle (for example spermatid) stands that they are in the position of the central longitudinal axis 2017 of offset nozzle 137 simultaneously by reversing the torsion that zone 259,261 produces.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that and on the basis that does not break away from protection scope of the present invention, to carry out big change above-mentioned exemplary baffle plate 2001,2009.Neededly be that baffle plate is configured so that core stream 189 and sheath stream 191 are towards the inside surface deflection of nozzle or make core stream 189 and sheath stream 191 flow through the transverse cross-sectional area that size and/or shape change.In addition, it should be understood that on the basis that does not break away from protection scope of the present invention that the orientation baffle arrangement can form with nozzle-integrated formation or with nozzle and mobile main body integral body.
The sample conduits of biasing
Can be by making sample conduits 157 can make core stream 189 be directed along the flow path of the central longitudinal axis 2017 of offset nozzle 137 from the position that its rotine positioning in the center of nozzle 137 resets to a biasing.For example, Figure 21 illustrates a kind of exemplary biased sample guiding nozzle system 2151 with biasing sample conduits 157.Except that foregoing, nozzle system 2151 is basic identical with the nozzle system 101 shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5.Maximum difference is, sample conduits 157 moved apart nozzle 137 the center so that its no longer aim at the longitudinal axis 2017 of nozzle.Like this, core stream 189 is directed into reversing in the zone 259,261 of orientation nozzle 137 along the flow path that departs from longitudinal axis 2017.Although the exemplary nozzle system 2151 shown in Figure 21 has used above-mentioned exemplary orientation nozzle 137, can predict, biasing sample conduits 157 is being used in combination with the nozzle of different orientation or non-orientation nozzle so that the grain orientation in core stream 189.
Nozzle is installed and is regulated
Utilize nozzle holder 331 flow main body 133 and nozzle 137 to be installed with a kind of orientation and position of selection.(Figure 22) in one embodiment, seat 331 comprises a plurality of level, comprise respectively along X and Y-axis 339,341 provide flow main body 133 and nozzle 137 linear regulation first and second linear grade 333,337 and around the Z axle 345 corresponding to the longitudinal axis 2017 of flow main body 133 and nozzle 137 provide rotate regulate the 3rd rotate level 343.These grades 333,337,343 are conventional in design, and the level that is fit to can obtain commercial, for example obtains from Newport Corporation of Irvine CA.Particularly, the first linear movement level 333 comprises the fixedly first order element (not shown) that is installed on the framework 349, the movable first order element 355 that can slide along X-axis 339 and the actuator 357 (for example micrometer) that is used for accurately movable first order element 355 being moved to the X-axis line position of selection on fixing first order element.The second linear movement level 337 comprises the fixedly second level element 359 that is installed on the movable first order element 355, the movable second level element 361 that can slide along Y-axis 341 and the actuator 363 (for example micrometer) that is used for accurately movable second level element 361 being moved to the X-axis line position of selection on fixing second level element 359.Rotate (the 3rd) level 343 and comprise the fixing third level element 365 that is installed on the movable second level element 316, be installed on the fixing third level element 365 with the movable third level element 371 that rotates around Z axle 345 rotationally and be used for accurately making that movable third level element 371 turns to the actuator 373 (for example micrometer) of position, selected angle with respect to Z axle 345.Three adjustings that utilize these grades 333,337,343 to provide make nozzle 137 and the fluid stream 21 that leaves nozzle bore 103 accurately locate with respect to optical system 109.It is useful especially that nozzle 137 rotates around Z axle 345, this is because it can make the stream 21 that leaves nozzle 137 rotate with will be by the cell of nozzle 137 orientations (for example, spermatid) (for example takes on the required surface that the light beam 25 that wherein comes from optical system 109 will drop on cell, the plane 207 of sperm head 205) position, as shown in Figure 23.Other nozzle holder is fit to.For example, 4 nozzle installation systems also can be used, and provide along the linear regulation of X, Y and Z axle with along the rotation of Z axle to regulate.In addition, preferably use one or more level, control miniature translation level (for example, Polytech PI, Inc.of Aubum, the part number M-110.2DG of Michigan) such as servo or step motor with automatic alignment characteristics.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 36, for example, nozzle 137 orientations comprise stream to be analyzed 21 with guiding on the direction that makes progress substantially.In the direction of fluid stream 21 and the angle between the horizontal direction 377 preferably in the scopes of 5 to 85 degree, preferably in the scopes of 15 to 75 degree, preferably in the scopes of 30 to 65 degree, preferably in the scopes of 45 to 60 degree, preferably in the scopes of 50 to 55 degree.The advantage of this orientation is that any air that is captured in the nozzle system 101 is removed easily.In addition, the speed at fluid stream 21 before the collection of drop 33 reduces under action of gravity gradually.Believe that slowing down gradually of drop 33 can not produce pressure to the cell of analyzing, for spermatid, this can make that the motility of the letter sorting sperm after collecting is higher.Certainly, in other embodiments of the invention, nozzle 101 is positioned to make fluid stream 21 have downward substantially speed when fluid stream 21 leaves hole 103, and this sprays cell counter for air is conventional.
Optional ground, the parts of nozzle system 101, such as mobile main body 133 and nozzle 137, scribble the unreflecting material of not launching (for example, non-luminous dark paint or epoxy resin when standing UV laser) to reduce to cause signal noise or optical system 109 is produced any reflection of other dysgenic these elements 133,137 and/or luminous.
Transducer and drop form
In one embodiment, be used for the transducer 105 that energy is incorporated into fluid stream 21 is comprised the collar 379 (Fig. 3-5) that comprises the piezoelectric element (not shown) around the mobile main body 133 that is fixed on nozzle system 101.Transducer is a conventional design, and such as from Beckman Coulter, Inc.as part No.6858368 obtains.Transducer has the terminal 383 that connects the sonic energy source that is fit to and is transported to fluid stream 21 (Figure 24) so that energy can be cleaved into drop division position 107 punishment that make its d that keeps at a distance in distance nozzle 137 downstreams the frequency of drop 33.The flow cytometry those skilled in the art it should be understood that the feature that drop forms is subjected to following equation 1 control:
(V=f λ) formula 1
Wherein V is the speed of stream 21; F is the frequency that is applied to by the fluid stream 21 of nozzle 137; And λ is the distance between " wavelength " or the drop 33.A known principle of flow cytometry is, drop 33 will form with the form of rule, and the distance between the drop 33 is 4.54 times of diameter of stream 21.Because the diameter D that flows 21 close nozzles 137 corresponding to the diameter of nozzle bore 103 in its downstream end, therefore can utilize following equation 2 easy calculating to flow necessary the vibration to form the frequency of drop 33 of 21 (with nozzle 137):
(f=V/4.54D) formula 2
The division sensor
Referring to Fig. 2, division sensor 389 can be used for determining that stream 21 begins to form the position of free drop 33 (for example, division position 107).Division position 107 will change according to the Several Factors of the amplitude of surface tension that comprises stream 21 speed, fluid and transducer 105.By monitoring division position 107, the amplitude of transducer 105 can be changed that position 107 remains in the given scope so that the time that each drop 33 divides can be predicted more accurately by microprocessor 131 so that divide.This makes microprocessor 131 accurately control the electric charge of drop 33, and this can finish by the electric charge of optionally controlling stream 21.Because the electric charge of drop 33 is identical with the electric charge of the stream 21 before drop 33 formation just, so microprocessor 131 charges by convection current 21 optionally and controls the letter sorting of drop 33, describes as following.
Briefly, the division sensor is used in combination with any continuous fluid stream that is split into drop in the division position.(in the embodiment of Fig. 2, division sensor 389 is positioned at the downstream of nozzle 137 and external position 115.) a schematically illustrated exemplary division sensor 389 among Figure 25.Light source 393 is positioned at a side of stream 21 with the 107 maintained given range internal radiation streams 21 in the division position.The linear photosensor element arrays 395 that is positioned at the opposite side of stream 21 is suitable for being oriented along the axis that is basically parallel to stream 21.Therefore, photoarray 395 detects the light that comes from light source 393 that passes drop 33 and provides corresponding to the output signal that detects light.
Output signal is processed to determine the position of division position 107.For example, output signal can be digitized and be provided for processor 131 to handle.Perhaps, as shown in Figure 25, light source 393 LED or other produces the light source of the near infrared part of visible spectrum.The light that passes between drop 33 is amplified by lens 401 and is drawn towards 8 * 1 linear photodiode row 395.Each photodiode produces the electric current that is directly proportional with irradiation light intensity thereon.This electric current is fed into 8 current/voltage operation amplifier circuits 405.The output voltage of operational amplifier is to be coupling in 8 AC in the tracking/hold amplifier 407.Used tracking/the holding signal 409 of amplifier comes from transducer 105.The output of tracking/hold amplifier is fed in the A/D converter 411 of microprocessor unit (MPU) 391.The numerical value that MPU391 calculates will be provided to system's control microprocessor 131.System's control microprocessor 131 can use look-up table and/or algorithm to change between the voltage-regulation of 107 drifts of division position and transducer 105.Perhaps, the output of MPU391 is such as the simulating signal that has corresponding to the dc voltage of the amplitude of the amplitude variations of transducer 105.Dc voltage can be provided for the high-voltage amplifier of driving drop transducer 105 to change amplitude.Therefore, a kind of like this processor 391 will be configured for receiving the output signal of photoarray 395 and the controller of position signalling corresponding to the position of division position 107 will be provided.A kind of like this processor 391 also is configured for receiving the output signal of position of division position 107 of expression drop 33 and the controller that changes the operation of transducer 105 as the function of the position of division position 107.
Perhaps, well known to a person skilled in the art to be that video camera and flashlamp can be used for monitoring and control drop division position.Like this, as shown in Figure 26-27, camera chain 412 and flashlamp 413 can be provided to monitoring division position 107.Preferably flashlamp 413 is placed on baffle 414A (lid that for example, has slit-shaped openings 414B) back and enters the light quantity (Figure 27) that produces by flashlamp 413 of optical system 109 with restriction.
The external exposure optical system
Optical system 109 is suitable for the form of electromagnetic radiation beam (for example laser beam) 25 with the bundle spot focused on the fluid stream 21, thereby makes cell to be analyzed pass the bundle spot.Bundle 25 is at the visible light of spectrum or the laser in the ultraviolet part, and for example wavelength is the 350-700 nanometer, but other wavelength also can use.Wavelength of Laser can be selected so that it can excite the specific fluorescent dye that is used for analysing particulates.If optical system 109 is used for the painted spermatid of analysis and utilization Hoechst 33342, for example, wavelength can be selected with in the scope of 350-700 nanometer.The output of the power of laser can 50 and 300mW between change.For example, can utilize the laser analysis spermatid of 200mW.Referring to Figure 28-34, system 109 is a kind of external exposure systems 415 that comprise the instrument 417 with vertical optical axial 419.As used herein, term " external exposure " refers to, and at least some fluorescent emission that wherein come from the cell that passes the bundle spot are along the axis identical with focused beam acts 25 but the optical system by optical instrument is returned in opposite direction guiding.The advantage of such system is that conventional system preceding and side fluorescence and two or more photodetectors of use is different with detecting, and only needs one group of optical device, only comprises a photodetector 117.But, be preferred although it should be understood that the external exposure system, many aspects of the present invention can be employed and irrelevant with the type of used optical system.
In one embodiment, external exposure instrument 417 comprises the rectangular base 429 that supports a plurality of optical elements.Utilize specific example and parts label that these optical elements are described below with relative dimensions, focal length.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that this information only illustrates, can use other selectable optical element in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention.
Referring to Figure 28-34, optical element comprises reflecting filter 431, and reflecting filter 431 reflections come from the collimated light beam 25 of laser instrument or arc lamp 435 for example by being installed in the adjusting lens subassembly 437 in the opening 439 from the sidewall 441 of base 429 upwardly extending dichroic chambers 443.In this particular example, regulate lens subassembly 437 and comprise snap ring 445, neutral density filter 447, cylindrical lens 449, lens mount 455 and retainer nut 457.Cylindrical lens 449 is incorporated into the one dimension diversity in the bundle 25 and it is guided into and can make bundle form the optical element (describing below) of required shape of cross section 459, and preferred be ellipse substantially.For example, cylindrical lens 449 focal length be 16 millimeters plano-convex lens.The beam expander (not shown) also can be installed in the instrument 417 so that the shape of oval pencil of forms spot 459 is regulated.
Utilize clip 461 that reflecting filter 431 is installed on the face with angle 465 of light filter support 463, have opening 467 in the light filter support 463 so that restraint 25 and leave the optical device reflection of light filter 431 towards instrument 417.Support 463 is fixed on the linear grade 469, linear grade 469 can move with respect to the semi-girder 473 and the dichroic chamber 443 that are fixed on the base 429 along X-axis line 471, can utilize suitable device 475 (for example micrometer) to make level 469 move, reflex in the instrument 417 thereby will restraint 25 in the position that is fit to so that support 463 and reflecting filter 431 are accurately located.Two tropism's light filters 477 are fixed on the framework 485 that is installed in the dichroic chamber 443 and are used for being reflected into shaped light beam 25 along axis 489 on direction 487 forward by clip 479, in this particular example, axis 489 is corresponding to vertical optical axial 419 of this instrument.Bundle 25 passes focus lens assembly 491, and focus lens assembly 491 will restraint 25 and focus on the fluid stream 21 with the bundle spot with above-mentioned basic oval 459 (Fig. 6), and long axis of ellipse is basically perpendicular to flow direction 227 extensions of stream 21.When each cell transmitted beam spot 459, the fluorescent dye in the cell (perhaps other report agent) is stimulated to send fluorescence 31 (Figure 23).For the painted spermatid that DNA selectivity fluorescent dye is arranged, X cell has the DNA of Duoing than Y cell, comprises more fluorescent dye, and sends the signal stronger than Y cell (for example 3.8%), and this provides the basis of identification and sorting cell, as will be described.In one embodiment, focus lens assembly 491 comprises microscope adapter 501, focusing drawtube 507, a pair of lens mount tube 509 and its lens 511 in the opening 503 in the antetheca 505 that is installed in dichroic chamber 443, the part number that lens obtain from Oriel Corporation is that 41209 diameter is that 12.5 millimeters and focal length are 16 millimeters plano-convex lens, and has the anti-reflection coating that is suitable for the light of wavelength in the scope of 340-550 nanometer.Lens 511 can be made by quartz glass.Other condenser lens also is fit to, such as unlimited adjustment fluorescence microscopy endoscope objective lens.Focus lens assembly 491 has conventional contraction type focal adjustments 515 with on the core 189 that oval pencil of forms spot 459 is focused on stream 21.
The output fluorescence 31 that is sent when cell transmitted beam spot has the wavelength (because Stokes shift is longer than incident light wavelength) that is different from incident laser 25.Some fluorescent emission 31 are transmitted on backward directions 513 along the incoming beam axis and get back to by collecting and calibrate the condenser lens 511 of fluorescent emission 31.The fluorescent emission 517 of collimation is sent to dichroic filter 477 from lens 511 on direction backward, dichroic filter 477 transmits fluorescent emission 517.For example, the part number that dichroic filter 477 obtains from Omega Optical is XF2001, the light filter of 400DCLP.
Optical system 415 comprises the filter system 519 that is positioned at dichroic filter 477 back along the optical axial 419 of instrument 417.In one embodiment, filter system 519 is included in the emission light filter 521 in the support 523 in the opening 525 in the rear wall 527 that is installed on dichroic chamber 443.521 decay of emission light filter are by any laser light scattering or other undesirable electromagnetic radiation of dichroic filter 477 transmission.For example and indefiniteness, emission light filter 521 is suitable for transmitting greater than 90% the wavelength film broadband filters greater than the light of 480nm, is the light filter of XF3097 as the part number that obtains from Omega Optical.Adjustment film assembly 529 is separated with the emission light filter backward along optical axial 419.This assembly comprises the slide block 531 that can move on the guide rail 533 of the longitudinal extension of the base 429 of the vertical optical axial 419 that is parallel to instrument 417, be fixed on light filter support 535, the thin film filter element 539 on the slide block 531 and be used for respect to the optical axial 419 of instrument 417 is angled thin film filter element 539 is fixed on clip 541 on the light filter support 535.Thin film filter element 539 have the thickness identical with dichroic filter 477 and be used for will collimation fluorescent emission 517 be transmitted back to the optical axial 419 of instrument 417.At the desired location place slide block 531 is fixed on the base 429 along optical axial 419 at the parallel slot 547 upwardly extending securing members 545 that pass through in base 429 on the opposite flank of guide rail 533.Be installed in the fixing non-spherical lens 549 of support 551 in the framework 553 in adjustment film assembly 529 back and with its maintenance certain intervals, described framework 553 also can slide on guide rail 533 and is fixed on selected position by suitable securing member 557.Non-spherical lens 549 focuses on the fluorescent emission 517 of collimation on the spatial light filter 559, and spatial light filter 559 leaches reflection or emission rather than reflection that comes from cell to be analyzed or the emission that comes from the source.The diameter that non-spherical lens 549 for example obtains from Oriel Corporation is that 12.5 millimeters and focal length are 15 millimeters non-spherical lens.Lens 549 preferably have the anti-reflection coating that is suitable for the VISIBLE LIGHT EMISSION wavelength, but are made by the material (for example, flint glass) of further decay laser light scattering.
As shown in Figure 34, in one embodiment, spatial light filter 559 comprises the fixing removably a pair of orifice plate 561 of framework 563 on the base 429 that is installed in instrument 417.To have 567,571, one slits, slit 567 in each plate 561 be vertical substantially preferably, and another 571 level preferably, this layout is such, that is, make slit 567,571 intersect to form hole 573.In one embodiment, the shape in hole 573 is rectangle substantially and has 100 microns vertical dimension 575 and 500 microns lateral dimension 577.The size and dimension in hole 573 can change (even can be conditioned by changing orifice plate), as long as it is used to remove the light that reflects and come from any source except that collecting amount 579.Fixedly the framework 563 of orifice plate 561 preferably has two parts, that is, can slide on the guide rail 533 of base 429 and fastener 587 is fixed on the board mount 583 of chosen position and is used to make that orifice plate 461 is positioned at the backing element 589 on the board mount 583.
In one embodiment, the size of less (vertically) size 575 in the hole 573 in the spatial light filter 559 is suitable for (perhaps being adjusted) and can utilizes " slit scanning " technology evaluation cell.Be described in detail in this technology " focused beam acts spot " part in this manual.
Another embodiment 450 of the optical system of external exposure shown in Figure 35.Embodiment shown in this embodiment and Figure 28-34 is basic identical, and difference is described as following.An evident difference is that dichroic filter 477 is replaced by different dichroic filter 451, dichroic filter 451 transmission (rather than reflection) irradiation beam 25 and reflection (rather than transmission) fluorescent emission 31.In addition, because fluorescent emission 31 reflects by dichroic filter 451 rather than be transmitted, therefore need not the calibration film 539 among this embodiment of illuminating optical system 450 outside.Like this, external exposure system 450 only is about not breaking away from an example that can how to rearrange optical system in protection scope of the present invention if necessary.
In addition, cylindrical lens 449 is installed on adjustable installation component 449A.Installation component 449A makes cylindrical lens 449 carry out the diaxon translation in perpendicular to the plane of irradiation beam 25.Releasable securing member (for example, screw (not shown)) passes narrow slotted hole 449B and extends (only can see one of them on Figure 35).The unclamping of securing member makes lens 449 translation on perpendicular to the first direction of bundle 25.The similar fasteners (not shown) passes narrow slotted hole 449C and extends, and makes lens 449 translation on the second direction of vertical first direction.This make the relative position of cylindrical lens 449 and bundle 25 can finely tune so that restraint 25 and the intersection of lens 449 surface that can pass lens 449 move, thereby make that the variation of the focusing that provided by cylindrical lens 449 is very little.After lens 449 were in desired location, securing member can be fastened to be fixed there.
Photodetector
The emitted fluorescence of passing spatial light filter 559 drops on the photodetector 117, but photodetector 117 shine outside the rear portion of instrument 417 be fastened to can be on the installing plate 591 of the slip on the guide rail 533 of base 429 and fastener 595 be fixed on (Figure 32) on the fixed position.Photodetector 117 detect fluorescent emission 31 and with they convert to can be processed with the electric signal of the required feature of analysis of cells, as described in detail later.Photodetector 117 is a kind of device of routine, as the photodetector that obtains from Hammamtsu.Photodetector 117 preferably includes prime amplifier and makes the external exposure system produce emissive porwer and is best PMT gain for analyzed specific cytochrome.
Usually, when 200 to 2000 volts voltages were provided for vacuum tube, the PMT gain was for best.For example under the situation of the fluorescent emission that detects Hoechst 33342, when 400 to 800 volts voltages were provided for vacuum tube, the PMT gain was for best.A particularly preferred photodetector comprises that spectral range is the photocathode luminous sensitivity of 185-830 nanometer (530 nanometer peak value), the maximum average anode current of 0.01mA, the cathode radiant sensitivity that is generally 70mA/W, 140 μ A/lm, the anode luminous sensitivity of 300A/lm, maximum anode dark current and the PMT of the rise time of 1.4 nanoseconds of 1nA (being generally 0.1nA).This PMT shows greater than the flat gain of 37MHz and in the load of 50 Ω to have the peak value output of 1V and less than the DC coupling amplifier of release times of 400 nanoseconds.Preferably, this amplifier can also not make signal noise ratio carry out high voltage adjusting under being reduced to less than the situation of 800dB with compensation PMT efficiency change.
The bundle incident angle
A required orientation of the intersection of schematically illustrated light beam of Figure 36 and fluid stream.Should note some.As shown in the figure, light beam 25 focuses on the stream 21 at 115 places, position, and described position 115 only keeps short distance 605 with the exhaust opening 103 of nozzle 137, preferably less than 1.0 millimeters, even in nozzle 137, so that cell still keeps required orientation substantially when passing spot 459, as previously described.This is a particular importance for the cell (comprising spermatid) that moves in fluid stream 21.
Should note on the other hand, the bundle 25 of present embodiment can be drawn towards fluid stream 21 along the bundle axis 609 that intersects with incident angle A and fluid stream 21, from flowing 21 unilateral observation, (departing from 90 degree) (the seeing Figure 36) that incident angle A tilts with respect to the longitudinal axis of fluid stream 21.When some particle of letter sorting, having been found that can be by obtaining the better identification of dissimilar particles with the incident angle irradiation stream 21 of non-zero.For example, preferably with the incident angle A irradiation sperm nucleus in the scopes of 5 to 45 degree, preferably in the scopes of 15 to 30 degree, preferably in the scopes of 18 to 24 degree.When light beam 25 is basically perpendicular to fluid when flowing 21 (, when angle A is 0), the easier inquiry of other particle (for example, live spermatid).Like this, predictably, do not breaking away from protection scope of the present invention, angle A can be any angle.
The suitable selection of angle A can improve the signal noise identification in some particle, thereby and can discern more accurately based on the different characteristic (sperm nucleus that for example, has X and Y chromosome spermatid) of those particles.This raising may comprise that the laser light scattering that enters condenser lens 511 reduces because a plurality of factors cause.Because focused beam acts spot 459 preferably is wider than stream 21, produce different patterns at intersection 115 places of bundle 25 and stream 21.When angle A was spent greater than 12, the diffraction pattern of reflection did not drop on the lens 511.Another factor may be that pitch angle A makes bundle 25 focus near nozzle bore 103 very much, so that nozzle body 139 is not interfered lens 511.Relatively, cell is near nozzle 137 more uniform arrangements, thereby bundle spot 459 focuses on the signal that generation improves near nozzle 137.In addition, more " head the is relative " profile that offers the cell of lens 511 (bundle 25) with pitch angle A reduces because the variation of the total fluorescence intensity that any misalignment (unaligned) of cell causes.In this, for spermatid, bundle 25 preferably drops on one of them wide 207 of each spermatid 201, and as mentioned above, and nozzle 101 and optical system 109 are configured to reach this result.
Although it is useful that the incident angle A that tilts is considered to sorting some particles, predictably, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, the crossing angle between bundle axis and stream can be 90 degree or any angles of inclination.It is also envisioned that optimized incidence can change greatly according to the performance of analyzed specific particle.
The focused beam acts spot
Referring to Fig. 6, the shape of the focused beam acts spot of a shown embodiment is oval (avette) 459 substantially, and it has along the length L 1 of the major axis that extends with the right angle with respect to fluid flow direction 227 substantially with along the width W 1 that is basically parallel to the minor axis that fluid flow direction 227 extends.In one embodiment, width W 1 is less than the length of the head of spermatid 219, and preferably less than the length in the zone that comprises the chromosomal DNA material 225 of cell, for ox spermatid 201, its length is less than 1 micron.For having the stream 21 that diameter is 60 microns sheath fluid 191 and the core stream 189 that comprises ox spermatid 201, exemplary lengths L1 is 80 microns, and exemplary width W1 is 1.5 microns.Focus on width W 1 by restrainting spot 459, width W 1 is less than the length of the head 205 of spermatid 201 (perhaps analyzed any other cell or particle), preferably less than the diameter in the DNA zone 225 of the head 205 of spermatid 201, can reach bigger signal resolution, those skilled in the art it should be understood that as " slit scanning ".This be a kind of bundle 25 is narrowed down make width less than the length (that is, cell is in the size on the direction of fluid flow) of cell thus when cell moves through narrow stream on the length at cell measurement come from the technology of the photo emissions 31 of cell, as described later.Like this, can obtain to comprise the DNA material about information along the structural change of the length of cell.The slit scanning technique also helps identification " coincidence " cell, the promptly overlapping or cell that gets together.
As mentioned above, hole 573 that also can be by spatial light filter 559 is set only reaches photodetector 117 corresponding to a part of light of the part of the cell length on direction of fluid flow by described hole to have vertical dimension 575 and realize slit scanning so that from the cell emission.In addition, the size in hole that can be by regulating beam width and/or spatial light filter is so that the bundle spot that provides shape to be fit to slit scanning is provided for they, thereby makes signal resolution reach best.
A kind of mode of regulating the shape of bundle spot 459 is by changing into different cylindrical lenses and/or the beam expander in the optical system 109 being regulated.In protection scope of the present invention, it is predictable that other any feasible bundle 25 is shaped with the method that forms oval pencil of forms spot 459.The bundle spot of other shape and size also can be used and can predict this and also drop in protection scope of the present invention.
Sorting system
Fig. 2 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of sorting system 119.Sorting system 119 comprises electrostatic charging device 627 and a pair of electrostatic charging deflecting plate 629 that is used for according to their electric charge drop 33 being sorted to different group 123,125 that drop 33 is charged and/or do not charge according to the classification (for example, the X/Y chromosome content of spermatid) that is included in the particle in the drop 33.Deflecting plate 629 preferably scribbles dim low-emissivity coating (for example, epoxy resin or paint) is deflected plate 629 reflections or emission with restriction light.Can utilize any suitable power supply 635 to be deflecting plate 629 chargings.Preferably, two fully the electromotive force between the deflecting plate 629 of charging in the scope of 2000-4000 volt.But, can be any one numerical value between 1000 and 6000 volts at the electromotive force between the deflecting plate 629.
Charging device 627 comprises charge member 631, has opening 633 in the charge member 631, and stream 21 is passing through opening 633 near a position (for example, in 5 blob lengths or nearer position) of drop division position 107.Charge member 631 preferably is equipped with the mechanism that helps with respect to the position of drop division position 107 adjusting charge members 631.For example, as shown in Figure 26,27, charge member 631 can link to each other with adjustable installation component 5001 with deflecting plate 629, and installation component 5001 makes charge member 631 and deflecting plate 629 with respect to nozzle system 101 translations and tilt adjustment.For can be along being parallel to stream 21 axis 5011 translations, installation component 5001 comprises that the removable fasteners 5007 of being passed the slit 5009 in the plate 5003 is fastened on the plate 5003 on the backing 5005, and the orientation of slit 5009 is basically parallel to axis 5011.For can be along perpendicular to stream 21 axis 5013 translations, the removable fasteners 5017 that the slit 5019 in second adjustable plate 5015 is passed in utilization makes second adjustable plate 5015 be fastened on first plate 5003, and the orientation of slit 5019 is basically parallel to axis 5013.Charging panel 631 and deflecting plate 629 are fixed on second adjustable plate 5015.Like this, by loosening fasteners 5007 and/or 5017, people can regulate the position of charge member 631 and deflecting plate with respect to nozzle system 101 in the plane that is parallel to fluid stream 21, and then securable fastener 5007 and/or 5017 is with fixed installation assembly 5001.
For can be, utilize adjustable securing member 5023 (for example, be screwed in the threaded hole in the fixed support 5021 bolt) to make backing 5005 be fastened on the fixing supporting member 5021 along the 3rd axis translation perpendicular to two axles 5011,5013.In one embodiment, each adjustable securing member 5023 is by the spring 5025 between backing 5005 and fixed support 5021.Can be by decrement fastening or that unclamp any spring 5025 of each securing member 5023 adjustings.The compression of regulating all springs 5025 with identical amount causes along the translation of the 3rd axis.Can make installation component 5001 can tilt in fact in any direction with respect to the relative compression of one or more other spring 5025 by changing one or more spring 5025.
In this embodiment, the relative position of charge member 631 and deflecting plate 629 is maintained fixed each other, and this is because they all are fixed on the same adjustable plate 5015.This prevents that the adjusting of installation component 5001 from influencing the location of charge member 631 with respect to deflecting plate 629.
Automatically drop postpones calibration
In above-mentioned sorting system 119, processor 131 must be assessed particle and move to the required time of drop division position 107 from inquiry position 115 to be applied in when divide the electric charge (perhaps lacking electric charge) that position 107 particles need be applied to the drop 33 that comprises this particle in the end in drop that adheres to 33 time at drop.If it is wrong that processor 131 used delays are set, according to the content of drop 33, drop 33 will not sorted.Similarly, if it is asynchronous slightly with the formation of drop 33 that electric charge is applied to drop 33, this can cause bad influence to letter sorting so, and this is because neither one drop 33 will be charged fully and the drop 33 of suppose to have neutral charge will have little just or the electric charge of bearing.This will change the path of drop 33 by the electric field between deflecting plate 629.
The best mode of test handler 131 is to utilize the delay that is fit to set or regulate drop to postpone to set (that is, 9 of calibration system drops postpone to set) a plurality of drops 33 of letter sorting and check result.Postpone to set and monitoring result by incrementally changing, people can select best delay to set.Usually, this letter sorting calibration is artificial the realization.Recently, automated calibration system has been designed to the sampling of the droplet content in the stream of liquid droplets that sorts or has checked and the setting of control lag automatically under the situation that is not having artificial interference.For example, U.S. Pat 6,372,506 (Norton) and US 5,643,796 (vanden Engh) have disclosed automatic letter sorting calibration system, and these two pieces of patent documentations merge reference here.The advantage of claiming of these systems is, they save the labour and can be in whole sort process rather than only when beginning to set check postpone to set.Shortcoming is that they are heavy and unnecessarily occupy valuable space.
(i) external exposure sensor
Referring to Figure 37, the automatically continuously calibration system 4201 that is used for fluorescence excitation drop sorting cell number system of the present invention comprises that content that the position is suitable for detecting drop 33 is used for one or more external exposure sensor 4203 that the delay of drop charge is set with check.Referring to Figure 38, each external exposure sensor comprises light source (not shown), optical fiber cable 4205, dichroic filter 4207, lens combination 4209, photodetector 4213 and control system.In one embodiment, processor 131 is used action control system, but other processor or controller also can be replaced using.
Light source is exclusively used in the low-power solid-state laser of automated calibration system 4201.Perhaps, can use the beam splitter (not shown) to transfer to one or more external exposure sensor 4203 with the part energy (for example, about 5%) in the bundle 25 of the particle that will be used for inquiring fluid stream 21.Similarly, optical fiber cable 4209 can be arranged in bundle block 4215 (Figure 26) to collect light by 115 backs, inquiry position from restrainting 25 at it.The light that comes from light source must comprise that wavelength can excite the light of the fluorescer molecule in the particle that is sorted, thereby produces the fluorescent emission 4211 from particle.For example, if utilize 33342 pairs of particles of Hoechst painted, it is that 350 nanometers, 407 nanometers or any other can excite the light of the wavelength of Hoechst 33342 molecules that light source can provide wavelength.
Referring to the embodiment shown in Figure 37, external exposure sensor 4203 is arranged near each the track of stream of liquid droplets 4225,4227,4229 of three letter sortings to detect drop 33 content at each stream.Cell count system 9 comprises the electrical isolation supporting 4221 that is used to install two deflecting plate 629.Supporting member has 4223, one tracks near the stream of liquid droplets 4225,4227,4229 of each letter sorting in a plurality of holes.External exposure sensor 4203 is arranged in each hole 4223 to be sentenced by each hole 4223 and observes the drop 33 of a stream of liquid droplets 4225,4227,4229 therein.The structure of this compactness occupies little space and avoids the parts of calibration system 4201, better other parts of exposing cell number system 9.
If comprise the irradiation/detection limit of the drop of fluorescer particle by sensor 4203, this causes the flash of light of fluorescent emission 4211, and some of them are collected by lens combination 4209 and reflexed to photodetector 4213 from dichroic filter 4207.The signal that comes from photodetector 4213 is provided to processor 131.Based on the signal that receives from photodetector 4213, processor 131 can be determined the content of the drop 33 in the stream of liquid droplets 4225,4227,4229 of each letter sorting.
If the drop 33 that comprises the fluorescer particle when processor 131 expectation during by sensor 4203 sensor 4203 can not detect the flash of light of fluorescent emission 4211, processor 131 can utilize this information control lag to set or regulate the position of drop division position 107 so.Equally, if when processor 131 do not expect by sensor 4203 comprise the drop 33 of particle the time sensor 4203 detect fluorescent emission 4211, processor 131 can be regulated so.In addition, whether the sensor relative frequency of fluorescer emission 4211 that can relatively come from the stream of liquid droplets 4225,4227,4229 of letter sorting conforms to the frequency of being expected with the frequency of seeing detected fluorescent emission 4211.Processor 131 also scalable be applied in electric charge amplitude on the charge member 631 with stream 4225,4229 deflections that increase or reduce to sort so that the intensity of detected fluorescent emission 4211 reaches maximum amount.This will keep the adjustment of the track of detected stream of liquid droplets 4225,4229, thereby make the directly collecting amount by the external exposure sensor of drop.Because the position of sensor 4203 be suitable for stream 4225,4227,4225 move through between the deflecting plate 629 electric field the time observe them, if it observes stream 4225,4227,4229 in the free-falling zone in deflecting plate downstream, calibration system had than its short response time so.
(ii) empty drop test stream
Can arrange a susceptibility indication of calibrating quality by producing and monitor the calibration testing stream that substantially only comprises sky drop 33.Referring to the letter sorting calibration system 4201 shown in Figure 37, the drop 33 that comprises required particle is sorted in the stream 4225 and the drop 33 and the most of empty drop 33 that comprise any other particle is sorted in the stream 4229 (that is waste stream).At least a portion by neutral charge being offered sky drop 33 (for example, per 10 in 1) produces test stream 4227.Form the border based on particle in the time that reaches of inquiry position 115 and the drop of the assessment in fluid stream 21, the many drops 33 that are considered to " empty " for the letter sorting purpose of routine are actually the low drop 33 of possibility of the drop 33 that comprises particle.These " sky " drops should not be sorted in the test stream 4227, and this is because this causes some particles testing the detection of flowing in 4227 inevitably.
On the contrary, for test stream 4227, processor 131 only selection processor 131 thinks that having what comprise particle is that the drop 33 of zero possibility is to form the test stream 4227 that does not have particle substantially substantially.Any possibility of drop 33 of selecting at random that comprises cell is known and is that average cell analysis rate is divided by the drop generation rate approximately.This means that the part of the facies relationship of the mutually required drop charge of the formation that the ratio by the letter sorting of the mistake in the monitoring test stream 4227 can evaluate matches drop 33 is regulated.For example, processor 131 can be selected drop, the possibility that its estimates to comprise particle be 15% or lower, as to comprise particle possibility be 10% or lower, as to comprise particle possibility be 5% or lower, as to comprise particle possibility be 1% or lower, as to comprise particle possibility be 0.1% or lower, as to comprise particle possibility be 0.01% or lower, as to comprise particle possibility be 0.001% or possibility lower, that comprise particle be 0.0001% or lower.Can select based on the tolerance limit of letter sorting speed, impurity or other letter sorting parameter is the probability cut off of zero possibility substantially, this cut off comprise drop will comprise the particle that is used for letter sorting at a high speed or when having the tolerance limit of bigger impurity than high likelihood.
As by indicated to detection in test stream 4227 more than the number of thresholds of the drop 33 that comprises particle, processor 131 produce do not have agranular test stream 4227 substantially failure (promptly, the drop 33 that comprises particle and the ratio of drop sum are suitable for selecting into test stream 4227 the test stream 4227 of the probability cut off of drops 33), the clearly indication of the best letter sorting of right and wrong and impel processor 131 to regulate drops to postpone to set.The sum of the drops of selecting about the probability cut off of the drop 33 that is used to select to test stream 4227 with for test stream 4,227 33 is determined threshold level.Ideally, can be test stream 4227 and select some drops 33, even one or more particle in fluid stream 21 forms the border so that 4201 pairs of non-slightly best drops of system postpone to set more responsive near the drop of the assessment that is used for each drop 33 relatively.
Certainly, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, the letter sorting calibration system can be the selected drop of test stream and the non-neutral electric charge is provided and makes described drop deflection.In the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention; stream 4225,4227,4229 relative order also can be rearranged, and is arranged on (as shown in embodiment) between waste stream 4225 and the required grain flow 4229 and reduces the danger of waste stream to the sample cross contamination that sorts although will test stream 4227.In addition, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, as fruit granule emitting fluorescence not, different sensors can be used for detecting any scattered light that is produced by the particle in the test stream.
(iii) sort the influence of calibration system
In one embodiment of the invention, automated calibration system 4201 can automatically determine and be set in drop forms and drop charge between relevant be best phase 5% within (that is ,+/-18 degree in).In another embodiment, system 4201 can automatically determine with set relevant be best phase 1% within (that is ,+/-3.6 spend in).In another embodiment, calibration system 4201 can continuous monitoring high speed drop sorting system and automatically facies relationship is remained on best phase 10% within (that is ,+/-36 degree in).In another embodiment, system 4201 can continuous monitoring high speed drop sorting system and automatically facies relationship is remained on best phase 3% within (that is ,+/-10.8 degree in).
The sorting system error recovery
Sometimes, drop 33 departs from its normal trace and bump charge member 631 or deflecting plate 629.If one or more drop 33 bump charge members 631, charge member 631 can not correctly make drop 33 chargings.In addition, drop 33 can get clogged by the normal trace of charge member 631, makes more drop 33 be accumulated on the charge member 631.In addition, if the drop that departs from 33 bump deflecting plate 629, they can twist or interrupt the electric field line between the deflecting plate 629, thereby change the track of the stream of liquid droplets 123,125 of letter sorting.
Like this, preferably have chip and remove system to remove chip from charge member 631 and/or deflecting plate 629.In one embodiment, as shown in Figure 26 and 27, system 9 comprises chip removal system 5047 that is used for charge member 631 and the chip removal system 5049 that is used for deflecting plate 629.
Referring to Figure 27, utilize the supporting member 5051 on the plate 5015 that is fixed on adjustable installation component 5001 to make charge member 631 locate.Vacuum passage 5053 (shown in hacures) passes the opening 5057 that supporting member 5051 extends to close charge member 631.The vacuum line 5055 that utilization is connected on the accessory 5058 on the supporting member 5051 makes vacuum passage 5053 link to each other with the vacuum source (not shown) that is fit to.Provide suitable controller optionally in passage 5053, applying vacuum, thereby any unwanted material (drop 33 that for example, departs from) is siphoned away and recovers the normal function of charge member 631 from charge member 631.
Relatively, as shown in Figure 27, be fastened on and have air duct 506 3 networks (shown in hacures) in the manifold 5061 on the installation component 5001, air duct 5063 networks link to each other with pressurized air or other gas source (not shown) with accessory 5065 by air line 5059.Passage 5063 has the part 5067 of leading to opening 5065 in the opening 5064 that is provided with along the one side 5066 of each deflecting plate 629 and the passage 5063 and adopts such orientation, that is, make the pressurized air that blows by manifold 5061 that any drop that departs from 33 or other chip are cleared deflecting plate 629.Any material that blows away from deflecting plate 629 will clash into the cover plate (not shown) and be discharged into the suitable rubbish collecting device (not shown).
In one embodiment, if processor or other sensor are determined the drop 33 that departs from and have been clashed into charge member 631 or deflecting plate 629, for example shown by above-mentioned letter sorting calibration system, processor can automatically start error-correcting routine or pattern, error-correcting routine or pattern can be included as passage 5053 provide vacuum with siphon away material from charge member 631 and/or carry pressurized air by passage 5067 with deflecting plate 629 that material is blown off.
The protection of the letter sorting sample under error pattern
An embodiment of system 9 also comprises contamination preventing mechanism 4041 (Figure 26), and contamination preventing mechanism 4041 can be by the pollution of processor 131 startups to be in the restriction of following time of error recovery pattern at sorting system or to prevent to sort sample.Contamination preventing mechanism comprise can optionally mobile swing arm 4045 between protective position (shown in Figure 26) and non-protective position (not shown) pneumatic actuator 4043.In protective position, the end 4047 of swing arm 4045 covers the opening of collection container 4033, thereby stops collection container 4033 to collect drop 33.In non-protective position, collection container 4033 is uncovered.Normally; swing arm 4045 is in non-protective position; but processor 131 makes actuator 4043 that swing arm 4045 is moved to protective position (for example, nozzle system 101 stops up, drop division position 107 becomes, and drop 33 unstable or that depart from has clashed into charge member 631 or deflecting plate 629) when processor 131 is determined to have pollute dangerous.The end 4047 of swing arm 4045 is that chute shape is being discharged in the waste canister 4035 by any fluid that swing arm 4045 is collected.
Fluid delivery system
Said system 1 can be produced a large amount of particles (for example, X spermatid) of selecteed feature letter sorting effectively.Can the speed that carrying object 17 and sheath fluid 19 are transported to nozzle 137 be improved or reduce throughput rate by changing fluid delivery system 15 (Fig. 2).In one embodiment, fluid delivery system comprises syringe pump 645, and an a kind of like this example of pump obtains from Hamilton Company
Model PSD/3.Pump 645 can be transported to nozzle 137 with carrying object 17 with the speed of 20 μ l/min.Usually, pump 645 should be able to be transported to nozzle 137 with sample fluid in the speed in the scope of 10-50 μ l/min.Utilize streamline 647 to make pump 645 link to each other with the supply source 3 of carrying object 17, the supply source of carrying object 17 3 comprises the fitted vessel 649 of the material of a certain amount of to be analyzed and letter sorting.Temperature at particle to be analyzed is under the situation of a factor, and for example for spermatid, the temperature of container 649 can be subjected to a suitable temperature control system control, such as heating/cooling pond (not shown).Syringe pump 645 removable by suction stroke to suck carrying object from supply container and by discharging stroke carrying object 17 is assigned to the entry needle 157 of nozzle system 101 by supply line 651.Preferably under the control of processor 131, utilize variable speed driver (not shown) driving pump 645.For example, can utilize stepping motors driving pump 645, stepping motors is operated so that to obtain the required speed of desired turnout carrying object 17 is pumped into pin 159 with the variable velocity of selecting.The fluid delivery system of other type can be used to replace syringe pump.For an example only is provided, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, can utilize pressurized-gas source to container 649 pressurizations.In addition, make that preferably line 647,651 is short as far as possible, this is because be unfavorable for may be in the health of the sensitivity cell in the carrying object 17 (for example, spermatid) in the wire loop border.
The supply source 7 of sheath fluid 19 comprises second container 661 (for example jar among Fig. 2) that the sheath fluid 19 that is fit to volume is housed, and the radial hole 173 in the mobile main body 133 of the supply line 667 of second container 661 by wherein having operation valve 173 and nozzle system 101 links to each other.In the embodiment in figure 1, sheath fluid container 661 is by 671 pressurizations of gaseous tension system, gaseous tension system 671 (for example comprises pressurized-gas source 675, air or other gas, such as nitrogen), pressurized-gas source 675 is communicated with jar 661 by air line 679, has the regulator 681 that is used to control the pressure that is fed into jar 661 in the air line 679.Two-way valve 683 in the air line 679 can move between the second place of the primary importance of setting up connection between jar 661 and the gas source 675 and feasible jar 661 exhausts.Gas regulator 681 is regulators of a kind of routine, preferably under the control of processor 131.By the pressure of controlling tank 661, but also Be Controlled of the pressure that sheath fluid 19 is transported to the main body 133 that flows.This pressure can be in 16 to 100psi scope, preferably in 10 to 50psi scope, preferably in 15 to 40psi scope, preferably in 20 to 30psi scope.In the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, can utilize alternate manner control sheath fluid 19 to be transported to the pressure of the main body 133 that flows.
In one embodiment, as shown in Figure 26, fluid delivery system 15 comprises sheath fluid jar (not shown) and sample stage 4051.Sample stage comprises two parts pressure vessel 4053 that is suitable for adorning sample tube 4055.The bottom 4057 of pressure vessel can move up and down between open position (shown in Figure 26) that can load or unload sample tube 4055 and off-position (not shown) with respect to the top 4059 of pressure vessel 4053, in described off-position, two parts 4057,4059 of pressure vessel 4053 lump together and form sealing to hold the gas-pressurized that is used for carrying object 17 is pumped into from sample tube 4055 nozzle system 101.
When pressure vessel was opened, spring bias voltage swing arm 4071 moved to a position (label 4071 of also visible Figure 119 ') that is used for carrying object 17 is transported to line 651 belows of nozzle system 101.Swing arm 4071 is for chute shape and be suitable for collecting the fluid of returning by line 651 recoils and the fluid of recoil being returned by port 4073 is discharged into waste canister.When pressure vessel 4053 when its open position moves to its off-position, lobe plate 4075 its spring bias voltages of opposing that link to each other with the bottom 4057 of pressure vessel 4053 move swing arm 4071 to clean the zone between two parts 4057 and 4059 and to make pressure vessel 4053 close.
Control device
Referring to Fig. 2, the operation of microprocessor 131 (perhaps other numeral or analog control device and/or processor, perhaps its combination) control system 1.Describe with reference to Figure 39 as following, microprocessor can a system control processor and the form that is used for four processors that control signal handles realize.Perhaps, some or all functions can be combined in one or more processor.For example, can utilize one in four signal Processing processors to realize system's control microprocessor (seeing Figure 36).In addition, as described below, can utilize a mimic channel (for example analog cell analyzer shown in Figure 39) or the combination of analog-and digital-circuit to realize signal Processing.
Usually, the electric signal that comes from external exposure system 415 is converted to numerical information by A/D converter, and A/D converter provides corresponding digital information for microprocessor 131.In response to this information, microprocessor 131 control sorting system 119 and fluid delivery systems 15 are described as following.
The electric signal of photodetector 117 outputs of external exposure system 415 is the time dependent analog voltage signals of expression, the amplitude of the emitting fluorescence 31 that each cell produced at any time when this time dependent analog voltage signal was illustrated in cell by laser beam 25 irradiations.Like this, simulating signal (being also referred to as simulation output) is the form of time dependent waveform pulse 497, as shown in Figure 52 and 53.Usually, waveform pulse 497 is defined as comprising the distortion of some parts of one or more pulse or a pulse or the part of distortion.Each cell was at the relative speed of the photo emissions 31 in this moment when like this, each waveform pulse 497 amplitude at any time was illustrated in cell by laser beam 25.The dna content of X chromosome ox spermatid is higher than Y chromosome ox spermatid (for example, about 3.8%).Therefore, by the X cell alive of above-mentioned fluorescent colorant mark generation is different from the waveform pulse 497 of the pulse of the cell that comes from other any mark.By analysis waveform as described below 497 (seeing that scanning of signal Processing, slit and Critical Efficiency are poor), each cell can be identified as X cell or be not identified as X cell (～X).Usually, as used herein, X cell refers to X cell alive, and Y cell refers to Y cell alive, and～X cell refers to Y cell alive and can produce the fluorescent emission 31 that can detect but can not be identified as the combination of the cell of X cell alive with sizable possibility.
The time limit of each waveform pulse 497 is represented the position of each cell in stream 21.Owing to the speed maintenance of the sheath fluid 19 that is transferred by nozzle 137 is constant, and owing to be known apart from d (in Figure 25) between nozzle 137 and the drop division position 107, so the position of each drop 33 is that cell (if any) known and in each drop 33 is known.Like this, microprocessor 131 can calculate each and form drop by the time of the charging collar 631 and the polarity of the may command collar 631, thereby whether control drop 33 is recharged with by charge member 631 deflections of sorting system 119.Since microprocessor 131 know drop form cell in speed and the identification drop be X or～X, so microprocessor 131 is known the cell content of each drop 33 and is careful (perhaps counting) cell number in each group 123,125.According to letter sorting strategy (described below), microprocessor 131 determines that drop 33 is recharged with deflection or drop 33 is not recharged so that their not deflection.
Signal Processing
A. digital sample introduction
As mentioned above, the interaction between laser beam 25 and the particle produces " pulse " photo emissions 31 (for example fluorescent emission) of being captured and being transported to photodetector 117 by the collecting lens of optical system 109.Photodetector 117 converts photon energy to the time dependent aanalogvoltage output of amplitude at any time.This output is to comprise a series of waveform pulses 497 (Figure 43 and 44) that are used in many features of discerning between the particle group.Photo emissions speed, the maximum photon emission rate in transport process, the average photon emission rate in transport process of the function that these features comprise total photo emissions, transmit by laser beam space as particle and transmitting the required time.The substep of laser beam geometry 459, particle size, the emissive source by particle volume and the frequency spectrum that particle speed is determined waveform pulse 497.For the used system 1 of above-mentioned ox sperm, determined that each cell 201 produces a waveform pulse 497 in the time between 800 nanoseconds and 1200 nanoseconds.Determine that also as a function of frequency, the power greater than 97% in waveform pulse 497 is transferred with the frequency that is lower than 30MHz.This frequency spectrum will be described later, and it relates to the Nyquist sampling theory.These waveform pulses 497 are linked together forms the output signal 701 come from photodetector 117, and it is continuous, the time dependent signal of expression grain flow by the transmission of this equipment.Except the feature of each pulse of being used for discerning in group, time dependent signal provides about by the relative spacing between each particle of this equipment (time and position) with move through the accurate record of relative velocity of the particle of this equipment.This precise time, position and speed record can with as shown in Figure 44 drop clocking 703 synchronously to determine that particle is the ingredient of the certain droplet 33 that formed by droplet-shaped forming apparatus 105.This information can be used as " coincidence " of determining the needed and unwanted particle in a drop 33 or has situation.Determine that accurately the quantity of each particle in a drop 33 and the ability of classification provide accurately effectively letter sorting.
B. sample frequency and signal spectrum
The signal output 701 that comes from PMT117 is captured by high speed analog-digital converter 689 (ADC), high speed analog-digital converter 689 (ADC) with the frequency of 105MHz continuously to exporting 701 samplings.It should be understood that when to time dependent signal sampling, sample frequency must be at least the twice of the maximum frequency that comprises in the signal that is sampled.This is called as the Nyquist sampling theory.Therefore, signal output 701 low-pass filters 854 (seeing Figure 39) that at first are transferred by 40MHz that come from PMT117 are lower than the 52.5MHz limit that is applied by sampling rate with the maximum frequency of guaranteeing to be included in the signal 701.Importantly, optical system 1, fluid system 15 and the detection system of noticing equipment 1 is suitable for waveform pulse 497 with the optimum frequency feature of 105MHz speed sampling by tuning with generation.In the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, sampling rate can change between 25 to 200MHz.
C. burst process
In shared storage and four (4) TigerSharc dsp processors, carry out burst process by the high-speed parallel port interconnection.As shown in Figure 39, four processors are: 1) receive to come from and make the data management processor 863 of data of the output signal 701 digitized high-speed ADCs 689 that come from photodetector 117; 2) detect the pulse detection processor 865 of the waveform pulse of representing by numerical information 497; 3) extract features and based on the feature extraction and the recognition processor 867 of the feature identification pulse of extracting 497 from the pulse 497 that detects; And 4) determine the letter sorting processor 873 of the letter sorting classification of each pulse 497 based on the feature that extracts and identification, letter sorting processor 873 is determined to judge and form 105 synchronous with drop for the letter sortings of corresponding cell and drop 33.Usually, processor 863,865,867,873 is finished a task and is set one " mark " and has the data that can be used for handling so that companion's processor is known.
Each processor 863,865,867,873 separate work makes total treatment capacity reach maximum, and this is because they do not interrupt mutually.Like this, any processor 863,865,867,873 can be carried out any function and one or more processor or function and can be bonded in the processor or be distributed to a plurality of processors.Processor 863,865,867,873 only is easy to use according to above-mentioned classification and this application and is not by any way to its qualification.
All four processors 863,865,867,873 link with the dsp board SDRAM851 that is used for message exchange and link with the processor I/O (I/O) 857 of communicating by letter synchronously with peripheral I/O bus 859, and peripheral I/O bus 859 links to each other with letter sorting pulse producer 861 with PC735.Processor I/O857 can be realized by two or more SharcFIN I/O processors that connect by communication link.Utilize peripheral I/O bus 857 will sort that signal 853 offers PC735 and letter sorting signal 853 is used to control the charging of letter sorting pulse producer 861 with control drop 33.
Processor I/O857 receives output 707 from analog/digital converter (ADC) 689, and Bitware Corp.105MHz/1-channel for example can be supported 14 bits of 105MHz/1-channel.ADC689 links to each other to convert its time dependent analog output signal 701 to numerical information 707 with photodetector 117 outputs, and ADC689 also links to each other with I/O plate SDRAM855 and comes from the digital block of ADC689 with storage.
Usually, the analog output signal 701 that comes from photodetector 117 show as feature A or feature B (for example, X or～X).The analog output signal 701 that A/D converter 689 will come from the photodetector 117 of flow cell number system 1 converts corresponding digital information 707 to.Processor 863,865,867,873 is analyzed and breakdown figures information 707 and provide letter sorting signal as the function of numerical information detected and classification for sorting system 119.
D. data obtain
As mentioned above, the output signal 701 that comes from photodetector 117 is captured the high speed analog-digital converter (ADC) 689 of output sampling continuously by the frequency with 105MHz.Data (numerical information 707) are transferred to the high speed storing piece (I/O plate SDRAM) 855 that is used for cushioning the input data immediately.These storage blocks 855 are organized in a kind of integrality of data stream 707 and mode of order of keeping.These storage blocks 855 also can utilize direct memory access (DMA) (DMA) by 863,865,867,873 accesses of digital signal processing (DSP) processor.Like this, but processor 863,865,867,873 access input data 707 under the situation of not interrupting ADC689.This helps data 707 effectively to transfer to these processors 863,865,867,873 with feature extraction, analysis and letter sorting classification.In this whole process, data management processor 863 keeps the time (with respect to major clock 737, it is 125 to multiply by drop 33 frequencies) of the order and the index of pulse samplings 707 " in real time " or cell to be passed through the reference of the real time of laser beam 25 to keep them.The reciprocal conversion work in ADC689 front and back between two inputs, continuously convert numerical information 707 to the output signal of change modeling in time 701 samplings that comprise waveform pulse 497 and with them, numerical information 707 is provided under the control of data management processor 863 in the piece 855 of I/O plate SDRAM.Processor 863 is continuous stream with information 707 compilations.
E. initialization detected parameters
For effective identification ground unrest, digit pulse detects software 747 should be provided with the information of representing the signal background second-order statistics when not having fluorescent pulse 497,, comes from the understanding of performance of the output voltage signal 701 of photodetector 117 that is.Can utilize software to learn these statistics and make detected parameters 741 initialization in unwatched mode with the initial phase after the startup of system 1 just.Usually, pulse can be defined as 2 or 3 standard deviations of background value.
May cause background fluorescent emission to change because carrying object 17 is introduced sheath fluid stream 191, so carrying object 17 should exist so that the initialization of detected parameters.The simple computation of the second-order statistics of the sequential of output voltage signal value can too high estimated background standard deviation (because the fluorescent emission 497 in this order may exist).Therefore, iterative program is preferably to eliminate this influence gradually.Pulse detection software 747 can be realized this iterative program like this, promptly, statistics by calculating resultant signal (background+pulse) 701, utilize these values that the pulse detection logic is provided, in detected sample signal calculated statistics and repeat this program once more under the situation in pulse not until background statistical estimation convergence (perhaps the fixedly maximum times of iteration occurs).Estimate background by utilizing cell to exist, the more accurate expression of desired correction pulse 497 amplitudes can be determined.Table II has been summarized the test initialization program of utilizing pulse detection software to determine detected parameters.
| Algorithm: initialization detected parameters |
| Input: the vector of the PMTvolts that floats; StatWindowSize, integer maxIterations float |
| Output: bckgmdMean floats; BckgrndSTD floats |
| Program: 1. background vector bckgrnd, lastSampleMean and the lastSampleSTD with the last statWindowSize sample of PMTvolts vector and numIterations is initialized as 0: |
| Bckgrnd=PMTvolts[1 t0 statWindowSize] lastSampleMean=0 lastSampleSTD=0 numIterations=0 2. calculates the sample mean and the sample standard deviation of bckgrnd and increment iterative counting: sampleMean=sum (bckgrnd)/statWindowSize sampleSTD=sum (bckgrnd-sampleMean)
2/ statWindowSize numIterations=numIterations+1 3. checks convergence or surpasses maximum number of iterations: exitFlag=((sampleMean-lastSampleMean)＜eps ∧ (sampleSTD-lastSampleSTD＜eps)) ∨ (if numIterations＞maxIterations) exitFlag is correct, (other continuation step 4) 4. provides the pulse detection algorithm to go |
Table II. the initialization of pulse detection algorithm parameter
Usually, A/D converter 689 analog output signal 701 that will come from photodetector 117 convert to representation feature A or feature B (for example, X or～X) corresponding digital information 707.Digital signal processor 865 is determined the background characteristics of the time dependent signal 701 that come from numerical information 707 corresponding with it, detect the waveform pulse that comes from numerical information 707 497, and provide letter sorting signal 853 for sorting system 119 as the function of detected pulse 497 as the function of the background characteristics that is determined.
F. initial identification parameter
With detected parameters similar (and then as shown in Table II their initialization), the parameter that is used for recognizer can unwatched mode be initialised.But different with detection algorithm is to need not an iterative program.In this case, be used to make identification parameter 745 initialized software detection predetermined quantities (for example, 100,000) fluorescent pulse 497, calculating be used for the feature of each identification that detects pulse 497 and use troop program (see about candidate troop the Table II of general introduction of program) think these pulses 497 distribute the group that paid close attention to (for example, X ,～X).
| The algorithm title | Algorithm |
| K-Means | Between the point in each group (Euclidean or Mahalanobis) squared-distance and iteration (part) minimize [1] |
| Fuzzy k-Means | (Gaussian) expectation-maximization [2] of mixed mode |
| Aggregation system | Merge " nearest " group (from each data point of group) until reaching required group's number as himself." nearest " group's the various means of determining comprise distance, the distance between the solstics, the mean distance between distance between the group mean number (mean value) and point between the closest approach.[1] |
Table 2. is used for the general introduction of the clustered approach that the recognizer parameter initialization is considered.
Figure 73 comprises troop result's the example of application of program based on the k-Means that distributes statistics to limit group 1 and group 2.The second-order statistics of these groups is then used in sets the required parameter (coefficients of 1 or 2 rank polynomial expression decision functions) of identification.Table IV has been summarized the identification initialize routine.
| Algorithm: initialization identification parameter |
| Input: the vector of the matrix of the detectedPulseData that floats, the popPriorProbabilities that floats |
| Output: for each classification i of group: the vector of the matrix of the Wi that floats, the wi that floats, wi0 floats |
| Program: 1. calculating comes from eigenwert (the n value of each pulse that detects pulse, wherein n is the dimension of feature space): the eigenwert that featu reValues=feature_extract (detectedPulseData) 2. is clustered in the feature space is counted Populations=2 rank that (featureValues) 3. calculates group of trooping and is added up to obtain group member: (for i=1 to m, wherein m is the quantity of group/classification) (for j=1 to n, wherein n is the dimension of feature space) popMean
i[j]＝sum(featureValues[populations
i，j])/populations
iIn sample # (for k=1 to n, wherein n is the dimension of feature space) tmpVal[j, k]=(featureValues[populations
i，j])-populationMean
i[j]). ????(featureValues[populations
i，k])-populationMean
i[k]) ????popCovariance
i[j，k]＝sum(tmpVal[j，k])/populations
iIn the coefficient of |
Table IV. the initialization of recognizer parameter
Usually, A/D converter 689 analog output signal 701 that will come from photodetector 117 convert to representation feature A or feature B (for example, X or～X) corresponding digital information 707.Digital signal processor 867 produces the generation identification parameter corresponding to numerical information 707, and identification is as the numerical information of the function of initial identification parameter, and provides letter sorting signal 853 as the function of the numerical information of identification for sorting system 119.
G. digit pulse detects
First treatment step is the pulse detection carried out by pulse detection processor 865 to determine that whether a specific waveform is the waveform pulse 497 corresponding to the fluorescent emission 31 of cell.Processor 865 is carried out the pulse detection algorithms, described pulse detection algorithm identified may represent target be sorted to one in the group particle or be the sample group of the particle that possible be avoided owing to may be impurity in the group and target.For Niu Jingzi letter sorting, dyestuff is added into the emission 31 that disconnects inviable cell, make their relevant pulse strengties be living cells intensity 1/3.Inviable cell is not considered to sort target or possible pollution.They are not considered to detect pulse 497.For the sample of the continuous quantity that is higher than background level, the intensity by monitor sample detects the pulse 497 that comes from living cells.After the threshold crossings that this level and statistics are determined, processor 865 jumps to slower time of width of the expectation pulse 497 that is 75% living cells substantially.If still more than threshold value, this series sample is considered to pulse 497 to this level.Coming from the sample that detects pulse 497 is moved to by the used storage block of feature extraction processor 867.
Statistics abnormality detection means are to detect the embodiment that software 747 uses by digit pulse, although can predict, can use other means that are used to discern and/or isolate digitized pulse 497.In essence, come from a part that is considered to pulse 497 from the numeral sample 707 of the output voltage signal 701 of the photodetector 117 of the unusual fluorescence of background detection statistics.For gain in strength (so that walkaway minimizes), can comprise additional temporary transient standard.
Pulse detection is carried out as follows.When the voltage output signal 701 that comes from photodetector 117 was not pulse, the Mahalanobis of the background of the input sample 707 of signal 701 was apart from being calculated and comparing with pre-set threshold.If the distance of given sample surpasses threshold value, be considered to may starting of pulse 497, pulse detection software begins buffering input sample.If the sample of ensuing predetermined quantity (Figure 25) also surpasses threshold value, pulse 497 is considered to start and cushions and continues until the coincidence impulse ending standard; Perhaps, cushion the startup inspection of being set and recovering paired pulses once more.Although in pulse 497, if sample below threshold value, it is considered to that pulse may finish and buffer position is recorded (the sample buffering continues) so.If the sample of ensuing predetermined quantity (Figure 25) also is lower than threshold value, pulse 497 is considered to finish and pulse 497 comprises the buffered samples that arrives record position.Table V has been summarized the pulse detection algorithm, and Figure 49 is provided at the diagram that numeral obtains the result of the pulse detection on the fluorescent pulse 497.
| Algorithm: digital phosphor pulse detection |
| Import: the vector of the digSamples that floats, the bkgrndMean that floats, the bkgrndSigma that floats, the pulseStartThresh that floats, unsteady pulseEndThresh, Integer n umStartSamples, Integer n umEndSamples |
| Output: the vector of the pulseBuffer that floats |
| Program: 1. initialization inPulseFlag=0, pulseStartCount=0, pulseEndCount=0 2. are for each sample among the digSamples, calculate background Mahalanobis apart from mhDist[i]=(digSample[i] if-bkgrndMean)/not setting of |
Table V. the general introduction of digital phosphor pulse detection
Usually, A/D converter 689 analog output signal 701 that will come from photodetector 117 convert to representation feature A or feature B (for example, X or～X) corresponding digital information 707.Digital signal processor 865 is analyzed numerical informations and processor 873 and is provided letter sorting signal 853 as the function of the numerical information that detects for sorting system 119.
H. feature extraction and identification
Following treatment step is the feature extraction of being carried out by feature extraction and recognition processor 867.This processor is in response to the mark of being set by pulse detection processor 865.The sample that comes from the pulse of detection is placed in the storer of sharing with feature extraction processor 867.For each pulse 497 definite feature such as zone, pulse width, pulse height, Gaussian correction coefficient and/or further feature.In some cases, pulse 497 is confirmed as " dual " or invalid, and feature is not extracted.For Niu Jingzi 201, only for having common amplitude and the pulse of the width of live X or Y cell 497 extraction features.Usually, live the pulse-response amplitude of spermatid in the scope of 700-900mV, although this scope also can be wide to 500-1000mV.After feature was extracted, the feature space that they and the group of selecting for letter sorting limit compared.If feature meets the feature space of letter sorting identification, then processor 867 is set the mark that just sorts order of indication letter sorting processor 873.Usually, carry out the classification of specific cells and sort judgement by recognition processor 867 by letter sorting processor 873.
The numerical information 707 of expression fluorescent emission 31 (and the feature that produces their corresponding cell) is based on being discerned by software 757 for the special characteristic or the characteristics of the different groups that paid close attention to visibly different statistic property of performance in feature space (the n orthogonal dimension space that is formed by the n feature as axle).Therefore, the first step of the analysis numerical information 707 that is used for discerning is the calculating of these features, the step of the so-called feature extraction that a kind of pulse analysis software of being carried out by processor 867 749 is carried out.Table VI has been listed several selection features, and software 749 can be used for this application.One or more of these features is with selected feature space to be formed for classifying.It should be noted to have the additional feature that the reinforcement separation is provided so that this tabulation is exemplary, non-comprehensive.For example, software 749 can use subroutine 753 to determine the zone of pulse 497 and/or can use subroutine 755 to determine pulse 497 peak values.
| The feature title | Feature description |
| Pulse area | Near impulse smaple and (perhaps mean value) |
| Peak value of pulse | The maximal value of impulse smaple |
| Pulse " interior " zone | Interior TBD impulse smaple and (perhaps mean value) (is the center with the average pulse value) |
| Pulse width | Sample number in the pulse |
| Pulse " Gaussianity " | MSE or correction coefficient with pulse of the Gaussian shape of adding up on 2 identical rank |
| Pulse " hysteresis peak " | Pulse value at TBD sample past peak value (perhaps mean value) |
| Critical slope difference (CSD) | Along by first derivative of the pulse of particle manufacture and maximum or near the pulse gradient at a some place of maximum pulse by the difference between first derivative of the pulse of particle manufacture with feature B with feature A |
Table VI. be used for analyzing by the general introduction of the selection feature of current consideration about the digit pulse of feature extraction
I. slit scanning
Usually, the relative dna content that the elliptical spot 459 that is provided by irradiation system 109 is measured in the cells is poor.The part that more may comprise evaluated feature of pulse 497 that can be by analyzing the fluorescent emission 31 that is detected by photodetector 117 further improves resolution.Some cell (for example, the ox spermatid) physiological phenomenon be the X/Y chromosome mapping near equatorial zone 225, be close to longitudinal midline or the equator or the center of the nuclear 213 of cell 201 near equatorial zone 225, and its length is 1 micron (see figure 6).In fact, X/Y chromosome not necessarily is in the center of nuclear 213.Like this, the part that can convert numerical information 707 to by the time dependent simulation output 701 with photodetector 117 and analyze in the numerical information corresponding to the part (for example corresponding to the light from sending near equatorial zone 225, such as the particularly waveform pulse of 20-30% of 20-60% that centers around pulse 497 peak values) of the pulse 497 of fluorescent emission 31 improves resolution.
As mentioned above, slit scanning can be used for obtaining fluorescence measurement from the part of each cyto-chromatin rather than from whole chromatin.The relative dna content that the elliptical spot 459 that above-mentioned external exposure system 415 provides is measured the cell from chromatinic specific part is poor, with improve X cell and～X cell resolution each other.As mentioned above, the slit scanning techniques is to focus on excitation beam 25 to make the size of focused spot size 459 much smaller than the fluorescence measurement means of cell dia as shown in Figure 6.Like this, utilize laser beam 25 scanning cells 201 during by oval pencil of forms spot 459 when cell.Detection is comprised about the information of fluorescence along the length location of cell 201 by the resulting waveform pulse 497 of output 701 generations of the photodetector 117 of the fluorescent emission 31 of slit scanning irradiation generation.Shown in Figure 45-48, when cell 201 crossed oval pencil of forms spot 459, the waveform pulse 497 of Gai Bianing in time (red/orange line) was a relative beam intensity (blue line) and the relative convolution of sending pulse strength (the painted fluorescent emission that excites corresponding to elliptical spot and owing to change along the fluorescence distribution of cell axis) when cell crosses bundle.
By the chromatinic part of irradiating cell only once, the resulting time dependent simulation output 701 that comes from photodetector 117 comprises along the information that is exclusively used in the fluorescence location in chromatin of the longitudinal axis of cell 201.Although the fluorescent emission 31 that comes from the detection that scans in the slit is less than the emission 31 that comes from by the detection of bundle 25 scannings with the spot width that is equivalent to cell dia, formation comes from the waveform pulse 497 of the slit scanning with lower pulse-response amplitude, but at the cell that has X chromosome with have among the center 20-30% to 20-60% of the present waveform pulse 497 of most of difference table between the cell of Y chromosome.If only the rectangular area among Figure 53 725 is considered to be used to discern the X-Y spermatid, can between changing, the location of comparing with total dna content of cell corresponding to the dna content in the chromatinic part of (because X and Y chromosome are present in this zone) of rectangular area 725 measure relative different greatly so.For example, the difference of ox X-Y spermatid in total dna content is 3.8%.The fluorescent emission 31 that comes from X and Y chromosome will be comprised in the rectangular area 725.If calculate corresponding to 20% of total waveform pulse 497 of fluorescent emission 31 this rectangular area 725, in this zone, will there be 14% difference of relative dna content so.Come from the relative dna content difference of chromatinic specific part by measurement, improve the resolution (for example, from 3.8% to 14%) of X-Y spermatid difference.Figure 54 illustrates and utilizes slit scanning irradiation and only handle the resolution that the zone (being the rectangular area 725 of Figure 53) from the center 20% of pulse 497 obtains.The histogram of Figure 54 makes cell that has X chromosome and the very high number percent (for example, 98%) that has the cell of Y chromosome be identified with high degree of confidence (for example, 95%).Compare, the histogram of Figure 55 illustrates when using the obtainable resolution of standard irradiation technology, illustrates that slit scanning improves a lot for the result who utilizes the standard irradiation technology to obtain.
Two kinds of means in zone 725 that can be used for as shown in Figure 53 obtains the core of waveform pulse 497 are with the digital signal processing (DSP) of the time dependent simulation output 701 of the digitizing photodetector 117 described or as the analog integration that utilizes analog threshold to trigger described below as this section.As described herein, DSP handles and to comprise the time dependent simulation that comes from photodetector 117 is exported 701 continuous samplings to obtain corresponding to the numerical information 707 of output 701 and to be that numerical information 707 provides the DSP algorithm to extract feature from the numerical information corresponding to the core 725 of waveform pulse 497, such as area size, the core 725 of waveform pulse 497 is corresponding to the difference that is present in the dna content that causes in the different cell 201 owing to X or Y chromosome.As a simple examples, utilize to analyze corresponding to its numerical information 707 and make the center 20% of overall area of each waveform pulse 497 to be determined.This analysis can be used for producing the histogram shown in Figure 53.
J. pulse laser scanning
In one embodiment, predictably, system 1 comprises the pulse laser of irradiating cell.In this embodiment, slit scanning (as mentioned above) can or can not be used.For example, the mode locking solid-state laser can be used for sending a series of electromagnetic pulses with the pulse width of a series of 1-100 of the having psecs of average power output emission of the pulsed frequency of 50-150MHz and 100-500 milliwatt.A kind of suitable laser instrument is that Vanguard350 mode locking solid-state laser (comes from Spectra-Physics, Mountain View, CA 94039), it can be used for sending a series of electromagnetic pulses with a series of pulse widths (duration) with 12 psecs of average power output emission of the frequency of 85000000 pulses of per second and 350 milliwatts.Because the power of 350mV is to carry with the extremely short pulse of 12 psecs, the power output of such laser instrument is greater than the hundred times (for example, 800 times) of average power.
The output of such laser instrument can be described to quasi c. w. (quasi-cw), because for many application, pulse recurrence rate is enough soon to export near continuous wave (cw).In fact, can the mode identical utilize quasi-cw laser operation said system with utilizing the cw laser operation.This provides some shortcoming, and this is because solid-state laser usually with higher efficient work, need not excessive cooling system, and compare with other laser instruments of great majority need be seldom maintenance.
Quasi-cw Pulsed Solid State laser instrument also can utilize Digital Signal Processing to improve the signal noise ratio greatly.Timing circuit can be comprised and can be produced the timing signal that the expression laser pulse arrives inquiry position 115 (that is laser beam 25 irradiation streams 21).For example, but the laser pulse sensor 3003 shown in timing circuit Figure 40 to detect corresponding to comprising by each laser pulse and fluid stream 21 interact scattered light that produces and/or the light that comprises the laser pulse of the light that comes from laser pulse.Perhaps, for the laser that can be triggered, trigger pip can be provided for microprocessor 131 and/or A/D converter 689 so that microprocessor 131 and/or A/D converter 689 are synchronous with laser pulse, as following described with reference to Figure 50.In any one embodiment, laser pulse regularly can be system clock signal is provided.
Referring to Figure 50, sequential chart is represented laser pulse LP and repeat to excite timing relationship between the fluorescent emission FE that comes from cell that causes owing to laser pulse LP when the numeral sample DS of cell transmitted beam spot 459 and photodetector output 701.Shown in Figure 45-49, when cell passed through laser beam spot 459, fluorescent emission 31 changed according to the exposure that produces the part of fluorescent emission 31 in the cell.Figure 50 illustrates 20 laser pulse LP1-LP20 that influence cell when cell passes through the interrogation 115 of flow cytometry 1.Each laser pulse LP1-LP20 corresponds respectively to fluorescent emission FE1-FE20, in the instantaneous substantially back fluorescent emission FE1-FE20 exponential damping that excites of laser pulse.
In one embodiment, microprocessor 131 control A/D converters 689 (seeing Figure 40) so that converter 689 the peak value of each fluorescent emission FE1-FE20 or near it to output signal 701 samplings of photodetector 117, respectively in full shown in this DS1-DS20 of printed words.In other words, timing circuit makes the sampling rate and the fluorescent emission FE1-FE20 of A/D converter 689.The digital signal that particle is produced by interrogation 115 is can be by the functional equivalent of the digital signal that digitizing produced of the pulse waveform 497 that comes from continuous wave laser.As shown in Figure 51, for example, by in numeral sample DS1-DS20, considering fluorescence intensity and do not consider that the fluorescence intensity between laser pulse LP1-LP20 weakens, be pulse waveform 497 as the fluorescence intensity of the function of time.This allows microprocessor 131 to extract feature provides fluorescent emission FE1-FE20 with analysis cell from the digital signal 707 that is produced by pulse laser.In one embodiment, having the more responsive photodetector of 2 nanoseconds or lower very fast response time can be used to detect fluorescent emission more accurately.
Like this, the advantage that pulse laser provides in flow cytometry system 1 is, can use low powder pulsed laser to obtain the essentially identical analysis that obtains with cw laser with the average power operation of the average power that is higher than the pulse pulse.In addition, the high-peak power that comes from pulse laser is tending towards making that fluorophore is saturated so that fluorescent emission arrives maximum, thereby reduces the signal to noise ratio (S/N ratio) of the output signal of photodetector.In other words, utilize to comprise than making the laser pulse of the saturated required more energy of fluorophore, the variation in the output of laser can not cause the variation of fluorescent emission 31.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that having the multiple laser instrument that makes launches the mode of a series of pulses.It should be understood that on the basis that does not break away from protection scope of the present invention other pulsed laser comprises other mode locked laser, Q switched laser device and cavity-dumping laser, can replace above-mentioned mode locked laser to be used.Similarly, timing digital sampling and many alternate manners of handling resulting information are conspicuous from above description.For example, on the basis that does not break away from protection scope of the present invention, digital sample can be timed, thereby has different delays (perhaps not postponing) between laser pulse and numeral sample.Similarly, on the basis that does not break away from protection scope of the present invention, the quantity of the numeral sample of each pulse or the number of pulses that disappears between digital sample also can be changed.
K. the assessment of group characteristics
As mentioned above, flow cytometry can be used for based on the ox spermatid of the relative different identification tape X of their dna contents of 3.8% and the ox spermatid of band Y.By discerning by the analysis of the feature of the time dependent signal 701 that produces by photodetector 117 of inquiry position 115 time record fluorescent emission 31 when painted cell to being used for.This interaction is illustrated among Figure 45-48.Figure 45-48 illustrates fluorescent emission 31 that how pulse waveform 497 to be caused by the interaction between laser beam 25 and painted spermatid 201 produces.Transponder pulse 497 is the convolution integrals that excite the emission space function of spatial function 498 and cell 201.The feature of fluorescent pulse waveform 497 is used for cell is divided into X, Y or uncertain.In one embodiment, X-Y identification relies on two pulse characteristicses: peak pulse height and pulse area.
These features are illustrated in the example pulse that comes across in Figure 52 and 53.Figure 52 and 53 is the examples that come from the pulse 497 of band X and band Y spermatid.Pulse 497 is to be utilized by hypothesis that to have Gaussian W1 (Fig. 6) with a tight waist be that laser beam 25 exciting irradiations and dna content difference equally distributed computer model on the center 20% of cell 201 of 2 microns oval pencil of forms spot 459 produces.These have the slit scanning irradiation of the ox spermatid 201 of partial dna difference in greater detail more than hypothesis expression.The integration of pulse 497 causes 3.8% mean difference between pulse area 497 that is used for X cell and the pulse area 497 that is used for Y cell.
Can produce the peak value of pulse 497 of cytochrome and nuclear and the histogram and the scatter diagram of provincial characteristics.Figure 56-59 comprises pulse 497 zones of the histogram of the pulse area feature of painted nuclear and living cells, painted nuclear and living cells and the positive scatter diagram of peak value feature.Some projects and the final cell letter sorting speed that can limit living cells identification are obvious in these figure.What note is, the living cells histogram of Figure 57, and for lesser extent, the nuclear histogram of Figure 56 has the histogrammic left side of the fluorescence intensity that belongs to the mammal spermatid usually shoulder.It has been determined that, left side shoulder is that one or more group by the cell of misalignment slightly (that is, owing to depart from slightly best aim at but do not break away from so that come from the cell of the more weak fluorescent emission of generation that the brighter fluorescent emission 31 on the narrow limit 209 of sperm head 205 collected by optical system 109) forms.In the living cells region histogram, only can easily discern the X cell of half.Remaining and Y cell group and misalignment (unaligned) cell group are overlapping.Even when increasing the peak pulse height, as shown in the scatter diagram among Figure 56-59, the classification of the cell of band X can be limited greatly.
Figure 60-61 illustrates the overlapping of X and the distribution of Y group.In Figure 60-61, four component computer models have been used to raw data 6000 (Figure 60) and have added up (Figure 61) with the group of two groups of the X cell alive (6007) of assessing out-of-alignment cell (6001,6003), the Y cell of aiming at alives (6005) and aligning.Preferably as the function identification X and the Y group of the coefficient of variation (CV) of X and Y group.For example, preferably make the coefficient of variation (CV) of X and Y group minimize to improve identification.Particularly, when the group of the X cell of needs letter sortings, the CV of X cell group is preferably 1.3% preferably less than 1.5%, preferably less than 1.3%.Usually, the CV of the distribution of the fluorescence intensity of spermatid is considered with respect to the distribution function of two groups (X and Y) only.Whether the rough subjective evaluation that has been restricted to the CV of X and Y group with respect to the quality control of CV is analyzed continuously or whether is worth letter sorting to judge.
According to one embodiment of present invention, utilize four component models shown in Figure 60-61 that the automatic assessment of the CV of X group is provided on microprocessor 131 function.In order to assess the CV that is present in the group in feature (for example pulse area) distribution, the 2 rank statistics that needs assessment group distributes.This can be by a kind of form known be provided model and seek this model and the best-fit of observed data is realized.
The expectation value of given normal distribution data has selected to comprise that the Parzen Window (utilizing a kind of Gaussian kernel function) based on the non-parametric density assessment then uses the means of Gaussian hybrid parameter model.Particularly, four component models shown in Figure 60-61 comprise that four single argument Gaussian distribute and (perhaps mixing), and these four components are corresponding to X cell, the Y cell of aligning and the characteristic distribution of the out-of-alignment cell of two components group of aiming at.The parameter that characterizes this model then is group's average (on average) (4), group's standard deviation/variance (4) and prior probability (% of the expectation of total distributed) (4).These 12 parameters then can change to reach model and observed histogrammic best-fit.For the model component parameter of such assessment, can send out the assessment of CV that group's standard deviation and average are determined the group of (particularly, the X cell) paid close attention to according to assessment:
CV=(standard deviation/average) 100%
In order to reduce complexity of calculation, constraint has been placed on the model to reduce the dimension of parameter space.Particularly, the standard deviation corresponding to the model component of the Y group of X that aims at and aligning has been limited so that they are identical.In addition, the Y component of the X of aligning and aligning has been limited with the same percentage that constitutes total mixing-like this, and out-of-alignment group is 50% X cell of hypothesis and 50% Y cell.
Before model fitting, use the non-parametric density assessment to obtain the raising assessment of gross density function (summation of dividing metric density) based on original histogram data.This specific technology is called as " ParzenWindows " (Duda, Hart, and Stork, 2001) and since the hypothesis basis density Gaussian and character, use Gaussian kernel or window function here.The standard deviation of Gaussiankernel be selected as constructing the Nogata picture frame quantity 1%; This numerical value by empiric observation to provide suitable but not excessive histogrammic level and smooth.Each data point in histogram then makes the kernel function center comprising on the Nogata picture frame of data point.Then, obtain the summation of density assessment as the kernel function.
Reach variation method selected with the model parameter of data best-fit be called as expectation maximization (see Duda R.O., Hart, P.E., and Stork, D.G., 2001, Pattern 2
NdEd., JohnWiley ﹠amp; Sons; And Moore, A., " Very Fast EM-based Mixture ModelClustering using Multiresolution kd-trees; " in M.Kearns and D.Cohn, Eds., Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, pages 543-549,1999, Morgan Kaufman).This used special algorithm is achieved as follows:
1) sets the starting condition that is used for model parameter.Two local maximums in top in Parzen density are as initial Y and X mean place (being assessed as the X of amplitude of right peak value and the peaked initial magnitude of Y group).Initial X and Y group variance are assessed as the data on the right of the local minimum that occurs with respect to the variance of right peak between left peak value and right peak value.In addition, initial X and Y group prior probability are set to the percentage of being had a few on the right of dropping on this local minimum.Then utilize initial X of these calculation of parameter and the Gaussian of Y group density to assess and from total Parzen density assessment, deduct.Then, calculate the mean value of remaining data point and variance and be used to make two components to carry out following initialization for aiming at cohort model.Two group's mean value be set (at random) for be separated by 5% (total misalignment average up and down 2.5%).Priori such as known and etc. the setting of variance, then, component variance is presented:
σ wherein
2Be variance, μ is the average of each group.
2) utilize Parzen density evaluates calculation component group to add up the assessment of the renewal of (average, standard deviation and priori).The Parzen density of utilization in frame is evaluated in the statistical computation each Nogata picture frame position weighting.In addition, each data point helps to make all component group statistical computations to be weighted to based on current component group parameters to think that this point belongs to the degree of a known group.All members' (membership) this degree is determined to be in the ratio of known component group (Gaussion) the probability density value in this data point place and the summation of all component group probability density values.Like this, we have (for all the data point x in this histogram, the c of group
p∈ { c
x, c
y, c
z, and the group parameters vector theta
p=[μ
p, σ
p, P
p]) being used for all members of group's component of the calculating of undated parameter assessment, the calculating of undated parameter assessment is presented:
Then utilize by Parzen densityestimate (assessment of the Parzen density) value of these all members (membership) numerical value weightings and calculate mean value and the variance of upgrading, the priori of renewal is provided by average all members of each the component group on all data points.
3) the parameter update program continues to carry out to reach stable state (that is, iterate to the next one from a renewal and stop to change a lot (perhaps maximum admissible number of iterations occurs)) until all parameters.
As mentioned above, the X of aligning is limited in this program to have identical variance and prior probability with Y group.The X that utilization is calculated by said procedure in each iteration and the mean value of Y variance and priori value are realized this restriction.
Perhaps, the means of similarly setting up model can be used for three-component model (Figure 62-63), are treated to a Gaussian 6011 rather than two the distinct subgroup that distribute comprising the cell of two the misalignment groups 6001,6003 in four component models.Out-of-alignment cell can be by modelling for having three the Gaussian distributions (shown in Figure 63) by the determined average and standard deviation of the left shoulder of raw data 6010 (shown in Figure 62) and left main peak value best-fit.Three cohort model have also been assessed the statistics of Y group 6015 of aiming at and the X group 6017 of aiming at.An advantage of three-component model is that it only needs 9 dimension parameter spaces (comparing with the 12 dimension parameter spaces that four component models are required).But, have been found that four component models produce the assessment density function of tightr coupling raw data usually.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that multiple statistical technique can be used for assessing the feature of the group of the Y that aims at X and aligning.Like this, under the situation of the protection scope of the present invention that does not break away from, can utilize any parameter or nonparametric computerized algorithm to realize four component models, three-component model or other model feature with the group of the Y of assessment aligning X and aligning.
L. the selection based on CV of painted condition
Several Factors influence is with the efficient of the painted cell sorting in the group in the cell subgroup that concentrates.In these factors, one is the difference fluorescence volume between each cell subgroup in painted group.Absorbing by dyestuff influences difference fluorescence, dyestuff picked-up is based on painted factors vary, such as the temperature of the concentration of colorant, painted time, painted generation and with the concentration and the quantity of colorant any additives that comprised or that be added to coloring mixture.Therefore, in these factors some or all can be conditioned letter sorting efficient with the group that is increasing cytochrome (cell can be sorted into speed at least one cell subgroup that concentrates with the loss of some purity and/or required cell minimum).In addition, people can increase the efficient of multisample sorting system by in these factors of regulating each sample one or more, thereby resist the variation of any sample and sample.In the scope of Niu Jingzi letter sorting, for example, can improve letter sorting efficient with antagonism bull and the variation of bull or the variation of sample in same bull and sample by regulate the above-mentioned painted factor one or more from a sperm to the next one.
A kind of the determining whether of determining of the coefficient of variation of the known fluorescent emission feature of cell group to be sorted (" CV ") should be regulated to reach the mode of required letter sorting efficient facing to vitta spare.For example, people can be used as from the function of the CV of any feature that is moved through the extraction of the inquiry pulse waveform that the position produced by cell and regulate painted condition, such as any feature of expression total fluorescence intensity or peak fluorescence intensity (comprising total fluorescence intensity and peak fluorescence intensity).As described above in greater detail, CV is the homogenieity or the conforming sign of measurable performance profile or group characteristics, for example the fluorescent emission feature of the specific subgroup of given group.Can determine CV by the standard deviation that removes the measurement features of sample with average of samples.Also can utilize flow cytometry system 9 to determine CV automatically, such as the realization that utilizes the iteration CV assessment algorithm of describing in detail above.CV is low more, and the homogenieity of the distribution of measurement features or consistance are big more.
When being used to the painted of spermatid and separating, the CV of the specific fluorescent emission characteristic of the sample of the spermatid of band X and Y chromosome can be subjected to painted condition effect.The CV of the temperature of the concentration of colorant, painted time, coloring mixture and/or the concentration of adjuvant and the given fluorescent emission feature of number affects.Increase the temperature of concentration, painted time and coloring mixture of colorant and/or concentration and the quantity that reduces adjuvant and will reduce CV.Such condition can be changed by independent or combination.In addition, if any one in these factors is such, promptly, make its CV that can increase the fluorescent emission feature, for example, by shortening the painted time, in other condition of following any one or a plurality of being conditioned so that it produces retroaction to first effect, for example, by increasing dye strength, and overall result is that the CV of fluorescent emission feature is reduced to the level that is enough to reach required letter sorting efficient.Therefore, by controlling any one or any combination in these factors by this way, the CV of the fluorescent emission feature of the group of band X and Y chromosome can be reduced to and can make the sperm sample be sorted to comprise the sex of the required number percent purity of band X chromosome cell to concentrate the numerical value in the subgroup of sperm.
Regrettably, the variation that is tending towards reducing the CV of band X spermatid can have spinoff, such as raising the cost or reducing the motility or the viability of sperm.For example, other condition is all identical, preferred utilizes the colorant concentration that reduces and short painted time so that coloring process reaches minimum to any deleterious effect of sperm.Notice this point, people can be scheduled to reach the CV of acceptable letter sorting efficient.Then, the part of cell sample to be sorted is colored and stands flow cytometry.The fluorescent emission feature of this part is determined, and this part is classified in the subgroup based on feature.The CV of fluorescent characteristics is determined with respect to one cell in the subgroup (concentrating subgroup).If the CV of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell of concentrated subgroup is equal to or less than the predetermined C V that letter sorting takes place, the remainder of cell sample is colored according to the condition that this part is colored so.Then, for example sample is sorted, according to method described here.If the CV of fluorescent emission feature of cell that concentrates subgroup analyzes another part of same sample so greater than the predetermined C V that letter sorting takes place in a kind of similar mode, but reach under the painted condition of lower CV being considered to.Under such a case, for example can by increase the painted time, increase dyestuff concentration, increase temperature or its any combination that this part is colored and reduce CV.These steps (that is, removing the adjusting of a part, painted condition and determining of CV from sample to be sorted) repetition is determined until the CV of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell that concentrates subgroup and is equal to or less than predetermined C V.Then, therefore the remainder of sample is colored and can be sorted, for example according to the method that discloses here.In one particular embodiment of the present invention, cell sample comprises the sperm sample, and the cell of concentrated subgroup comprises the spermatid of being with X chromosome.
Therefore, one embodiment of the present of invention are one group of methods that are used for the painted condition of sorting cell group of a kind of assessment, and this group comprises the cell of the first kind and second type.Described program comprises: (a) utilize fluorescent dye to make that the part of cell group is painted under one group of painted condition; (b) make painted cellular exposure under electromagnetic radiation during with the inquiry position of speed R by flow cytometry when painted cell; (c) the fluorescent emission feature of definite cell that exposes; (d) fluorescent characteristics of utilize determining becomes the subgroup of two or more cells with the cytological classification that exposes, and one of them subgroup is the concentrated subgroup of first cell type; (e) coefficient of variation of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell of definite concentrated subgroup; And (f) determine under the situation that cell is colored to change any painted condition or painted cell speed R by the inquiry position of flow cytometry.In another embodiment, under a different set of painted condition another part of pair cell group painted and for this part repeating step (b) to (e).This method can be carried out on two, three, four or any amount of extention.In another embodiment, simultaneously from a plurality of cell parts of extraction of example.Each part can be made each be colored after by flow cytometry by painted or in front part simultaneously.In the previous case, each part can be colored under its one group of own unique painted condition and step (f) can comprise and utilizes each CV to determine to be ready to use in one group of painted painted condition of cell to additional.Under latter event, with the painted condition of the part of after stain can according to step (7) really phasing be changed for part in preceding analysis.In one embodiment, this method is repeated to be determined to be equivalent to or less than specific CV (for example 1.3%) until CV.
Perhaps, after the predetermined acceptable letter sorting efficient of people was with the CV that is reached, whole cell sample can be colored.The part of cell sample is removed and stands flow cytometry.The fluorescent emission feature of this part is determined and is used for cytological classification to two or more subgroup.Determine the CV of fluorescent emission with respect to the cell that concentrates subgroup.If the CV of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell of concentrated subgroup is equal to or less than the predetermined C V that letter sorting takes place, the remainder of cell sample is then sorted so.If the predetermined C V that the CV of the specific fluorescent emission characteristic of the cell of concentrated subgroup takes place greater than letter sorting analyzes the second portion of same sample and the CV of definite same fluorescent characteristics in a kind of similar mode so.For example can be by increasing painted time, the concentration that increases dyestuff or the CV that its any combination reduces second portion.These steps (that is, removing determining of a part and CV from sample to be sorted) repetition is determined until the CV of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell that concentrates subgroup and is equal to or less than predetermined C V.Then, therefore the remainder of sample is colored and can be sorted, for example according to the method that discloses here.In one particular embodiment of the present invention, cell sample comprises the sperm sample, and the cell of concentrated subgroup comprises the spermatid of being with X chromosome.
Therefore, an alternative embodiment of the invention is one group of method that is used for the painted condition of sorting cell group of a kind of assessment, and this group comprises the cell of the first kind and second type.Described program comprises: (a) utilize fluorescent dye to make that the part of cell group is painted under one group of painted condition; (b) make painted cellular exposure under electromagnetic radiation during with the inquiry position of speed R by flow cytometry when painted cell; (c) the fluorescent emission feature of definite cell that exposes; (d) fluorescent characteristics of utilize determining becomes the subgroup of two or more cells with the cytological classification that exposes, and one of them subgroup is the concentrated subgroup of first cell type; (e) coefficient of variation of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell of definite concentrated subgroup; (f) determine under the situation that cell is colored to change any painted condition or painted cell speed R by the inquiry position of flow cytometry; And the painted condition that change (g) is provided for the area part of cell group.In another embodiment, at least repeating step of at least one other parts (a) of cell group to (f).Step (a) to (f) can repeat once, secondary, three times, four times or more times number.In another embodiment, simultaneously from a plurality of cell parts of extraction of example.Each part can be made each be colored after by flow cytometry by painted or in front part simultaneously.Under latter event, subsequent section painted can according to step (7) really phasing be changed for part in preceding analysis.In another embodiment, this method also is included in step (g) before, the painted condition of the change of the coefficient of variation of the fluorescent emission feature that the selection generation is minimum.In another embodiment, the method comprising the steps of (a) to the repetition of (e) be 1.3% or lower until the coefficient of variation of the fluorescent emission feature of at least one part.In another embodiment of the present invention, this method also is included in step (g) before, select to produce 1.3% or the painted condition of the change of lower coefficient of variation.
Describe in detail as top, before the whole sample of letter sorting, except carrying out such analysis, can similarly analyze and make the painted of sample and letter sorting take place simultaneously as far as possible to guarantee keeping of letter sorting efficient.Therefore, in another embodiment, the CV in the fluorescent emission feature of the cell of the concentrated subgroup of the part of the part of the sample that preceding is colored or described sample to be sorted in the method is determined as mentioned above.According to the top method of describing about pre-letter sorting adjusting the painted condition that these samples are colored is regulated.
Acceptable letter sorting efficient based on Several Factors, for example comprises the selection of the predetermined C V that is reached cell type to be sorted, letter sorting speed and is sorted into the required purity of concentrated subgroup with respect to group.Usually, the number percent purity of selecting CV to make letter sorting reach required concentrated subgroup makes the used time minimum of number percent purity of the concentrated subgroup that reaches required simultaneously, for example, reach 85% the purity that concentrates subgroup and make that simultaneously the painted time is the shortest.Consider these factors, the CV of fluorescent emission feature of cell that concentrates subgroup generally between 2.0% and 1.0%, preferably between 1.5% and 1.0%, be preferably 1.4%, be preferably 1.3%.
M. critical slope difference feature extraction
As the microprocessor 131 that has digital signal processing (DSP) as shown in Figure 40 of the part of cell sorting device ' can extract the feature of the time of differentiating the fluorescent emission pulse, particularly utilize analogue technique to be difficult for or can not the cheap feature that obtains.Particularly, performance is non-linear and improve the degree of separation of particle A and B (for example, improving the identification of the X spermatid of the aligning of living) greatly and the pulse characteristics of resolution is a feature that is called as critical slope difference (CSD).The quantification of the gradient at the nearly peaked signal amplitude of the differential place that CSD is the fluorescent emission pulse between first derivative of first derivative of the pulse that is produced by particle A (for example, the cell of band X) and the pulse that produced by particle B (for example, the cell of band Y).
The function that utilization is described the fluorescent emission pulse as the signal amplitude of the function of time can be expressed as: y=x (t).In the scope that detects the CSD feature, the function that utilization is described the fluorescent emission pulse as the duration of pulse of the function of signal amplitude can be defined.This function can be called as the M function.Conversion fluorescent emission impulse function shown in below utilizing can obtain the M function.
Fluorescent emission impulse function: y=x (t)
M function: t=M (y)
The t=duration of pulse
The y=signal amplitude
The relatively expression CSD Feature Recognition power of the M function of conventional X and Y ox spermatid.The top panel of Figure 64 is represented the average M chart with the spermatid of X or band Y.Middle lath among Figure 64 illustrates the chart less than first derivative of these average M charts (being M ') that are used for the signal amplitude value of the peak height of the fluorescent emission pulse of average band Y.In the figure as can be seen, when signal amplitude during near the average peak height of band Y pulse, first derivative (M '
YAnd M '
X) between difference increase greatly.Be plotted in the bottom lath of Figure 64 is first derivative (poor between M ' x-M ' y) as the function of signal amplitude.This CSD characteristic quantification near the gradient (M ') (the perhaps gradient of the corresponding point position on the fluorescent emission impulse function) of M of a pulse the zone of the maximum difference in first derivative occurring.For the spermatid of identification tape X and band Y, as shown in Figure 62-63, determine the CSD of each pulse with the crossing some place of CSD threshold value in the forward position of pulse.In certain embodiments, CSD can be depending on the feature of irradiation beam, such as beam width, no matter restraints continuous or pulse.Below with reference to Figure 65 a kind of algorithm that is used for determining CSD is described.
Figure 64 illustrate in some cases the CSD feature have non-linear, such as under the situation of letter sorting X-Y spermatid group.As CSD threshold value poor (M ' x-M ' y) increase between the derivative during near the peak value of Y pulse.The nonlinear characteristic of this difference makes the mean value of Y cell of out-of-alignment cell and aligning be lower than the mean value of the X cell of the aligning in the CSD feature space.Standard deviation in the CSD feature space of the X cell of aiming at unaffected substantially (that is, with in peak value or provincial characteristics space, see similar).It is this non-linear high-gain character of CSD feature of quantity that increases the X cell of the aligning that can accurately be discerned.
Figure 65 illustrates a kind of calculating effective ways that are used for the CSD value of definite given pulse.The function that the CSD threshold value can be used as the peak height of fluorescent emission pulse is determined.Particularly, it can be determined based on the average peak height of fluorescent emission pulse.The CSD threshold value is maintained at about 25% of the peak value of pulse that comes from aligning cell alive and drops on threshold value or its following some place.Therefore, the CSD threshold value is dynamically regulated (that is, with respect to the average peak height) in the process of the letter sorting that distributes based on continuous peak height.For example, threshold value can be based on the weighting consecutive mean value (newer measurement provides the older more weighting of measurement) of peak height.The CSD value is the gradient by the line of two points in the pulse.These points are CSD pulse threshold value and peak value of pulse.Like this, in this embodiment, the CSD value only is the approximate value in the gradient of the pulse waveform 497 of the cross-shaped portion office of pulse front edge and CSD threshold value.But, be conspicuous about other method of calculating CSD of given pulse, if necessary, some of them can provide more accurate CSD value.
In another embodiment, the CSD threshold value is dynamically regulated as the function of the CV of the CSD feature extraction of particle subgroup.For example for the letter sorting spermatid, by (for example increasing the CSD threshold value from reduced levels, the pulse detection threshold value), the CSD threshold value will reach and make the CV of CSD of Y cell increase greatly but still enough low so that the level that the increase of the CV of the CSD of X cell increases far below the CV in the Y cell.This effect can be observed in CSD distributes when a subgroup is dispersed in total CSD distribution.Can be by making the CSD threshold value remain on the good identification that this level reaches the CSD feature.
It should be noted, in flow cytometry, use the slit scanning technique can increase CSD Feature Recognition power.The shape of bundle spot 459 can influence the shape of pulse waveform 497.For example, use has the bundle spot 459 of less width W 1, first order derivative of the local fluorescence difference in the sample particle (for example, the local fluorescence intensity difference that causes in the central area 225 of sperm nucleus 213 owing to X or Y chromosome) paired pulses waveform produces bigger influence.Therefore, one embodiment of the present of invention comprise that the slit scanning technique is used in combination with the CSD feature extraction.On the contrary, use laser can prevent that the effective use of CSD feature is with the identification particle with too big (for example, being equal to, or greater than the diameter of particle) with a tight waist.The acceptable scope that focuses on the width with a tight waist of irradiation beam will depend on a plurality of factors, comprise the size and dimension of particle, analyzed intragranular dye distribution and the typical waveform pulse of the particle that is identified between measures of dispersion.For spermatid, have the waveform pulse 497 that produces less than 3 microns laser excitation ox spermatid with a tight waist 201 from utilization and carry out that the CSD feature extraction is as shown below will work finely.Certainly, the CSD feature extraction that utilizes any type of slit scanning describe in the sweep test of slit to carry out is considered in the scope aspect this of the present invention.
Utilize the CSD feature to increase the output of system greatly, for letter sorting X-Y spermatid group, this is because it allows the collection of the more X cell of aiming at especially.Since peak value with respect to zone or rise time overlapping in the limited group in the feature space with respect to the zone, can make an appointment with or be not more than the X cell of 70% aligning greater than 85% reliability identification.When using the CSD feature, 95% or the more X cell of aiming at can be identified, thereby at the number percent that does not make that the purity of group of the X cell collected is reduced to increases the X cell alive that can be collected greatly under the situation below the required purity.
This is illustrated in the certificate of the viable count shown in Figure 66-69.The non-linear X cell that makes of CS feature is isolated with letter sorting.Roughly selecting on the CSD causes 70% pure X zone group in being applied to the scatter diagram shown in Figure 68.When bivariate letter sorting identification was used for this zone and CSD feature space (Figure 68), the X cell of＞95% aligning can be identified with letter sorting.Data among Figure 66-69 total cell treatment capacity with 22000 living cells of per second on a passage of four passage cell number systems (multi-channel system of face description as follows) is collected.Promptly allow to overlap detection (high-purity), purity per second that can at least 85% is collected and is surpassed 6000 X cells.
Figure 66-69 illustrates an advantage of the CSD feature when being used for identification tape X and band Y spermatid.Figure 66 and 67 is histograms of provincial characteristics of the fluorescent emission pulse of the feature space that limits in the scatter diagram shown in Figure 68 and 69.In Figure 68, CSD feature Y cell that major part is out-of-alignment and that aim at shifts out from the demonstration of scatter diagram.This has stayed 70% pure X group in the frame of scatter diagram, this is shown in the pulse area histogram in Figure 66.Non-CSD identification is illustrated in the pulse area shown in Figure 69/rise time scatter diagram.The X cell of aiming at has constituted histogrammic 30% (Figure 67) of respective regions.Utilize the CSD feature of identification can make the X cell greater than 95% aligning be collected with purity greater than 85%.By relatively, can utilize the traditional characteristic space on the right to make to be not more than the X cell of 70% aligning to be identified.
Utilize CSD to finish several living cells letter sortings with respect to pulse area, bivariate recognition technology.Figure 70 is that expression is set in the example how letter sorting zone in this two-dimensional feature space is used to get rid of misalignment cell and Y cell.Figure 70 illustrates and is set in CSD with respect to the letter sorting of the bivariate on the scatter diagram of pulse area distribution zone.Notice how the letter sorting zone is reducing (CSD increases from left to right and the zone increases from bottom to top) and to rise on the provincial characteristics of high CSD value on provincial characteristics when CSD reduces to lower numerical value.Be used for importing under the situation that living cells speed is 26000 of per seconds with letter sorting judgement speed letter sorting X cell in the bivariate letter sorting zone of setting on the scatter diagram that above-mentioned CSD scatters with respect to pulse area greater than 6000 X cells of per second.The purity that reanalyses based on flow cytometry is 87%.
The CSD feature can be worked out the non-coincidence termination of high yield (that is, overlapping acceptance or high the recovery) letter sorting strategy.In certain embodiments, pulse characteristics can provide 100% accurate classification near baseline separation and live X and Y spermatid.This condition can be with very high speed sorting cell under the situation of the drop of not ending to comprise the cell that is classified as X and non-X (uncertain or Y).This letter sorting strategy is called as the high reception strategy that reclaims or overlap.Utilize the CSD feature to carry out a test and test it.Input speed with 12000 X cells alive of per second on a passage of four-way flow cytometry overlaps the acceptance letter sorting.77% X cell is aligned fully, and per second makes 4600 X cells may be used for letter sorting.Under these conditions, 4300 cells of per second are sorted in the X cell group.Purity analysis subsequently show the purity of this letter sorting under the situation of dead cell not being proofreaied and correct greater than 87% and under to the situation of dead cell correction the purity of this letter sorting be 89%.And then under identical condition, carry out high-purity coincidence refusal and detect letter sorting in this letter sorting back.Observe the gathering speed of 3500 cells of per second.Purity analysis show the purity in this letter sorting under the situation of dead cell not being proofreaied and correct be 92% and under to the situation of dead cell correction the purity of this letter sorting be 94%.
The result of above-mentioned test shows, with the speed input of 12000 X cells alive of per second the time, can collect X cell greater than 92% aligning greater than 85% purity.This shows that the CSD feature provides 95% accurate classification of the X cell of all alignings.In these cases, the output of cell sorting device mainly is subjected to the restriction that correct cell is arranged.
Figure 71 illustrates and is used for wherein left lath and accepts letter sorting strategy (do not have to overlap and end strategy) and the right lath corresponding to height recovery/coincidence and accept the embodiment that the flow cytometry of the test of letter sorting strategy (overlap end tactful) is analyzed once more corresponding to high-purity/coincidences refusal.Left side lath (87% purity) is corresponding to the output of 4400 X cells of per second under the situation that does not overlap termination.The right lath comes from the letter sorting of finishing under the same conditions, and difference is that the drop that comprises contamination of cells is ended.The purity of this letter sorting is 92%.These letter sorting explanations high recovery nothing when CSD is used to discern overlaps and ends letter sorting is possible.
The use of CSD feature is not limited to the letter sorting of the spermatid of spermatid or any particular types.Those skilled in the art according to the content that discloses above as can be seen, the CSD feature can be suitable for improving the identification between any particle group that generation has that the signal of the first different order derivative features do not eat, and irrelevant with the reason that produces this species diversity.
N. identification
After the feature of pulse has been extracted by pulse analysis software 749, the identification that the pulse recognition software 757 that utilization is carried out by processor 867 is finished pulse (for example, classification), described pulse recognition software 757 uses such as the logic of Bayes Minimum Risk decision rule and uses.This rule is the modification that allows about the BayesMinimum Error decision rule of the distribution (and adjusting) of carrying out the different costs that different mis-classifications (for example identification) judge.
Bayes Minimum Error computational discrimination border 763 or judgement surface are as the surface of the posterior probability between the group that equals in feature space.For (hypothesis) Gaussian probability distribution, this surface generally is a quadratic power, although also linear under certain conditions (perhaps can very near lineoid).At first the posterior probability by calculating the set point in feature space (generally regulate probability density according to classification or utilize the known/posterior probability suppose of Bayes rule) is then selected the classification mark and classifies (for example identification) judgement for the group with the highest posterior probability.
Bayes Minimum Risk comprises the factor that allows to regulate decision boundary 763 when working as needs distributes the different costs (it is higher than " X " cytological classification being become " Y " cell possibility cost for example, " Y " cytological classification to be become " X " cell) that cause different classification errors.In this application, this allows in the sample purity of letter sorting and the balance between the recovery.In this decision rule, the posterior probability that " danger " that a point in the feature space is distributed in the key words sorting that each is possible is calculated as all members in each group multiply by the summation about the cost that is classified into the given real all members of current group in each other group.Table 6 has been summarized the program of Bayes Minimum Error classification.What note is that for multivariate Gaussian density, the assessment that obtains the Bayes rule of posterior probability can be reduced to the assessment of the quadratic function shown in the Table VII, is known that coefficient W, w and w
0For what calculate in the recognizer parameter initialization program that in table 3, provides.Figure 74 illustrates a sample chart that utilizes this class of procedures.The synoptic diagram on the left side is two groups 1 and 2 and the synoptic diagram that separates the decision boundary 763 of group.The histogram on the right illustrates two groups of concentration ellipses that limit X and Y zone, wherein decision boundary 763 line that oval intersection limits of serving as reasons.
Table VII. utilize the general introduction of the digital phosphor pulse classification (identification) of Bayes Minimum Error decision rule
For additional reinforcement, in the classification of digital phosphor pulse, adopt additional step.The Mahalanobis distance of the pulse in the calculated characteristics space and the group that distributes by Bayes Minimum Error, if greater than a threshold value, this pulse is marked as " not being classified " or some other and shows that it can not be the indication that is fit to of a member in any known group so.Figure 75 illustrates the effect of this additional step, has reused the feature of the fluorescent pulse data computation that obtains according to numeral.
Usually, A/D converter 689 analog output signal 701 that will come from photodetector 117 convert to representation feature A or feature B (for example, X or～X) corresponding digital information 707.Digital signal processor 865 extracts feature and processor 873 and provides letter sorting signal 853 as the function of the feature that is extracted for sorting system from numerical information.
O. letter sorting classification and drop are synchronous
The 4th letter sorting processor 873 management drops are classified, are carried out the letter sorting strategy and carry and sort the synchronous letter sorting trigger pulse 853 of selected drop.This processor 873 receives and comes from the cytological classification information of recognition processor 867 and make this information and drop produce clock 703 be associated (that is, the feasible position that is sorted to the particle that is classified in the group is consistent with the formation of drop).It determines whether to exist the coincidence that overlaps and manage based on predetermined letter sorting strategy in drop.It is kept the FIFO of all cells classification and is set in when the Real Time Observation particle and the drop in the corrective delay between when particle arrives the drop that reaches at last letter sorting judgement.The output pulse 853 of the suitable timing that it will be fit to for the drop polarization and the amplitude of each letter sorting selection.
Usually, A/D converter 689 analog output signal 701 that will come from photodetector 117 convert to representation feature A or feature B (for example, X or～X) corresponding digital information 707.Digital signal processor 867 identification representation feature A or representation feature B (for example, X or～X) numerical information 707 and provide letter sorting signal 853 for sorting system 119 as the function of the numerical information of identification.
Usually, digital signal processor 863,865,867,873 comprises the instruction that is used for detecting the waveform pulse of being represented by numerical information, is used for extracting the instruction of feature and being used to discern the instruction of detection pulse of function as their extraction feature in the pulse that detects.In addition, processor comprises the instruction of the decision boundary of discerning between the extraction feature of the extraction feature that is used to be limited to representation feature A and representation feature B 763.In addition, processor 863,865,867,873 can be regulated the relative position of decision boundary 763 as the function of following at least one factor with respect to the extraction feature of representation feature A with respect to the extraction feature of representation feature B, and these factors comprise: these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.For example, the removable decision boundary 763 of processor is to comprise less than group 1 with greater than group 2, perhaps vice versa, based on the output of specific sample or based on required output (for example, as top Bayes Minimum Risk decision rule about the decision boundary of regulating different costs).
P. drift compensation
Be known that, corresponding to the waveform pulse of fluorescent emission can change in time or performance skew in time (because painted difference, temperature variation, sample is aging and/or other factors, for example), this system can use the drift analysis software 761 (Figure 72) that limits dynamic threshold, and described dynamic threshold changes to compensate any drift effect.Particularly, for any variation slowly in the signal background feature, software 747 employed pulse detection threshold values can be conditioned, and the recognizer scalable decision boundary 763 (Figure 74) of software 757 is with any drift in the group in the characterization space.
For pulse detection software 747 employed algorithms, drift compensation software 761 is assessed and is finished drift compensation by upgrades average background value and standard deviation based on the sample statistics assessment of calculating in the mobile window of the sample (for example 10-100 sample) of the given length that ends at current sample.Known slow (hypothesis) drift velocity with respect to data acquisition frequency, for each sample, the background statistics need not to be updated; On the contrary, the background statistics is upgraded and can periodically be taken place (for example, per 6 seconds; Mark 795 and Figure 82 see reference).In addition, window can comprise less than 1 weighting so that " forgetting " speed of older sample being gone weighting with respect to newer sample to be provided in statistical computation.The notion that statistics (mean value) under the situation of speed that Figure 76 is illustrated in not to have and have " forgetting " in mobile window is calculated.
Similar with the detection algorithm drift compensation, pulse recognition software 757 employed recognizers realize drift compensation by the periodically updating of 2 rank statistics of the group in feature space.But, in this case, only use those eigenwerts of the pulse be assigned to given group to upgrade the statistics of group.In addition, can use non-1 weighting to comprise " forgetting " speed.Figure 77 illustrates the concept map of effect that this technology is used for the group of feature space.Figure 77 illustrates the drift-compensated example for the statistics of the group in the feature space.Yellow group 1 (X), the green group 2 (Y) that represents of representing, the rhombus presentation class is on average assessed (the amplification diagram with drift), and the piece arrow is illustrated in the variation in the group's covariance assessment that reflects in the distortion of constant σ ellipse.
Usually, the detection threshold of digital signal processor 863 operational analysis numerical informations, this threshold value is that the background of the time dependent output signal of sampling calculated in ending at the mobile window of current sample is on average assessed the function with standard deviation.
Q. digital technology is with respect to the advantage of analogue technique
Use a major advantage of digital sorting system to be, do not have " dead time " about pulse detection and analysis.For simulation system, always have in pulse generation with after detecting to reset electron device required limited " switching time ".This time is generally at least 1 microsecond.Because digital display circuit is captured continuous stream, so in fact it does not have dead time.
Another advantage of digital display circuit is the ability of observing before and after letter sorting sorting pulse in time.Usually, digital signal processing needs 5 drop periods to be used for analyzing.Preferably, the time delay between drop irradiation 115 and drop information 107 is 7 drop periods.This makes this system based on polluting the probability of available group by it of the character representation of specific particle and based on the degree of closeness of specific particle and another sorting particles specific particle being classified.As an example, letter sorting processor 873 can be refused observed particle with probability of 50% for the X cell of living, and letter sorting processor 873 can be accepted observedly to have 95% probability and have 50% a probability particle for X cell alive for what second particle of the X cell of living conformed to observed when this particle.
R. analog cell analysis
Also predict, the time dependent output signal that comes from photodetector can simulated circuit 819 and handle, and such as field programmable gate array, its cost is lower than digital cytoanalyzer.Figure 42 is the block diagram of an embodiment that can be used as the employed analog cell analyzer of a part of system involved in the present invention.Figure 53 illustrates sunykatuib analysis.Setting threshold is to produce trigger pulse based on pulse height.This threshold value disconnects the integration window of connection analogue integrator with stored charge.This window keeps off-state or reduces to below the trigger pulse threshold value until pulse-response amplitude in fixing period.Like this, only the zone of the segment pulse in integration window is used for the relative fluorescence measurement.
Referring to Figure 42, the output 701 of photodetector 117 is provided for the integrator 825 that makes with synchronous output signal 701 integrations of drop clock 703.Integrated signal is provided for width/regional comparer 827 the level of integrated signal and the threshold level that limits pulse are compared (for example, pulse can be defined as having a certain threshold value 40% integrated signal).The function class of dynamic threshold counter 829 is similar to above-mentioned drift compensation, and its monitoring integrated signal level and it change threshold level, and wherein width/regional comparer is as the function of the variation of average integral signal level.
The pulse recognition signal is provided for window comparer 837 to determine pulse area within the acceptable range.The pulse recognition signal also is provided for pulse width and triggers logical circuit 839 to determine pulse width within the acceptable range.If zone and width are acceptable, logic is judged 841 I/O controller 843 for the expression letter sorting provides trigger pip.Like this, window comparer 837 and pulse width and triggering logical circuit 839 for cell whether should be classified as X cell or～X cell decisions making.
I/O controller 843 for sorting controller plate 847 provide with X or～letter sorting of the form of X signal judges 841.I/O controller 843 also comprises USB (universal serial bus) (USB) interface 849 that is used to connect PC735, and can have the I/O port of the slave controller 845 that is used to connect other passage.The analog cell analyzer also comprises joint test access group (JTAG) port 833 that is used to width/regional comparer, window comparer and pulse width and triggering programming in logic.
Be anticipated that also the analog cell analyzer can use simultaneously with digital cytoanalyzer 705.For example, the sunykatuib analysis device can be used for regulating the voltage threshold that is used by digital analysis.On the other hand, each feature and this characteristic information that digital analysis can be used for identification pulse can be used for disposing the analog cell analyzer, if particularly it is with the form realization of gate array.
Control strategy
Usually, microprocessor 131 is programmed to carry out and can is making the efficient of system 1 reach best tactful with the control and the letter sorting that meet any cost requirement that sort product aspect treatment capacity and/or the required particle loss.For example, this can comprise at least one collection of balance group highly purified needs and from reclaimed the needs of the minimum percent at least of desired particle by the sample that sorted.It is important reaching such balance, particularly in the costs and benefits rate is the scope used of the commerce of important consideration.
Therefore, microprocessor 131 is carried out control strategy, and described control strategy is a series of instructions and/or the algorithm of the system variable of control such as dose of fluid delivered and/or letter sorting parameter.Microprocessor is also carried out a letter sorting strategy, and the letter sorting strategy is defined for the decision method of determining how to sort each particle or groups of grains.Each specific control strategy can use one or more letter sorting strategy.Each letter sorting strategy can be according to being used such as selected control strategy, particle detection system and/or about the factor of the information of the distribution of particles in the fluid stream.
About distribution of particles, Figure 78 illustrates the fluid stream that comprises the particle exemplary distribution.In this specific example, utilize with the similar nozzle of said nozzle and form stream, described stream comprises the potpourri of the particle with different characteristic A and B (for example, X and Y spermatid).As shown in the figure, cell normally in row one and then another, can be counted as comprising continuous groups of grains.These groups comprise that each comprises and (for example has feature A, first groups of grains of one or more particle expression X spermatid alive), each comprises and (for example has feature B, expression Y spermatid alive, more specifically, the spermatid of non-X cell alive (～X), such as Y cell, perhaps dead X or Y cell) second groups of grains of one or more particle and each comprise wherein at least one and have feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of the particle (for example, one or more X spermatid and one or more～X spermatid) at two or more nearly intervals of feature B.Be also referred to as " coincidence " groups of grains below the 3rd groups of grains.
The part that specific particle is considered to self to constitute one group or another group all will depend primarily on its locus and/or with respect to the interval of adjacent particle.For example, in the drop sorting system, each groups of grains will be limited by the particle in the drop.Laser is used for removing the photo damage sorting system (as what in below " photo damage letter sorting " system paragraph describe) of (kill or destroy) selected groups of grains with group that the collection with desired content is provided therein, each groups of grains will be limited by the spatial proximity of particle, that is, whether the space interval between the particle is enough to and can classifies accurately and/or can utilize laser to remove one or more unwanted particle under the situation of not removing one or more required particle particle.Similarly, the fluid that the part that comprises the stream of selected particle therein is diverted with the group that the collection with desired content is provided switches (as what describe in " fluid switches letter sorting " system's paragraph below) in the sorting system, each groups of grains will be limited by the spatial proximity of particle, that is, whether the space interval between the particle is enough to and can classifies accurately and/or make selected particle turn to particle.
Can observe from foregoing, the letter sorting that offers the variable grain group is judged and can be changed, and depends on the required result or the treatment capacity of system.For example, in the drop sorting system, used letter sorting strategy can be depending on the processing of " coincidence " drop,, comprises the drop of the 3rd groups of grains that is.For example, in the processing to the ox spermatid in described here flow cytometry drop sorting system and the method, in order to strengthen the quantity of the X spermatid in the group of at least one collection, can preferably use a kind of like this strategy, each the coincidence drop that wherein comprises the X spermatid is accepted and sorts as it and only comprises an X spermatid, even this drop also can comprise one～X spermatid (coincidence reception strategy).On the other hand, in order to strengthen the purity of the X spermatid of in described group, collecting, even can preferably refuse to comprise～each of X spermatid overlaps this drop of drop and also can comprise an X spermatid (overlapping the refusal strategy).Usually, as described below, control strategy and many letter sorting strategies that can be used in combination with many maximization of throughput that can be used for making particle with each specific control strategy.Can utilize flow cytometry to make application of policies arrive each letter sorting technology, for example drop letter sorting, photo damage letter sorting and fluid switch letter sorting.In addition, above-mentioned strategy can be used for the particle according to any required feature letter sorting any kind of particle.
According to an embodiment, the speed of the fluid that comprises particle is carried in microprocessor control as the fluid delivery system of the function of other variable of system.For example, microprocessor can be used as required output result's functions control speed of fluid delivery.Because microprocessor is determined the status of each particle and is determined whether it relates to the group of at least one collection, so microprocessor can be by the change control strategy and/or by changing the definite and control output result of letter sorting strategy.Required output result can be defined as usually following at least one: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or purity (" the high recovery ") with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount (" high-purity ") of the particle of feature B with feature A.As another example, system can use substantially invariable speed of fluid delivery, and microprocessor can be used as required output result's functions control letter sorting parameter.In this back example, required output result can be defined as usually the purity of (1) particle in the group of at least one collection and (2) can be used for flowing in but be not included in the combination of the required grain amount (" constant flow rate ") in the described group.
Usually, suppose to have 50/50 probability of the part that becomes a group or another group when cell that letter sorting is identified during two groups.But, it is also envisioned that in fact unrecognized cell may have some other summary except 50/50 probability of a part that becomes a group or another group.This other summary can be determined about the feature of the sample that sorted by experimental analysis or other.
Go through several different control strategies below.
A. high recovery control strategy
A kind of control strategy can be called as " the high recovery " control strategy.This tactful purpose is, makes the quantity of the required particle in the group that is sorted into required particle reach maximum, as long as the purity of group is acceptable purity or thereon.
According to this strategy, above-mentioned first groups of grains is sorted in the group of required particle, and this is because each in these groups all comprises one or more particle with required feature A.The 3rd groups of grains also is sorted in group's (overlap and accept) of required particle, and this is because each in these groups also all comprises one or more particle with required feature A, though with one or more particle with feature B.On the other hand, second groups of grains is rejected (that is, not being sorted in the group of required particle), and this is because they do not comprise the particle with required feature.In order to utilize this strategy to make treatment capacity reach maximum, microprocessor increases FLUID TRANSPORTATION, as long as the purity of the group of collecting is acceptable purity or thereon.Speed of fluid delivery increases conversely speaking,, as long as the possible level of the pollution of the group of required particle is an acceptable level or thereon.
As an example, consider to be used for to sort the use that the height at the X of the fluid stream of Figure 78 and Y spermatid reclaims control strategy.Required result is sorted to all X cells in the group of X cell, as long as group remains on acceptable purity or its, for example, as long as X (X+Y) is greater than 85% or some other acceptable level.In order to reach this result, first groups of grains is sorted in the X cell group, and this is because they only comprise one or more X cell.The 3rd groups of grains also is sorted in the X cell group, and this is because they also comprise one or more X cell, even they also can comprise Y or (～X) cell.Second groups of grains is sorted in some other group, and this is because they do not comprise one or more X cell.In this example, fluid delivery system is carried the sustainable increase of speed of the fluid that comprises particle, as long as the purity of the group of X cell is greater than 85%.On the contrary, if the purity of the group of X cell is lower than 85%, speed of fluid delivery reduces.
In the scope of drop sorting system, can learn that from Poisson ' s equation for any given drop generation speed, the quantity of many cells drop will increase when cell delivery speed increases.In other words, the transporting velocity that increases the fluid comprise cell will increase the quantity of many cells drop.Therefore, if use the coincidence drop that overlaps acceptance letter sorting strategy and comprise the 3rd groups of grains to be sorted in the group of required particle, the transporting velocity that increases fluid will cause the purity of the group that is collected to reduce, this is because the transporting velocity of fluid is higher, more overlaps drop and is produced and collect.Figure 79 illustrates for this result of two (2) granule fluids so that 100% required particle is captured.As shown in the figure, with very low speed of fluid delivery (along the FDR of x axle), the purity of the group of the collection that is caused (y axle) is very high, and this is because few coincidence drop that comprises the 3rd groups of grains is produced and collects.When speed of fluid delivery increases (FDR axially increases on the right along x), the number percent of the coincidence drop that is produced increases, the feasible more purity (along the y axle) that drop was collected and reduced available groups that overlaps.In the specific example shown in this, under 80% purity, speed of fluid delivery is 30K particle/second.
Use the result of high take-back strategy theatrical, as by shown in the simple examples wherein utilizing the drop method for sorting to make that X and Y spermatid sorted.Suppose that for example drop produces with the speed of 60K/sec, and spermatid is transported to the inquiry position with the speed of 30K/sec.According to Poisson ' s equation, if all drops that comprise X cell are sorted in the group of X cell, comprise the coincidence drop that comprises X and Y cell, about 15000 X cells of per second will be collected.The group of collecting will comprise 2600 Y cells, and the purity about X cell in the group is reduced to 85.2%.But the quantity of the X cell of collection (15000) expression is with respect to the increase greatly that overlaps the strategy that drop is not collected, as in the high-purity strategy that is described below or in the pattern.In the high-purity pattern, with the drop frequency of 40K/sec and the cell delivery speed operation of 40K/sec (than reclaiming the big 10K/sec that describes in the example) at above-mentioned height, only about 11800 X cells of per second will be collected, perhaps than lack 3800 X cells in high take-back strategy.For example, when using the high-purity strategy, lose or waste 9200 X cells approximately, this is owing to overlap drop not by the group cooperation of letter sorting at X cell.Therefore, if be acceptable, preferably can use the quantity of the X cell that high take-back model is collected with increase or reduce the quantity of X cell loss conversely speaking, less than 100% purity.
Briefly, utilizing the height that overlaps acceptance letter sorting strategy to reclaim in the control strategy, particle transport speed relates to the purity (group that is called as " available " sometimes) of the collection group of required particle on the contrary.
B. high-purity control strategy
Second kind of control strategy can be called as " high-purity " control strategy.This tactful purpose is the group of keep collecting with respect to the purity of the particle with required feature at high level, as long as the amount of the required particle in the group of collecting with respect to the sum of the required particle in can be used for flowing in acceptable amount or more than it (that is, as long as the amount of the required particle that is not collected in stream remains on below the acceptable amount).According to this strategy, above-mentioned first groups of grains is sorted in the group of required particle, and this is because each in these groups comprises the particle that one or more has required feature A, and because these groups comprise the particle that does not have pollution.On the other hand, the second and the 3rd groups of grains is sorted in group's (overlapping refusal) of one or more " unavailable ", and this is because they comprise the particle (that is feature B particle) of pollution.In order to utilize this " high-purity " strategy to make treatment capacity reach best, microprocessor increases speed of fluid delivery, as long as be sorted into that the amount of the required particle in the available group remains on acceptable amount with respect to the sum that can be used for the required particle in this stream or more than it.
As an example, consider to be used for to sort use at the high-purity control strategy of the X of the fluid stream of Figure 78 and Y spermatid.Required result is sorted to all X cells in the group of X cell, as long as the amount of the X cell of collecting from stream remains on acceptable amount or more than it, for example, at least 60%.In order to reach this result, first groups of grains is sorted in the available group, and this is because they only comprise one or more X cell.On the other hand, the second and the 3rd particle is sorted in one or more disabled group, and this is because they comprise one or more pollution (～X) cell.In this example, fluid delivery system is carried the sustainable increase of speed of the fluid comprise particle, if as the amount of the X cell of in available groups, collecting of the number percent of total available quantity of the X cell that has been sorted remain on 60% or more than.On the contrary, if the amount that is not collected in the X cell in the available groups greater than 40% of total available quantity of the X cell that is sorted, speed of fluid delivery reduces.
As mentioned above, in the scope of drop sorting system, known increase speed of fluid delivery will increase the quantity of many cells drop, and the quantity that comprises the coincidence drop of the 3rd groups of grains.Owing to coincidence drop when the letter sorting of use coincidence refusal is tactful is not sorted in the group of the X cell of collection, this means that the increase speed of fluid delivery will cause increasing in the amount of the X cell alive of disabled group loss.
Figure 80 illustrates for this result of two (2) granule fluids so that available group has 100% purity of required particle.As shown in the figure, with very low speed of fluid delivery (along the FDR of x axle), the number percent of the required particle in available groups is very high, and this is because few coincidence drop is produced and refuses.When speed of fluid delivery increases (FDR axially increases on the right along x), the number percent increase and the more such group that comprise the coincidence drop of the 3rd groups of grains are rejected.This has reduced by the total amount (that is, the number percent that is collected in required particle in available group in stream) of the required grain amount of letter sorting in available groups with respect to the required particle in can be used on stream.Shown in specific embodiment in, speed of fluid delivery is 40K particle/second, and 75% required particle is sorted in the available group.
Briefly, in utilizing the high-purity control strategy that overlaps refusal letter sorting strategy, particle transport speed relates to the number percent (that is the high-purity of the required particle in available group) of required particle in the group of collecting on the contrary.
C. constant flow rate control strategy
The third control strategy can be called as the constant flow rate control strategy.In this strategy, microprocessor keeps speed of fluid delivery constant (perhaps in constant scope) and changes the number percent of (perhaps refusal) coincidence drop of collecting, if at least one purity of collecting group acceptable level or thereon and as long as the amount of the required particle in this group with respect to the total amount of treated required particle or thereon in acceptable level.On the contrary, speed of fluid delivery is constant and the number percent of (perhaps refusal) coincidence drop of accepting changes, as long as long as possible the level of the pollution of available groups acceptable purity level or its down and the possible amount of required particle that is lost in the group except the group of described (available) under acceptable amount or its.
As an example, consideration is used to sort the use of the constant flow rate control strategy of the fluid stream as shown in Figure 78.Required result is sorted to X cell purity and is at least in 85% the available groups and collects the X cell of at least 60% in the stream so that be not more than 40% X cell and be sorted in the disabled group.In this example, fluid delivery system is carried the speed of particle to keep constant and is collected or the number percent of refusing the 3rd groups of grains (coincidence group) will be changed, as long as available groups is equal to, or greater than 85% about the purity of X cell, as long as and the number percent that is sorted into the X cell in the disabled group be equal to, or greater than 60% (the letter sorting strategy is accepted in variable coincidence) less than 40% so that be sorted into the number percent of the required particle in the available groups.When the number percent of the 3rd groups of grains of accepting increased, the purity of available group reduced, but the amount that is sorted into the required particle (for example X cell) in the disabled group reduces.On the contrary, when the number percent of the 3rd groups of grains of accepting reduced, the purity of available group increased, but was sorted into the amount increase of the required particle (for example X cell) in the disabled group.
As mentioned above, can learn from Poisson ' s equation that for constant fluid (cell) transporting velocity, the quantity of the many cells drop amount of the coincidence drop of the 3rd groups of grains (thereby comprise) is constant.Because it is constant to overlap the quantity of drop in this control strategy, the purity that the number percent that therefore is sorted into the coincidence drop in the available group will influence available groups is the amount of the X cell that is wasted with being sorted in the disabled group.This be since the undesirable Y in the coincidence drop in being accepted and being sorted into the unavailable group of collection (thereby perhaps～X) number percent of cell relates to the number percent of the X cell in the coincidence drop that is rejected in the available group that is not sorted into collection on the contrary.
Figure 81 illustrates for two (2) granule fluids and adopts the described flow cytometry drop sorting system of variable coincidence refusal letter sorting strategy and the constant fluid transporting velocity control strategy in the method here.As shown in FIG., the inverse relationship between the line OL number percent (X-axis) of representing the coincidence drop refused and the number percent of accepting that overlaps drop (Y-axis).When the number percent of the coincidence drop of accepting was very low, the number percent of the coincidence drop of refusal was very high.On the contrary, when the number percent of the coincidence drop of acceptance was very high, the number percent of the coincidence drop of refusal was very low.Line OL represents this inverse relation and is illustrated in the pilot wire of the variable coincidence acceptance letter sorting strategy under the given constant particle flow velocity.Along the some P place of pilot wire OL, the purity of available group is a given number percent, depends on the particle flow velocity, for example 85% purity in Figure 81.When the number percent of the coincidence drop of accepting when pilot wire OL increases (left and up), the quantity that is sorted into the unwanted particle in the available groups increases and purity is reduced to below 85%, this may be unacceptable.When the number percent of acceptable coincidence drop when pilot wire OL reduces (to the right and down), purity reaches more than 85% and is acceptable.
At some LL place along pilot wire OL, 75% coincidence drop is rejected (promptly, be sorted in the disabled group) so that be sorted in the disabled group and the number percent of the required particle that is wasted is based on the given number percent of particle transport speed, for example, 40%.When the number percent of unaccepted coincidence drop when pilot wire Ol increases (to the right and down), be sorted into by the number percent of the required particle in the available group and reduce (for example) less than 60%, this may be unacceptable.When the number percent of unaccepted coincidence drop when pilot wire Ol reduces (left and up), be sorted into and increased (for example, greater than 60%) by the number percent of the required particle in the available group and be acceptable.Like this, according to this aspect of the present invention, for adopting variable coincidence to accept the constant flow rate control strategy of letter sorting technology, microprocessor can be operated this system makes the number percent of coincidence drop of received and refusal change in some P1 shown in arrow OR and the opereating specification between the LL.What note is that opereating specification OR can comprise more or pilot wire still less, depends on the tolerance-level of required particle with respect to the not pure and mild loss of disabled group.
Briefly, utilizing variable coincidence to accept in the constant flow rate control strategy of letter sorting strategy, the number percent of received the 3rd groups of grains relates to the purity of available group on the contrary and relates on the contrary by being sorted into the amount of the required particle that disabled group wastes.
D. the summary of control strategy
Following table has been summarized above-mentioned control strategy.
| Control strategy | The high recovery | High-purity | Constant flow rate |
| The Be Controlled parameter | Speed of fluid delivery | Speed of fluid delivery | The letter sorting parameter |
| Controlled variable | The purity of group | The amount of required particle in group | The purity of group and the amount of required particle in group |
| The letter sorting strategy | Overlap and accept | Overlap refusal | Variable coincidence is accepted |
| X/Y sorts strategy | Collect X drop and X+～X drop; Refusal～X drop | Collect the X drop; Refusal X+～X drop; Refusal～X drop | Collect the X drop; Change the number percent of X+～X drop of collecting; Refusal～X drop |
| Definition | Speed of fluid delivery increase if in the group about the purity of X particle or thereon in acceptable level | Speed of fluid delivery increase if the amount of the required particle in available group with respect to the total amount of the X particle in stream or thereon in acceptable amount | Overlap that the number percent of drop in group increases if in the group about the purity of X particle or thereon in acceptable level; In order to continue operation, the amount of the required particle in available group with respect to the total amount of the X particle in stream in acceptable amount or thereon |
| Opposite definition | Speed of fluid delivery increases the probability of the pollution that needs only available groups in acceptable purity level or under it | Speed of fluid delivery increases as long as the probability of the loss that required particle is measured in disabled group descends in acceptable amount or at it | Speed of fluid delivery increase if the probability of the pollution of available groups acceptable purity level or its down and as long as the probability of the loss that required particle is measured in disabled group in acceptable amount or down at it |
| Required result | Acceptable purity greater than minimum; For example, greater than the purity of 85 % | Acceptable amount greater than minimum; For example, greater than 60% (required particle loss) of captive required particle less than 40% | Greater than the acceptable purity of minimum with greater than the acceptable amount of minimum; For example, greater than 85% purity and greater than 60% (required particle loss) of captive required particle less than 40% |
Relatively, utilize the sample of the letter sorting of an acquisition in the above-mentioned control strategy can be used in combination with second sample to obtain having final (for example, commerce) sample of required feature.For example, the group of the same amount that can sort with the quilt of 80% purity according to the sample of the high-purity strategy letter sorting of the group that is used to produce 100% purity to combine with production purity be 90% final sample.Perhaps for the animal sperm of highly purified letter sorting, the aliquot of the sperm of letter sorting can combine so that produce the final sample of required purity with the cost that is lower than the whole sperm of any letter sorting of utilizing above-mentioned method for sorting with the aliquot of the sperm that does not sort.
The top description hypothesis of control strategy is accurately discerned and is comprised that each overlaps the letter sorting of each drop of drop.In fact, owing to many reasons, 100% accuracy rate is impossible.In order to make minimize contamination, therefore, preferably can refuse can not determine to be categorized as the particle that belongs to required group.On the other hand, if some particle can be identified and be sorted in the required group in some selected probability (for example, for spermatid greater than 50%).Preferably particle can be categorized as and belong to required group so that they are not lost in disabled group.Like this, as mentioned above, can be accepted or refuse for belonging to based on such particle in the group that probability in the available groups is sorted to required cell such as the particle of spermatid.
Used term " available " and " disabled " only is easy to use and is not defined by any way in top table and the instructions.Like this, " available " group comprises any " first " group, in any case or whether use, and " disabled " group comprises any " second " group that is different from available group, in any case or whether use.Similarly, " required " group refers to any group according to selected particle characteristic letter sorting.
Microprocessor its digital processing software is configured for handling the electric signal that comes from photodetector with according to the tagsort particle of particle (for example, general particle and particularly sperm particle) and obtain about as the system of top information with reference to the described distribution of particles of Figure 78.In addition, microprocessor has constituted in response to signal processing software and has changed fluid delivery system with the control system of particle transport to the speed of nozzle system as a function about the information of distribution of particles that is obtained.In addition, microprocessor has constituted in response to signal processing software and has been changed the control system of letter sorting strategy as what obtain about a function of the information of distribution of particles.
Usually, microprocessor has constituted in response to the information Control sorting system that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change the control system of its letter sorting strategy or control fluid delivery system.In other words, microprocessor can sort strategy, can operate with the control fluid delivery system, can operate the tactful and control fluid delivery system with the change letter sorting with three-mode with second pattern with change with the operation of first pattern, and can other pattern operate.When with first or three-mode when operation, microprocessor can change conveyance fluid speed as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
Collection system
Need collection system between deflecting plate, to collect drop by the back at them.The collection system of conventional cell counter can be only for be used for they between the deflecting plate by after be trapped in the collection container of the drop of each stream of liquid droplets.Similar conventional collection system can be used in some embodiments of the invention.
But, thereby therein nozzle to be directed with the angle that makes progress guiding fluid stream be that drop provides that to use conventional collection system in the embodiments of the invention of horizontal velocity component may be difficult.A problem is, drop will move some horizontal ranges along their arching trajectory and drop in the collection container being suitable for before they begin to move down.For example, if nozzle 45 degree to the scopes of 60 degree up and drop leave with the speed between 15m/s and the 20m/s, drop has several meters horizontal range on the summit of the track that reaches them and before beginning to move down apart from nozzle.Like this, breadboard getting well notes it being that the space is occupied by stream of liquid droplets.In addition, in several meters scope, guarantee that it also is difficult in the suitable collection container that drop drops on.When one or more operating conditions of cell counter changed, the track of stream of liquid droplets can change (for example, the regulated fluid transporting velocity causes the variation of fluid in the speed of nozzle bore).The variation of the track of stream of liquid droplets will be strengthened by the distance that drop moves.Like this, do not cause to cause in great changes from nozzle drop position, position far away in the track variation of comparison near the significant change of the drop position at the some place of nozzle.As mentioned above, some embodiments of the present invention are used the feedback of drop information and/or sample fluid induction system so that stream of liquid droplets constantly changes its track.A kind of mode also can want to change the pressure that sheath fluid is transported to nozzle.Airflow, temperature variation and humidity change the track that also can change stream of liquid droplets.Any factor that can change the track of stream of liquid droplets also needs collection container to reorientate so that drop falls into suitable collection container.On the contrary, the track of the stream of liquid droplets in conventional cell counter malleable not with the nozzle that is directed downwards.For example, the situation of stream of liquid droplets with downward substantially initial velocity means that variation at the fluid velocity at place, hole does not cause any very big variation in the track.In addition, collection container is relatively near nozzle, and the track that makes collection system be easier in the acceptable solution drip changes.
Figure 83-85 illustrates the embodiment of a collection system 2201, and collection system 2201 can be used for being collected in the letter sorting drop in the system of the present invention.Collection system is specially adapted to be directed when cell counter nozzle system 101 collection of the drop 33 when flowing 21 with the angle that makes progress or other any angle guiding fluid with horizontal component.When drop passed through between deflecting plate 629, they were sorted in a plurality of stream of liquid droplets 123,125 (for example, two) with different arching trajectorys.As shown in Figure 84 and 85, the track of each stream of liquid droplets leads in two drop capture devices 2203.If drop is sorted into more than in two stream of liquid droplets, need provide independently capture device for each additional stream of liquid droplets.Like this, the quantity of the capture device in collection system of the present invention will depend on that drop is sorted into the quantity of stream wherein.
Each capture device 2203 in exemplary collection system have across the track of one of them stream of liquid droplets so that the drop deflection that moves along track to the shock surface 2205 that is positioned at the collection container 2207 below each capture device.This shock surface is preferably made by flexible material.Under situation about not limited, believe that flexible material slows down the impact on the surface of drop bump capture device, thereby reduce damage (for example, spermatid) the particle in the drop by specific theory.For example, capture device can be made of polypropylene, tygon or other similar polymkeric substance.Referring to Figure 86 and 87, capture device 2203 is to constitute by cutting drop inlet 2211 (for example, rectangular windows) in a side of the bulb 2213 of pipette 2215.Like this, the part relative with the drop inlet of the inwall 2217 of bulb forms the bend crash surface 2205 across the track of each stream of liquid droplets.Usually, the body of pipette is as the guiding piece 2225 that fluid can be directed to collection container from shock surface.
Referring to Figure 84, capture device can be fastened on the collection system framework 2227 so that they are positioned.For the variation in the track that stream of liquid droplets is described, preferably can regulate the position of capture device.For example, can be by in surpassing the circular hole of support 2229, sliding up and down the vertical height that conduit is regulated each capture device.When capture device was in desired height, set screw 2231 can be tightened to be fixed in this and highly locate.Support can link to each other with installing plate 2223, and installing plate 2223 links to each other with the collection system framework, for example utilizes set screw 2235 (for example, two set screw).Set screw 2235 is passed level trough 2241 in the installing plate to allow the lateral adjustments of capture device.After adjusting, set screw can be tightened so that circular support is fixed on desired location.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention other multiple fastener can be used to regulate the position of capture device.Collection container 2207 is set at below capture device in the groove 2241 of the carriage 2243 that is used for supporting collection container.Like this, if necessary, each collection container can move in groove separately so that it remains on the position below separately the capture device.In addition, if necessary, the pond (not shown) can be provided to control the temperature of the content of collection container around collection container.
Referring to Figure 85, in one embodiment of the invention, the back side of a capture device 2247 cutting is therein left window 2245 (for example, rectangular window) so that one or more stream of liquid droplets is passed through capture device.Second capture device 2249 is set at and leaves the window back with the drop of intercepting by described window.To leave window identical with first capture device exemplary substantially for the size that of second capture device is exemplary to enter window.Owing to conspicuous reason, leave window preferably much smaller than the window that enters of first capture device.For example, an exemplary height that enters window of first capture device is 5/8 inch, and is wide 3/8 inch.On the contrary, an exemplary height that leaves window is 1/8 inch, and is wide 5/16 inch.
In the operating process of cell counter, the drop in the collection system intercepting letter sorting stream.Then the drop that is intercepted is taken out downwards and is entered in the collection container 2207 by the conduit 2225 of capture device 2203.Cell counter has under the situation that is used for the cell counter nozzle that makes progress along the direction of arching trajectory guiding stream of liquid droplets therein, for example, capture device makes drop may be intercepted by the some place that the point that conventional collection system (that is the collection system that, does not have capture device) is collected is compared very close to nozzle with drop on their track.
Early intercepting stream of liquid droplets reduces drop location variation when drop runs into collection system for the first time along their arching trajectory (for example, when they still move up).Therefore, the collection system tolerable is than the variation of the track of the tolerable more stream of liquid droplets of conventional collection system.Similarly, drop can not be impacted by airflow substantially, and this is because of they short paths for collection system.
Relatively far reduce or minimize between the impulsive force to realize balance with when the droplet impact capture device time from nozzle bore with the tolerance limit that increases track and change and mobile capture device at mobile capture device 2203, for example by making the capture device location so that they intercept stream of liquid droplets at their place, summit of track substantially near nozzles 101.Therefore, the expectation value of variation of persistence, liquid drop speed and the stream of liquid droplets track of the particle (for example, spermatid) that is sorted will be depended in the optimum position of capture device.For example, have at the nozzle bore place at the drop that comprises the ox spermatid under the situation of 16 to 20m/s speed, capture device can be positioned at the scope apart from nozzle bore 4-6 inch.First capture device has and leaves the embodiment that window and second capture device are arranged in the first capture device back therein, and for example first capture device can be in the scope of distance nozzle 4 and 5 inches.Preferably, first capture device is apart from 4.5 inches at nozzle.Second capture device can be in the scope of distance nozzle 5 and 6 inches.Preferably, second capture device is apart from 5.5 inches at nozzle.
The structure that one of them capture device 2203 can intercept by the drop that leaves window of another capture device has advantage especially when people do not worry the purity (for example, be used for milk cattle cultivating and sort the sperm of the band Y chromosome under the situation of sperm) of the group that one of them is sorted.It is known to those skilled in the art that the quantity (for example, discrete droplets mist) with discrete droplets 2265 of unknown content can be produced by cell counter the drop in the stream of the letter sorting as shown in Figure 85.First capture device should be positioned so that be sorted into and have stream of liquid droplets in the group of maximum tolerance limit for impurity and clash into the shock surface 2205 of first capture device and the of paramount importance stream of purity by leaving window 2245 to clash into the shock surface of second capture device.Like this, most of discrete droplets is collected in the collection container 2207 that comprises the group that is indifferent to purity substantially, as shown in Figure 85, and will not pollute the important group of purity.Also pass through intercepting and collect discrete droplets, thereby if avoided each discrete droplets to break away from the needs that collection system cleans.Opposite with first capture device, second capture device only makes by the less drop deflection that leaves window.This helps by the maintenance of the purity of the group of second capture device collection.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, exemplary collection system can be in many ways by modification easily.For example, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, can constitute the drop capture device that thereunder has integrally formed (perhaps connecting) collection container.Similarly,, it should be understood that in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention that capture device 2203 can adopt any in the multiple shape although the capture device among the embodiment as shown in Figure 83-87 is the pipette of modification.For example, each capture device can comprise flat or shaped form sheet, spoon, bowl or other similar shape.Unique requirement is that capture device can intercept the drop and the feasible drop that is intercepted that move along the track separately of stream of liquid droplets and redirect in the collection container.But, (for example utilize product that obtain easily and cheaper, pipette) advantage of formation capture device is, and is when changing and abandoning employed capture device rather than cleaning capture device after each sample uses up between sample uses, more economical.This can help to reduce to operate the cost of collection system.
Collect fluid
The sperm of letter sorting is collected (Figure 56 and 57) in comprising the container of collecting fluid 2301.Usually, the purpose of collecting fluid comprises the impact that slows down spermatid and collection container or provides the fluid support for cell.Consistent with these Considerations, collect fluid and can comprise buffering agent or buffer solution and protein source.
If comprised, the example that can be used for collecting buffering agent in the fluid or buffer solution is collected as top sample for reference and dilution is described.Usually, these buffering agents or buffer solution will be in the concentration of 0.001M to 1.0M and are had 4.5 to 8.5 pH, are preferably 7.0.In one embodiment, collecting fluid comprises and comprises that pH is the buffering agent of 7.0 0.96% Dulbecco ' s PBS (w/v).In another embodiment, collect the metabolism inhibitor solution (comprising the NaHCO3 of 0.097 mol, the KHCO3 of 0.173 mol and the C6H8O7H2O of 0.090 mol in the water) that fluid comprises the C6H8O7H2O of the KHCO3 that comprises a kind of NaHCO3,0.433g that comprises 0.204g in per 25 milliliters pure water and 0.473g.
If comprise, protein source does not influence any protein source of viability of spermatid and compatible with used specific buffers or buffer solution.The example of protein source commonly used comprises milk (comprising thermally homogenisingization and skimming), milk extract, yolk, egg yolk extract, soybean protein and soybean protein extract.Such protein can be used to the concentration of 30% (v/v) at 1% (v/v), preferably at 10% (v/v) between 20% (v/v), be preferably 10% (v/v).Although milk can be used in combination with buffering agent or buffer solution, generally under the situation that does not have buffering agent or buffer solution, use milk, this is because milk itself is a kind of solution that plays the effect identical with buffering agent or buffer solution.Under these circumstances, collect fluid and can comprise the milk of 80% (v/v) to 90% (v/v).
Except protein source or replace protein source, collect fluid and also can comprise seminal plasma.Seminal plasma has two advantages that improve sperm viability and motility and stable sperm membrane (thereby preventing that the power of educating from obtaining in the collection of sperm and storing process).Maxwell etc., Reprod.Fert.Dev. (1998) 10:433-440.Seminal plasma can come from and obtain the identical animal of sperm sample, perhaps comes from the different animal of identical type, perhaps comes from different types of animal.Collect in the fluid if be included in, the number percent of seminal plasma usually at 0.5% (v/v) to the scope of 10% (v/v).If be used in combination with protein source, such as yolk or milk, the percent of total of seminal plasma and protein source at 1% (v/v) to the scope of 30% (v/v).In this case, the number percent of seminal plasma will be inversely proportional to the number percent of protein source.Therefore, in one embodiment, collect fluid and comprise seminal plasma.In another embodiment, collect fluid and be included in 0.5% (v/v), preferably be contained in 4% (v/v), preferably comprise the seminal plasma of 5% (v/v) to the interior seminal plasma of the scope of 6% (v/v) to the interior seminal plasma of the scope of 10% (v/v).In another embodiment, collect fluid and comprise protein source and seminal plasma.In another embodiment, collect fluid and comprise seminal plasma and yolk, their percent of total at 1% (v/v) to the scope of 30% (v/v).
In addition, collecting fluid also can comprise multiple for sperm viability or the useful additive of motility.The example of such additive comprises energy source, microbiotic and in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular, each is discussed in the description about sample collection and dilution in the above.Such additive can be added to according to foregoing and collect in the fluid.
Therefore, In a particular embodiment, collect the yolk that fluid is included in the fructose, 10% (v/v) of 0.96%Dulbecco ' sPBS (w/v) in the water, 1% (w/v), pH is 7.0.In another embodiment, collect fluid and also comprise the acetonate of 10mM, the vitamin K of 100 M or the lipoic acid of 1mM.
Perhaps, replace to collect the use of fluid, the cell of letter sorting can be collected in and comprise or scribble in the container of the low temperature enriching substance of use in low-temperature preservation step (below with described) subsequently.Therefore, In a particular embodiment, the cell of letter sorting is collected in the low temperature enriching substance.In another embodiment, the cell of collection sorted comprise water,
(Minitube, Verona, WL comprises the tylosin of glycerine, tris, citric acid, fructose, 5mg/100ml, the gentamicin of 25mg/100ml, the miramycin of 30mg/100ml and the cillimycin of 15mg/100ml), yolk and pyruvic acid.In another embodiment, collecting fluid is the 25g that is included in the water of 75mL
25g yolk and 10mM pyruvic acid.
The percent concentration that it should be understood that the protein in collecting fluid described here is the percent concentration before adding the sorting cell that flows.The adding of the sorting cell that flows can be diluted to the ultimate density of collecting fluid 1/20 of percent concentration before adding the sorting cell that flows.Therefore, for example, collect the yolk that fluid can comprise 10% (v/v) at first.The sorting cell that flows be collected in comprise in the collection container of collecting fluid after, the ultimate density of yolk will be reduced to 0.5% (v/v).
The pre-service of capture device and/or collection container
In order to make the impaired possibility of particle (for example, spermatid) that can be sorted according to the present invention reach minimum, capture device 2203 and/or collection container 2207 (Figure 56-60) can be processed before use.Such pre-service for example can be included in and comprise a kind of pond that is used for making the minimized component of impact between particle and the capture device and contact or soak capture device and collection container.Take out capture device and collection container from this pond after, a certain amount of component will be retained on capture device and the collection container and with the buffering agent of the particle in the droplets.Therefore, this component should have the feature that is suitable for providing required buffering effect.In addition, this component should with by the particle or cell, sheath fluid and the collection fluid compatible that are sorted.Consistent with these Considerations, the component that is used for handling capture device and collection container can comprise buffering agent or buffer solution, sheath fluid, collection fluid, low temperature enriching substance, be included in any composition of buffer solution, sheath fluid, collection fluid or low temperature enriching substance, perhaps its any combination.The method according to this invention is used for the painted of spermatid and the buffering agent that separates, buffer solution, sheath fluid and collection fluid as mentioned above.Therefore, in one embodiment, capture device contacts (for example, soaked and wash) with sheath fluid with collection container.In another embodiment, capture device contacts with the collection fluid with collection container.In another embodiment, capture device contacts with low temperature enriching substance described below with collection container.
Capture device and collection container with the contacting and soak and preferably be enough to make component lip-deep a period of time of this component attached to capture device and collection container.Such time period generally can less than 90 minutes, preferably less than 60 minutes, be preferably 30 to 60 minutes, be preferably 60 minutes.In another embodiment, capture device only contacts with this component before use with collection container.
Replace or contact combination with collection container with said components with capture device, capture device also can contact with the special component that is included in sheath fluid, collect in fluid and/or the low temperature enriching substance with collection container, for example, BSA, SSS, yolk, egg yolk extract, milk (comprising thermally homogenisingization and skimming), milk extract, soybean protein and soybean protein extract.Therefore, in one embodiment, capture device contacts with sheath fluid subsequently with collection container and contacts with the bovine serum albumin(BSA) of 0.1% (v/v).In another embodiment, capture device contacts with sheath fluid subsequently with collection container and contacts with the yolk of 10% (v/v).In one embodiment, capture device is immersed in to collect in the fluid with collection container and contacts with the bovine serum albumin(BSA) of 0.1% (v/v) subsequently.In another embodiment, capture device is immersed in to collect in the fluid with collection container and contacts with the yolk of 10% (v/v) subsequently.
Although capture device receives identical pre-service with collection container in above-mentioned each embodiment, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, can use different preprocess methods with collection container for capture device.Equally, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, some in capture device or the collection container can receive a kind of pre-service, and other in capture device or the collection container can receive a kind of different pre-service.In the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, only capture device or collection container are carried out pre-service and also can obtain some advantage.
Concentrate
As mentioned above, the sperm that sorts of the quilt of being collected by flow cytometry is diluted by adding various buffering agents and enriching substance, painted fluid, sheath fluid and collection fluid.Usually, the concentration of the spermatid after being sorted by flow cytometry as mentioned above is in 0.7-1.4 * 10
6In the scope of individual spermatid/milliliter.Therefore, the spermatid that sorts of concentrated quilt is so that impact the concentration that reaches minimum and obtain to be suitable for low-temperature preservation and artificial insemination to the dilution of sperm.Standard practices in animal farming industry for example is with 20 * 10
6-40 * 10
6The concentration of individual spermatid/milliliter is carried out artificial insemination to sperm.A kind of mode that concentrates spermatid is that the fluid of being collected by flow cytometry is carried out centrifuging.The another kind of mode that concentrates spermatid is to make the fluid of being collected by flow cytometry pass through filtering system.Describe these methods below in detail.
A. centrifuging
The centrifugal separation equipment of any routine can be used for concentrating sperm.But in commerce is used, centrifuging can be once carried out in preferred use to large batch of spermatid centrifugal separation equipment.In centrifugal separation processes, a large amount of spermatids will be collected in the ball at place, bottom of centrifugal separating tube owing to acting on action of centrifugal force on the spermatid.The size of centrifugal force is defined as the multiple that centrifugal force surpasses gravity usually.Because centrifugal force is the length that the big young pathbreaker of important parameters and the centrifugal force under any given speed (angular velocity) is depended on radius-of-curvature, so the speed of centrifuging is defined by the size of regulation centrifugal force usually.For example, it is selected so that resulting centrifugal force is 600 times of gravity that the power of 600g refers to the angular velocity of centrifuging.Any spermatid that most of fluid and escape are centrifuged in the ball will be in supernatant.Usually, supernatant be removed and ball in spermatid suspended once more and further handled with carrying out as described below.Importantly, make the number percent that is concentrated in the sperm in the ball reach maximum, the feasible simultaneously injury to spermatid reaches minimum.
According to a method of the present invention, comprise 10 * 10
6The centrifugal separating tube of individual letter sorting spermatid is placed in the centrifugal separation equipment.In order to help to concentrate, centrifugal separating tube can be used as the collection container in the collection system of cell counter.This has been avoided before centrifuging the spermatid of letter sorting being transferred to the needs of centrifugal separating tube.This pipe carries out centrifuging with certain speed and continues one period that is enough to make in the bottom that the ball that concentrates spermatid is formed on pipe.Preferably select the speed and the time of centrifuging under the situation of considering Several Factors, these factors comprise: spermatid is fragile and situation that may be destroyed by centrifuging under great speed; The size of centrifugal separating tube will influence spermatid and move to the required time of pipe bottom; And the possibility that the lasting long more spermatid of time of centrifuging is destroyed by centrifuging under given speed is big more.Like this, in one embodiment of the invention, centrifugal division pipe under 550-800g in 6-10 minute time period by centrifuging.According to another embodiment of the invention, centrifugal division pipe under 650-750g in 6-10 minute time period by centrifuging.In another embodiment of the present invention, centrifugal division pipe under 700g in 6-10 minute time period by centrifuging.In another embodiment of the present invention, centrifugal division pipe under 700g in 7 minutes time period by centrifuging.
As what prove in the experiment below, the speed of centrifugal separation equipment and the time of centrifuging can influence the number percent of the spermatid that is recovered and the motility of the spermatid that is recovered.Do not sort actually under the situation of spermatid and experimentize.On the contrary, each fluid that comprises buffering agent, enriching substance, sheath fluid and painted fluid is added to the sperm sample with the simulation method for sorting.Then sample in an experiment that concentrates spermatid by centrifuging.
Centrifuging example I
In centrifuging example I, Niu Jingzi is collected and assesses as mentioned above.Utilize a certain amount of pH be tris-citric acid (" TCA ") of 7.3 to the dilution of sperm sample to obtain 150 * 10
6The concentration of individual spermatid/milliliter.In 20 minutes time, utilizing Hoechst33342 (100 μ M) to chromospermism under 41 ℃.Prepare two pipes of 15 milliliters that are used to simulate with buffering agent.Pipe 1 partly filling have 10% yolk 750 μ l phosphate buffered saline (PBS) (" PBS ") and have the PBS of the 14.25ml of 0.1% ox seminal plasma (" BSA ").Pipe 2 partly filling have 10% yolk 750 μ l TCA and have the PBS of the 14.25ml of 0.1% BSA.Each of two pipes receives the solution of comprising of 100 μ l of painted sperm, then at room temperature hatches 20 minutes.Two pipes are divided into two equal portions of each 7ml.Equal portions of each pipe in fixing bucket centrifugal separation equipment with 2250rpm (about 540g) centrifuging 7 minutes.Another equal portions of each of two pipes were with 2500rpm (about 660g) centrifuging 7 minutes.After centrifuging, use the pipette of 10ml from each equal portions, to remove and preserve supernatant at once.Ball is suspended among the TCA of 200 μ l with yolk of 10% again.Differ show observe centrifuging under the mirror of emblem before and after sperm motility.The immobile liquid of 50 μ l (in 3.4% sodium citrate 0.1% glutaraldehyde) is added into each ball and supernatant is determined concentration to utilize hemocytometer.Multiply by the sum that used/yield calculates sperm based on the corresponding sperm concentration of determining by hemocytometer.The sperm sum that utilizes the summation of total sperm count in the ball and the total sperm count in the supernatant to remove in the ball comes calculate recovery rate.
Result as shown in Figure 88 and 89 has shown the little difference of the motility of the spermatid that causes by the change centrifuge speeds.This result shows that also utilizing TCA to compare motility with PBS omits.
The centrifuging Example II
In the centrifuging Example II, the sperm sample that comes from three bulls is collected as mentioned above and assesses.One of them sample is not cancelled qualification owing to meeting the initial mass control criterion.Utilize a certain amount of pH be 7.3 TCA to two other sperm sample dilution to obtain 150 * 10
6The concentration of individual spermatid/milliliter.In 33342 pairs of chromospermisms of the Hoechst that in 20 minutes time, utilizes 10 μ M under 41 ℃.Comprise the PBS of 1500 μ l with yolk of 10% and have simulated cushioned dose of each that is added in two pipes of PBS of the 28.3ml of 0.1% BSA.The painted sperm (30 * 10 of 200 μ l
6) be added in each pipe, then at room temperature hatched 20 minutes.Get the equal portions of three 9ml of sperm potpourri from each of two pipes.With in the following speed each centrifuging 7 minutes in the centrifuge tube of 15ml, these speed are equal portions of each of two samples: 550g respectively; 650g; And 750g.Temperature in centrifugal separation processes is 22 ℃.After centrifuging, use the pipette of 10ml to remove supernatant at once, in ball, stay the supernatant of 200-300 μ l.Ball is suspended among the TCA that pH is 7.0 200 μ l with yolk of 10% again.Differ show observe centrifuging under the mirror of emblem before and after sperm motility.Note several agglutinations of spermatozoa in the sample after the centrifuging of one of them that comes from two bulls.The immobile liquid of 50 μ l (in 3.4% sodium citrate 0.1% glutaraldehyde) is added into each ball and supernatant and is convenient to determine concentration with fixing sperm.Determine the recovery according to the formula of in centrifuge test I, mentioning.
The result is as shown in Figure 90.Result's demonstration is compared the recovery that has improved spermatid with 650g with 550g.But the difference of the recovery between 650g and 750g is very little.The motility difference of the spermatid that the change centrifuge speeds causes is very little.
Centrifuging Example II I
For centrifuging Example II I, utilize the program of separating Example II in the basic repeated centrifugation of three identical bulls of same date not.The result is as shown in Figure 91.The result determines that the difference of the recovery between 650g and 750g is very little.
Centrifuging example IV
Collect sperm two different dates from two different bulls.Carry and assess sperm in above-mentioned mode.Based on the sperm concentration of original sperm, (TCA pH7.3) adds the 10mM acetonate sperm is diluted to obtain 150 * 10 to utilize tris-citric acid
6The concentration of individual spermatid/milliliter.In 33342 pairs of chromospermisms of the Hoechst that in 20 minutes time, utilizes 10 μ M under 41 ℃.After painted, make the solution that comprises painted sperm of 267 μ l be diluted to 1 * 10 by the buffering agent that adds following simulation
6The concentration of individual spermatid/milliliter, the buffering agent of these simulations comprises: 2ml has the PBS of the yolk of 10% (v/v); And 37.733ml has the PBS of the ox seminal plasma (BSA) of 0.1% (w/v).The painted sperm and the buffering agent of simulation were at room temperature hatched 20 minutes.From the buffer mixture of the painted sperm that comes from each bull and simulation, get the equal portions of four 9ml.Four equal portions that come from first bull make up by centrifuging with the variation of centrifuge speeds and duration with following order:
(1) for first equal portions, 700g continues 7 minutes;
(2) for second equal portions, 700g continues 10 minutes;
(3) for C grade part, 650g continues 10 minutes; And
(4) for quarter, 650g continues 7 minutes.
Four equal portions that come from second bull make up by centrifuging with the variation of centrifuge speeds and duration with following order:
(1) for first equal portions, 700g continues 10 minutes;
(2) for second equal portions, 700g continues 7 minutes;
(3) for C grade part, 650g continues 10 minutes; And
(4) for quarter, 650g continues 7 minutes.
(Allegra 6R, Beckman Coulter Inc.Fullerton CA) carry out all centrifugings in the centrifugal separating tube at 15ml under 22 ℃ at a swing centrifugal separation equipment.The time interval of collecting sperm on the farm and carrying out between the centrifuging in the laboratory is 4-5 hour.After centrifuging, use the pipette of 10ml to remove supernatant at once, in ball, stay the supernatant of 250 μ l.Ball is suspended in the Delbecco ' of 250 μ l s PBS (pH7.0) again.In painted back but before centrifuging and after centrifuging, utilize Hamilton-Thorn Motility Analyzer (two slide blocks of each sample; Two chambers of each slide block) observe the sperm motility and the motility that advances.Determine sperm concentration by blood cell agent measurement to the equal portions of 10 μ l of the equal portions of the 100 μ l that are placed on painted sperm before the centrifuging in the freezer unit and simulated cushioned agent composition and the ball that suspends again that mixes with the fixing agent of 90 μ l (in 3.4% sodium citrate 0.1% glutaraldehyde).As the definite recovery in centrifuging example I.The result is as shown in Figure 92 and 93.
Data presentation sperm (Figure 92) of recyclable 85% after continuing centrifuging in 7 or 10 minutes with 650g or 700g.But the recovery is omited (95%) at 700g.Motility in all are handled after centrifuging descends (with comparing before the centrifuging), and this is owing to can not bear the existence of the dead/unusual/fragile sperm of centrifugal force stress.Sperm motility decline 10-14% (Figure 93) in all are handled.The sperm motility that continues 7 minutes with 650g descends higher (14%), and this is because in that carry out the time that centrifuging makes sperm be exposed under the buffering agent of simulation behind the 700g with 650g longer.Centrifuging does not show that the motility that advances to sperm produces harmful effect, improves 2-3% on the contrary.
Centrifuging example V
Collect sperm two different dates from a bull.Sperm is evaluated, dilute and utilize Hoechst 33342 painted, and as in simulated cushioned dose, further being diluted described in the centrifuging example IV.For in two sperm samples each, obtain the equal portions of four 9ml of the buffer mixture of painted sperm and simulation.The equal portions that come from first sample with following order with following any combination of centrifuge speeds and duration by centrifuging:
(1) for first equal portions, 750g continues 10 minutes;
(2) for second equal portions, 750g continues 7 minutes;
(3) for C grade part, 700g continues 10 minutes; And
(4) for quarter, 700g continues 7 minutes.
For the equal portions that come from second sample, centrifuge speeds is identical with the combination of duration, but changes as follows in proper order:
(1) for first equal portions, 750g continues 7 minutes;
(2) for second equal portions, 750g continues 10 minutes;
(3) for C grade part, 700g continues 7 minutes; And
(4) for quarter, 700g continues 10 minutes.
(Allegra 6R, Beckman Coulter Inc.Fullerton CA) carry out centrifuging in the centrifugal separating tube at 15ml under 22 ℃ at a swing centrifugal separation equipment.The time interval of collecting sperm on the farm and carrying out between the centrifuging in the laboratory is 6.5 hours for first sample, is 4 hours for second sample.The centrifuging aftertreatment, that is, and the determining and utilize Hamilton-Thorn Motility Analyzer assessment motility of the suspending again of the removal of supernatant, ball, sperm concentration to carry out with the identical program described in the example IV.The result is as shown in Figure 94 and 95.
The result shows, continues to can be recovered in after the centrifuging in 7 or 10 minutes the sperm group (Figure 94) more than 85% in the suspending liquid of high dilution with 650g or 700g.The g acting force increases to 750g and does not improve the recovery greatly.As the situation in centrifuging example IV, in handling, all observe the motility decline (with comparing before the centrifuging) after centrifuging.In this test, sperm motility decline 13-20% (Figure 95) is a little more than centrifuging example IV.Variation may be because the variation of sperm sample and grow (6 hours) from the time interval that sperm is collected centrifuging cause in a sample.As in example IV, describing, the sperm motility of low velocity centrifuging (700g, 7 to 10 minutes) descend (about 20%) be because in that to carry out the time that centrifuging makes sperm be exposed under the buffering agent of simulation after the 750g centrifuging longer.The motility that advances descends can ignore (1-5%).
B. secondary centrifuging is separated
In order to reclaim the sperm that may in supernatant, lose, can separate the back with ball to its centrifuging at supernatant.Under the situation that is not subjected to a particular theory qualification, the applicant believes that ball/supernatant interface stops sperm to move in the ball.By making ball separate to remove the interface will make the further centrifuging of supernatant make the spermatid of staying in the supernatant form second ball with supernatant.Second ball can be suspended and be added to the sperm of suspension again that comes from first ball again.
C. filter
Can be used for avoiding a kind of selectable method for concentration of the spermatid loss in the supernatant is to filter.As shown in Figure 96, according to an embodiment, filtrator 2415 is contained in the collection container 2403.The size in the hole in filtrator is preferably in the scope of 0.2-1 micron.Preferably, filtrator is not deep filter (for example, having the filtrator that sperm tail can be stayed tortuous passageway wherein).On the contrary, preferred filters can be thin as far as possible.For example, preferred filters thickness is in 50 microns to 500 microns scope; Preferred filters thickness is in 75 microns to 250 microns scope; Preferred filters thickness is in 100 microns to 150 microns scope.Low-level vacuum 2417 is provided to remove the fluid by filtrator when drop 33 is collected.Importantly, use low-level vacuum (less than 20 inches mercurys, for example, 15 inches mercurys) to avoid spermatid is damaged.In one embodiment, vacuum is enough low so that fluid removal speed is 1.0ml/15 second.According to another embodiment of the invention, apply vacuum off and on and think the chance of spermatid by reclaiming.In another embodiment, filtrator 2415 is made of the material compatible with spermatid, does not also have bonding affinity for them.When letter sorting was finished, the fluid of about 80-90% will be removed by filtrator.But enough fluids keep (about 10-20%) spermatid in the slurry 2405 that concentrates, thereby prevent that spermatid from forming filter cake.The suspending liquid that concentrates can be transferred to another container 2419, for example, and as shown in Figure 97.Some that injector mechanism 2409 with cannula tip filtrator 2411 can be used for removing the remaining liqs from this container 2419.But enough fluids are left in the container to prevent that spermatid is bonded on the filtrator 2411.The Consideration identical with filtrator 2415 in collection container is used for cannula tip filtrator 2411.Like this, sleeve filter 2411 hole dimensions preferably in the scope of 0.2-1.0 micron and sleeve filter thin to avoid sperm tail to be trapped in the tortuous passageway in the filtrator.For example,
Hollow mekralon syringe tip filtrator, it can be from Spectrum Laboratories, Inc.of Rancho Dominguez, CA commerce obtains, and can be used for the cannula tip filtrator.As shown in Figure 98, again suspension 2413 by the cannula tip filtrator be rinsed with may be bonded on the filter surfaces the cell refunds to the slurry in.Again suspension can comprise a certain amount of filtration fluid and/or suitable enriching substance.After a certain amount of suspension again that is enough to remove from filtrator spermatid has been backwashed by filtrator, if necessary, can increase additional suspension again.Again the total amount of suspension is selected so that concentration reaches desired concn (for example, about 20 * 10
6Individual spermatid/milliliter).Like this, the filter method of this embodiment is three one step process, is included in and uses filtrator in the collection container, utilizes sleeve filter to filter and suspend again to obtain desired concn.
In selectable two step filter methods, first and second steps combination of above-mentioned three one step process is so that sleeve filter is passed through in the removal of all fluids.In the method, the spermatid that is sorted is directed into the collection container that does not have filtrator.Utilize above-mentioned low vacuum and/or the intermittent vacuum removal fluid that cannula tip filtrator 2411 is applied in that pass through.When spermatid is in thickened pulp, suspension again, such as a kind of enriching substance, by the sleeve filter refunds to obtain the desired concn of spermatid.
Filter example I
Filter example I and be illustrated in the recovery and the motility that utilizes the spermatid after three step filter methods of the present invention concentrate.The sperm sample from three bulls be collected and as superincumbent sample preparation section provide evaluated.In three sperm samples one is cancelled qualification owing to not meeting the initial mass control criterion.Utilize and a certain amount ofly reach 150 * 10
6Two samples of TCA (pH7.3) dilution residue that the concentration of individual spermatid/milliliter is required.The PBS with 10% yolk of 500 μ l and the PBS with 0.1%BSA of 9.5ml are added to each in two 15ml test tubes.The sperm sample (about 10 * 10 of 76 μ l
6Individual spermatid) be added in each test tube and under the room temperature hatching 20 minutes.Referring to Figure 99, use vacuum pump 2427 to apply negative pressure to extract four ml aliquots amounts of dilution sperm 2423 by filtrator 2425.Filtrator 2429 is collected in the syringe 2421.After the filtration spermatid on the filtrator is by the TCA buffering agent refunds of the 1ml in the pipe at 15ml, really assess sperm motility.Before filtering and after sample and fixing agent (in 3.4% sodium citrate 0.1% glutaraldehyde) mix with fixing spermatid.Utilize hemocytometer to determine sperm concentration.Calculate the sum of sperm based on the sperm concentration amount of multiply by.The sum that the sum of utilization spermatid in aliquot before filtration removes the spermatid in the part of backwashing comes calculate recovery rate.Utilize different filtrators to repeat this process.Utilize following two filtrators to experimentize: (1) 1.0 μ mPTFE (not being FTPE) membranous disc (syringe) filtrator (from PallCorporation, Life Science Group, Ann Arbor, MI, Cat#PN4226T or VWR, Batavia, IL, Cat.#28143-928); (2) 0.8SFCA (cellulose acetate of surfactant-free) membranous disc (syringe) filtrator (Corning.Inc., Corning, NY, Cat.#431221; VWR Batavia, IL, Cat.#28200-028).The result is as shown in Figure 101.Compare with the PTFE filtrator, utilize cellulose acetate filter to reclaim more sperm, that is, 67 pairs 33%, this is because the bonding affinity of low-protein of cellulose acetate.The scope of the true motility of the sperm that is recovered at 63% (PTFE) between 68% (cellulose acetate).
Filter Example II
Filter Example II and be illustrated in the recovery and the motility that utilizes the spermatid after two step filter methods of the present invention concentrate.The sperm sample from three bulls be collected and as superincumbent sample preparation section provide evaluated.Utilize and a certain amount ofly reach 150 * 10
6Three samples of TCA (pH7.3) dilution that the concentration of individual spermatid/milliliter is required.1.5ml the PBS with 10% yolk and the PBS of 28.3ml with 0.1%BSA be added in each 50ml test tube.The sperm sample (about 30 * 10 of 200 μ l
6Individual spermatid) be added in each test tube and under the room temperature hatching 20 minutes.Referring to Figure 100, use syringe 2431 to apply negative pressure to extract six ml aliquots amounts of dilution sperm 2433 from each test tube by filtrator 2435.Filtrator is placed in the filter mounting 2437 and (comes from MilliporeCorporation, Billerica, the Swinnex filter mounting of MA Cat#SX0002500).After filtration, filter mounting 2437 separates with syringe and pipe, makes filter mounting complete.Make it put upside down the sperm on the de-entrainment filter and utilize the 3ml syringe that has an a bit of pipe at the top in the 15ml test tube to make filtration spermatid on the filtrator by the rotating filter assembly by the TCA buffering agent refunds of 1ml.Real assessment sperm motility.Before filtering and after sample and fixing agent (in 3.4% sodium citrate 0.1% glutaraldehyde) mix with fixing spermatid.Utilize hemocytometer to determine sperm concentration.As the sum and the recovery at the calculating spermatid described in the filtration example 1.This process repeats twice to test different filtrators.Utilize following two filtrators to experimentize: (1) 0.2 μ mTeflon film filter (from X-Partek, P.J Cobert Associates Inc.St.Louis Cat.#944106; (2) 0.8 cellulose acetate film filters (Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA Cat.#AAWP 02500).The result is as shown in Figure 102.In two kinds of filtrators, the recovery of sperm low (about 25%).As it is low in the Teflon filtrator in example I.But the low recovery in cellulose acetate filter may be because the ability that material that different seller uses and/or sperm and filter mounting/assembly adhere to causes with the true motility of the sperm that backwashes.
D. compact medium concentrates
The another kind of selectable method that concentrates collected sperm depends on the flotation of spermatid in high-density medium.According to this method, high-density medium is added into the spermatid that is collected so that the proportion of suspending liquid is brought up to more than 1.3.For example, cabosil suspending liquid (such as,
With
Trade mark under obtain) can be used for increasing the proportion of suspending liquid.These spermatids will swim in the top of suspending liquid, and they can be skimmed or collect there, and this is because the proportion of suspending liquid increases.Suspension is added to from the cell of surface collection to form final 20 * 10
6Individual spermatid/ml concn.Before adding high-density medium, can utilize a kind of in the above-mentioned filter method to remove some suspensions need to reduce to obtain the amount of the high-density medium of required proportion.
Low temperature extends
A. low-temperature protection
After sperm had been sorted and be collected in the collection container, they can be used for making the jenny fertilization.This can carry out substantially at once, needs the additional treatments of sperm seldom.Equally, sperm also can be cooled or be freezing to use on the date after a while.Under these circumstances, sperm can benefit from additional treatments so that to since cooling or the freezing viability that causes or thaw after the influence of motility reach minimum.
Usually, the low temperature enriching substance comprises buffering agent or buffer solution, protein source and cryoprotective agent.The example that can be used for buffering agent in the low temperature enriching substance or buffer solution is collected and is extended as top sample for reference and describes.Usually, the concentration of these buffering agents is 0.001M to 1.0M, and pH is 4.5 to 8.5, preferred 7.0.
If comprise, protein source can be added thinks that cell provides support and slows down contacting of cell and collection container.Protein source does not influence any protein source of viability of spermatid and compatible with used specific buffers or buffer solution.The example of protein source commonly used comprises milk (comprising thermally homogenisingization and skimming), milk extract, yolk, egg yolk extract, soybean protein and soybean protein extract.Such protein can be used to the concentration of 30% (v/v) at 10% (v/v), preferably at 10% (v/v) between 20% (v/v), be preferably 10% (v/v).Although milk can be used in combination with buffering agent or buffer solution, generally under the situation that does not have buffering agent or buffer solution, use milk, this is because milk itself is a kind of solution that plays the effect identical with buffering agent or buffer solution.Under these circumstances, collect fluid and can comprise the milk of 80% (v/v) to 90% (v/v).
Cryoprotective agent preferably is included in the low temperature enriching substance to reduce or to prevent the fertility of cold shock or maintenance sperm.Multiple cryoprotective agent is known in this area.The selection that is suitable for the cryoprotective agent that is used in combination with given enriching substance can change, and depends on the kind of the sperm that is frozen of acquisition.The example of the cryoprotective agent that is fit to for example comprise glycerine, dimethyl sulfoxide, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, trehalose,
And combination.Usually, if comprise, these cryoprotective agents are present in the low temperature enriching substance to the amount of 15% (v/v) with 1% (v/v), preferably with 5% (v/v) to the amount of 10% (v/v), preferably with the amount of 7% (v/v), preferably with the amount of 6% (v/v).
In a particular embodiment, the low temperature enriching substance comprise water,
Yolk and pyruvic acid.In another embodiment, the low temperature enriching substance is included in the 25g in the water of 75mL
25g yolk and 10mM pyruvic acid.
In addition, the low temperature enriching substance also can comprise multiple beneficial in sperm viability and motility and prevent or reduce the additive of the harmful side effect of low-temperature preservation.Such additive for example can comprise energy source, microbiotic or in cell and/or the component of regulating oxidation/reduction reaction of extracellular, these were all described about sample collection and dilution in the above.Therefore, such additive can be added in the low temperature enriching substance.
B. the low-temperature preservation of Fen Jian spermatid
In most of the cases, can not use the aforesaid spermatid that has been sorted to carry out artificial insemination at once.Particularly under the situation of commercial sperm letter sorting operation, the spermatid of letter sorting must be sorted and/or be transported before they can be used to artificial insemination.This needs the low-temperature preservation of spermatid usually.The sperm of letter sorting can be installed in the elongated cylindrical shell (in aquaculture, being called as " test tube ") and by low-temperature preservation with preservation sperm in transportation and storage process.The spermatid of low-temperature preservation can be stored in liquid nitrogen for a long time.In order to use the sperm of low-temperature preservation, test tube can be dipped in the hot-tub so that sperm thaws.Then test tube is installed in the artificial insemination rifle so that the fertilization of magnetic animal.Several safeguard procedures must be considered to protect spermatid in the low-temperature preservation process.Otherwise spermatid makes them be unsuitable for being used for artificial insemination with destroyed (shown in the motility rate after low the thawing of 5-10%).
Conventional low temperature conservation method for Chinese comprises and (for example adds protein source in succession; yolk), sperm is cooled to 4-5 ℃ temperature; (for example add cryoprotective agent; glycerine); make sperm and cryoprotective agent keep being enough to make spermatid and cryoprotective agent balance time under the equilibrium temperature in 4-5 ℃ scope; then make sperm cold excessively, for example spermatid is immersed in-196 ℃ the liquid nitrogen to store.The purpose that it will be understood by those skilled in the art that protein source is to prevent that sperm is damaged when them when 14 ℃ are cooled to 8 ℃, and this is the easiest temperature that is subjected to cold shock of spermatid.On the contrary, cryoprotective agent prevents that spermatid is impaired under the temperature below 0 ℃.Even in low-temperature preservation related temperature below freezing and term " freezing " be used to describe low-temperature preservation sometimes, what those skilled in the art also knew is that in fact the sperm of low-temperature preservation is not frozen.Say that exactly the sperm of low-temperature preservation is in supercooled state.The conventional time period that remains in the process under the equilibrium temperature at spermatid and cryoprotective agent can continue 60 minutes to a plurality of hours in any place.Utilize conventional method to finish the T.T. of low-temperature preservation usually above four hours.In addition, believe that the spermatid up to 50% is killed in conventional low-temperature preservation process.Although utilize conventional method low-temperature preservation sperm according to some embodiments of the present invention, other embodiments of the invention use can reduce the required time of low-temperature preservation and/or improve by the improved low temperature conservation method for Chinese of the health of the sperm of low-temperature preservation.
Figure 103 illustrates the process flow diagram of general description according to the step of an embodiment of the method for a kind of improved low-temperature preservation sperm of the present invention.In step 2501, the concentration of solution that comprises the spermatid of letter sorting is adjusted in the scope of about 1000000-40000000 sperm/milliliter, depends on all standards of concrete consumer (for example, about culturing).For example, sperm concentration can be adjusted in the scope of about 20000000-24000000 sperm/milliliter.The adjusting of sperm concentration can comprise adds again suspension, buffering agent and/or enriching substance to the above-mentioned sperm that concentrates.In step 2503, cryoprotective agent (for example, glycerine) is added before the sperm cooling.Contacting deutospermatoblast with cryoprotective agent at them gets started and the cryoprotective agent balance.In step 2505, protein source (for example, yolk) also is added in the above-mentioned solution that comprises spermatid.
Utilize conventional shovel loader to make spermatid solution, protein source and cryoprotective agent be installed in the 0.5 or 0.25 conventional artificial insemination test tube in step 2507.Those skilled in the art are familiar with multiple equipment and the technology that can be used for sperm is installed to the routine in the test tube.For example, the U.S. Patent No. 5,249,610 of the Cassou that authorizes on October 5th, 1993 etc. and merge reference here provides about utilizing the disposal type syringe nozzle to make the instruction of filling sperm in the test tube.In addition, the equipment of filling test tube can obtain from the Minitube of America that is positioned at Verona WI commercial.In these or similar conventional stowage and the equipment any one can be used for will letter sorting spermatid install in the test tube.
Behind loading, be cooled to the maintenance temperature at step 2509 spermatid.Usually, the maintenance temperature should be selected under the situation of considering following factors: make spermatid remain on the unnecessary damage that (for example, 10 ℃) may cause cold shock to bring under the too high temperature; It is the most positive under the temperature in 4-5 ℃ scope that the balance of spermatid and cryoprotective agent (for example, glycerine) is considered to; And make spermatid remain under the too low temperature (for example, less than 0 ℃) to be considered to and to cause damage to spermatid.Like this, according to an embodiment, maintain the temperature in 0-8 ℃ the scope.Preferably, maintain the temperature in 2-6 ℃ the scope.Preferably, maintain the temperature in 4-5 ℃ the scope.In another embodiment, the used cooling velocity of this step 2509 is selected so that the damage of spermatid is reached minimum.For example, but cooling velocity Be Controlled (for example, substantially constant) homogeneous cooling to be provided and to prevent that sperm from suffering temperature shock.Cooling velocity should make the cooling of sperm enough soon causing film to reduce their metabolism before impaired at them, but also should be enough slow so that they do not suffer temperature shock.People can be placed on by the test tube that will comprise spermatid and can make the programmable refrigerating plant (for example, from the commercial IceCube 1810CD refrigerating plant that obtains of the Minitube of America that is arranged in Verona WI) of their coolings control cooling velocity.According to an embodiment, programmable refrigerating plant is from the constant cooling velocity cooling sperm of room temperature (usually in 22 to 24 ℃ scope) with 0.1 and 0.3 ℃/minute.Preferably, cooling velocity is in 0.15 and 0.25 ℃/minute scope.Preferably, cooling velocity is 0.2 ℃/minute.In another embodiment, cooling velocity is selected so that sperm initial temperature from them in 90 minutes time is cooled to keep temperature.In another embodiment, cooling velocity is selected so that sperm is cooled to keep temperature with constant cooling velocity initial temperature from them in 90 minutes time.In fact above-mentioned cooling velocity refers to the cooling velocity of the chamber of programmable cooling device, but because the thin-walled of test tube and length and thin shape are (for example, long 5.25 inches, less than the wall thickness of 3 millimeters diameters and 0.15 millimeter) and the conductive performance of test tube, the temperature difference between spermatid and the cooling chamber is little.
Spermatid be cooled to keep temperature after, in step 2511, they under this temperature or near maintenance make the time period that the balance of they and cryoprotective agent is finished substantially.For example, above-mentioned programmable refrigerating plant can be programmed to make spermatid remain under the equilibrium temperature in this stage.According to another embodiment of the invention, spermatid kept comparing with conventional method under keeping temperature in the short time, this be because of sperm in cooling procedure with the cryoprotective agent balance.For example, the time period can be in 10 and 60 minutes scope.Preferably, the time period can be in 20 and 40 minutes scope.Preferably, the time period is 30 minutes.In another embodiment, this time period was less than 60 minutes.In another embodiment, this time period was less than 40 minutes.Short retention time section has a plurality of advantages in commercial sperm method for sorting.At first, it has reduced to handle the required time of sperm of letter sorting, can be exchanged into the saving cost.In addition, spermatid is also carried out metabolic processes under the temperature in 0 to 8 ℃ scope, thereby the minimizing sperm need remain on the time under this temperature, can improve the health of spermatid, for the animal-breeding personnel that are concerned about the artificial insemination success ratio, this will increase the amount of spermatid.
After the time period that has kept being held above-mentioned under the temperature at spermatid, be cooled to temperature near the critical temperature zone of sperm low-temperature preservation at step 2513 spermatid.It is known to those skilled in the art that the critical temperature zone is that ice crystal forms and seepage pressure changes the zone of destroying spermatid.This temperature can be changed by the solution of low-temperature preservation according to spermatid, but the critical temperature zone generally-18 and-35 ℃ scope in.Sometimes, it is said the critical temperature zone-18 and-30 ℃ scope in.Like this, according to another embodiment of the invention, be used to make spermatid to be cooled to the selected health of cooling velocity of the temperature of approaching-18 ℃ (for example-15 ℃) with the protection sperm from keeping temperature.The correlative factor that should consider is included in spermatid in this process and still still slightly fast temperature is changed responsive situation with the situation of surrounding the protective agent balance, situation and sperm that sperm still carries out some metabolic functions.In addition, preferred, cooling velocity is controllable speed, such as the speed that can be programmed in the above-mentioned programmable refrigerating plant.Preferably, be used to make that spermatid is constant cooling velocity from the cooling velocity that keeps temperature to be cooled to approaching-18 ℃ temperature.Like this, according to another embodiment of the invention, spermatid is cooled to-15 ℃ with the cooling velocity in 1.0 to 5.0 ℃/minute scope from keeping temperature.Preferably, cooling velocity is in 2.0 to 4.0 ℃/minute scope.Preferably, cooling velocity is 3.0 ℃/minute.
Step 2515 comprises makes spermatid cool off the time that stops therein with the restriction spermatid by the critical temperature zone fast.Like this, according to one embodiment of present invention, selected with much larger than being used for that spermatid is cooled to keep the cooling velocity of temperature and being used for spermatid is cooled to cooling velocity near the temperature in critical temperature zone by the cooling velocity of critical temperature zone (for example-18 ℃ to-30 ℃).Like this, steeper cooling velocity is preferably in 8 to 40 ℃/minute scope.Preferably, steeper cooling velocity is preferably in 8 to 12 ℃/minute scope.Preferably, steeper cooling velocity is 10 ℃/minute.Use the extensible critical temperature zone that surpasses of temperature range of steeper cooling velocity.Like this, in another embodiment of the present invention, spermatid is cooled to-40 ℃ with above-mentioned one of them steeper cooling velocity from-15 ℃.In another embodiment of the present invention, spermatid is cooled to-80 ℃ with above-mentioned one of them steeper cooling velocity from-15 ℃.Make the sperm cooling can in above-mentioned programmable refrigerating plant, finish with steeper cooling velocity by the step in critical temperature zone.
Be cooled to below the critical temperature zone (for example, to-80 ℃) at spermatid after, the test tube that comprises the sperm of letter sorting in step 2517 is immersed in the liquid nitrogen (196 ℃) maximum service life (MSL) with the spermatid that letter sorting is provided.The use of the liquid nitrogen of the sperm of storage low-temperature preservation is general in the scope of the sperm that does not sort in animal farming industry.Like this, those skilled in the art are familiar with comprising the transportation of sperm in liquid nitrogen and the technology of storage, need not detailed argumentation here.It should be noted that the artificial insemination test tube that conventional vessel is used for providing a large amount of also can be used for providing the storage of artificial insemination test tube in liquid nitrogen to be transported to the client and/or to be transported to the farm of the jenny with one or more sperm that need utilize deepfreeze fertilization at the long-time storage of liquid nitrogen and less and lighter container.
An advantage of low temperature conservation method for Chinese described here is to finish low-temperature preservation at beguine according to the shorter time that conventional method needs.Owing to low-temperature preservation involved in the present invention makes motility may only reduce by 5% to 11%, describe as following example.Like this, as the spermatid that shows low-temperature preservation according to the present invention at them shown in the experiment that had motility greater than 50% (for example 60%) after thawing in 37 ℃ the pond 50 seconds, the health of low-temperature preservation protection spermatid involved in the present invention.As mentioned above, sperm motility can be by automaton (the IVOS sperm analyzer that for example comes from Hamilton Thorn Research) or analyzed by visual inspection.
It should be noted that above-mentioned low temperature conservation method for Chinese can be used in the commercial-scale sperm method for sorting.Like this, according to one embodiment of present invention, the step of the inventive method described here is carried out on the spermatid of a collection of letter sorting simultaneously so that with the quick low-temperature preservation of mode of the health of preserving them spermatid by the gross.For example, utilize hyperchannel flow cytometry equipment described below, can in 20 minutes time, in the collection system of equipment, obtain 840 * 10
6The spermatid of the band X chromosome of individual letter sorting.This is enough to make the several freezing test tubes of spermatid filling.In addition, a collection of spermatid that comprises the combination that utilizes two or more different sorting cell counters.After being concentrated as mentioned above, spermatid can be installed in any amount of test tube and as a collection of by low-temperature preservation.For example, according to one embodiment of present invention, enriching substance (comprising protein source and cryoprotective agent) added in a collection of spermatid needs 5 minutes, and utilizing automatic loading device that spermatid is installed in the artificial insemination test tube needs 15 minutes.In a programmable cooling device, cool off simultaneously for all test tubes in this batch.In addition, the ability of some programmable refrigerating plants allows simultaneously to several thousand artificial insemination test tubes while low-temperature preservations.For example, above-mentioned IceCube 1810CD refrigerating plant has the ability of the test tube of the test tube of 2500 0.5ml of low-temperature preservation simultaneously or 3800 0.25ml.Like this, people can wait for and start cooling step until obtaining many batches.Perhaps, utilize make a plurality of hyperchannel flow cytometry equipment (face as follows) parallel work-flows and in a programmable refrigerating plant cooling simultaneously come to obtain substantially simultaneously many batches from many batches of its acquisition together.In one embodiment of the invention, spermatid is cooled to supercooled state and they is immersed in the liquid nitrogen (196 ℃) need to be less than 220 minutes time period from room temperature.In another embodiment, cross the cool time section less than 190 minutes.In another embodiment, cross the cool time section less than 150 minutes.
Those skilled in the art it should be noted, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, can carry out multiple modification to above-mentioned illustrative methods.For example, spermatid can be by low-temperature preservation in container rather than in the artificial insemination test tube.Similarly, comprise change or the method for holding temperature in step can utilize any suitable device to carry out, for example comprise the refrigerating plant of pond, liquid nitrogen steam and conventional programmable or non-programmable.In addition, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, multiple material or its combination can be used as protein source and/or cryoprotective agent.Material and the concentration thereof mentioned about buffering agent, enriching substance, cryoprotective agent, sheath fluid and the description of collection fluid above these materials comprise.In addition, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, the order of some steps in the method can be changed.Although add cryoprotective agent after being illustrated in the concentration of regulating sorting system among Figure 95, predictably, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, can before regulating concentration, add cryoprotective agent.For example, in the sheath fluid that cryoprotective agent can be provided in the collection fluid or flow cytometry is used.Advantages more of the present invention also can then be added cryoprotective agent and obtain by spermatid being carried out part cooling.Equally, the order of adding protein source can be changed, as long as protein source can protect it not to be subjected to the influence of cold shock when the temperature range of spermatid by 14 to 8 ℃.
Low-temperature preservation example I
As mentioned above, Niu Jingzi is collected, carries and assesses.Each two test tube that all comprise 5 milliliters TCA buffering agent (pH7.3) was placed among in two ponds one 5 minutes at least.A pond under 35 ℃ temperature, another in the pond under 41 ℃ temperature.24 ℃ sperm is added in each pipe so that the ultimate density in each pipe is 150 * 10
6Individual spermatid/milliliter.Two pipes are divided into two equal portions respectively, and described equal portions are placed on respectively in the corresponding pond.Sperm with TCA buffering agent balance after 5 minutes, the Hoechst 33342 of 80 μ M is added into one of them equal portions of 35 ℃ and one of them equal portions of 41 ℃.After adding Hoechst 33342, all four equal portions were hatched 20 minutes in their ponds separately.After hatching, from the pond, take out test tube and (about 25 ℃) maintenance at room temperature 5 minutes.Then utilize glycerine (v/v) the TCA enriching substance (pH7.0) that comprises 20% yolk and 65% that the content of each test tube is diluted to 20 * 10
6The ultimate density of individual spermatid/milliliter.Then, the content of each test tube is used for the artificial insemination test tube of filling 0.5ml.Each of three test tubes is placed in the programmable refrigerating plant (coming from Minitubeof America, the IceCube 1810CD refrigerating plant of WI).In programmable refrigerating plant to following cooling sequential programming: (1) 22 ℃ to 4 ℃ @-0.2 ℃/minute; (2) kept 30 minutes down at 4 ℃; (3) 4 ℃ to-15 ℃ @-3.0 ℃/minute; ℃ (4)-15 to-80 ℃ @-10.0 ℃/minute.After reaching-80 ℃, test tube is immersed in the middle maintenance of liquid nitrogen (196 ℃) 45 minutes.Then, test tube is immersed in keeps 50 seconds in 37 ℃ the pond to thaw.Under phase microscope, before low-temperature preservation, check the motility of sperm with the back.The result is as shown in Figure 104.Motility after thawing is generally 60%.The motility 5-11% that only descended was compared in this expression with former low-temperature preservation.Mutation analysis shows Hoechst 33342 or in the hatching under 41 ℃ the sperm motility after thawing is not had to produce very big influence.
System operation
Be described and in the particular range of spermatid (for example, the ox spermatid) referring now to the integrated operation 813 of Figure 82 convection type cell art system 9, but it should be understood that this instructions only is exemplary, this system can be used for handling other particle.
Cause the step of first series of six second dup loops to comprise the calibration of system.After initialization 769, executive system inspection 771 determines particularly whether processor 131 or a plurality of processor can be operated.If after the systems inspection 775 of three failures, detect mistake, request user reciprocation 773.If systems inspection is sure, the fluid flushing nozzle system that microprocessor guides this system's utilization to be fit to, then quality control material 779 is examined by this system so that detected parameters initialization (seeing 739 among Figure 72) and definite this system are operated in acceptable quality control such as pearl or ox.This comprises susceptibility and the precision of the assessment of control material with test macro, determines this system recognition sample correctly.If after three trials 775, can not determine quality control, request user reciprocation 773.
If the quality control material is indicated acceptable quality control level, sample 781 be inhaled into and sample portion to be sorted or equal portions by quality check 783.Can utilize the calculating of the quality factor (the Q-factor) of sample to determine sample quality.For example, in first equal portions of sample, detect the type of cell.In this testing process, initialized detected parameters (741) is reexamined and is produced initial identification parameter (745).If the cell type of the detection in equal portions shows that sample meets or surpasses preset standard (for example, sample can be identified the enough X cells alive that can be used for handling to produce a certain purity or motility, particularly to have) that this system continues operation so.If sample quality failure three times 775, request user reciprocation.
The operation that continues comprises the remainder that utilizes six second dup loop letter sorting samples.When the beginning in this loop, microprocessor determines that the letter sorting of sample do not finish 789.If the letter sorting of sample finishes 789, microprocessor works on, if next sample 781 is available, then sucks next sample 781, if additional sample is unavailable, then disconnects letter sorting operation 793.If sample does not finish 789, the X/Y identification 795 that microprocessor is at first checked sample is to determine that it is whether in optimum range.In other words, carry out aforesaid drift analysis (in Figure 72 761).If should carry out any variation, such variation is performed and checks once more this identification 795.If this moment, identification remained unacceptable, letter sorting disconnection 793 and request user reciprocation.
Perhaps, system works on to determine that whether fluid delivery system is with speed conveyance fluid in optimum range and cell 801.This determines to depend on the type of used control strategy.Reclaim control strategy for height, the X/X+～X of the group that can be collected by assessment purity or observation determines optimum velocity.If the purity of determining is higher than the desired degree of purity level, the speed that offers the control signal of syringe pump by increase improves the supply input speed 803 of cell.This may increase and overlaps cell and reduce purity, this be because more comprise～the coincidence cell of X cell can be collected with X cell.If the purity of determining is lower than desired degree of purity, the speed of the control signal by reducing to offer syringe pump reduces the supply input speed of cell to reduce the frequency 803 that overlaps cell.Like this, the cell input speed is the function that definite purity of the group of collecting is compared with required purity level, the identification that for example is collected～function of X spermatid.
For the high-purity control strategy, can determine optimum velocity by the X cell of counting loss, for example the X that collects of the discarded X+ of Fei Qi X/.If the amount of X cell of loss or number percent is less than acceptable level, the speed that offers the control signal of syringe pump by increase improves the supply input speed 803 of cell so.This may increase the quantity that overlaps cell and increase discarded X cell, and this is because comprise that more the cell of X cell can be abandoned with Y cell.If the amount of X cell of loss or number percent is greater than acceptable level, the speed of the control signal by reducing the to offer syringe pump supply input speed that reduces cell overlaps cell 803 to reduce so.Like this, the cell input speed is the function that the X cell of the loss determined of the group that abandons is compared with the X cell quantity in the group of collecting, a function of the X spermatid that for example is not collected.
If the speed that changes is acceptable 805, this system carries out another systems inspection 807.If systems inspection is acceptable 807, sorts so in six second loops and continue.If unacceptable, system resets 809.If after resetting, if this system is unacceptable or the feed speed revised is unacceptable 811, letter sorting stops 793 and request user reciprocation 773.
The stream of liquid droplets of letter sorting is collected systematic collection 2201.Be sorted into drop in the X cell group by in first capture device 2247, leaving window 2245 with by the intercepting of second capture device 2249.Therefrom, the drop that comprises X cell flow in the collection container 2207.Other drop is by 2247 interceptings of first capture device and be directed into refuse chute 2805.Certainly, also can be saved by the intercepting of first capture device, as mentioned above.When the spermatid of an amount of band X had been collected in the collection container, letter sorting can be interrupted so that spermatid is concentrated in collection container 2207.New collection container can be placed on the below of first capture device 2247 or the fluid of collection can be injected into a different container and change collection container.Then, letter sorting can recover.Spermatid in collecting fluid is concentrated, and is contained in the test tube and as mentioned above to be frozen.
Temperature control in operating process
Temperature control in whole process can be used for improving the result of processing.As mentioned above, in each step in this process (for example, painted and low-temperature preservation) but the temperature Be Controlled of sperm.In several embodiments of the present invention, the temperature of spermatid is controlled to reach the result of improvement in each step of this method.
For example, Figure 105 is the workflow diagram of an embodiment of a kind of temperature-controlled process involved in the present invention.Temperature when the sperm sample is collected will be determined by the animal heat of collecting the sperm sample.For example, in step 2601, the Niu Jingzi sample is collected under 37 ℃.Utilize heat-insulated container that the sperm sample is transported to the laboratory from collecting the place in step 2603.Heat-insulated container postpones the cooling of sperm.
In step 2605, in the sample evaluation process, temperature remains on collects below the temperature, but surpasses the temperature corresponding to glass transition temperature, and spermatid may suffer film impaired below glass transition temperature.For example, this temperature can remain in 18-37 ℃ the scope.In another embodiment, in the sample evaluation process, this temperature can remain in 24-37 ℃ the scope.In a particular embodiment, in the sample evaluation process, spermatid is placed in the environment of temperature range between 22-25 ℃.According to arrive breadboard temperature at sperm, place them in the slow cool down that the effect in the environment of temperature range between 22-25 ℃ continues sperm, to keep the temperature of sperm, the temperature of the sperm that perhaps raises slightly.In one embodiment, as in colored segment, describing, painted to carry out in step 2607 temperature (for example, being elevated to 40 ℃ or higher) that can raise.In another embodiment, also as described above, in painted step, the temperature of spermatid can be in 20-40 ℃ scope.
In step 2609, painted sperm potpourri is placed in the pond and is directed in the flow cytometry until this potpourri.The temperature in pond can with the used temperature classes of painted step seemingly.In one embodiment, the temperature in pond is in 40-47 ℃ scope.In another embodiment, the temperature in pond is in 20-37 ℃ scope.In another embodiment, the temperature in pond is in 20-25 ℃ scope.Remain on any time between one minute and two hours in being placed on the pond after, the spermatid painted in step 2611 sorted by above-mentioned flow cytometry.In step 2613, the spermatid of collection is concentrated.Concentrate and under temperature will not change the environment of temperature of spermatid greatly, not carry out.For example, in one embodiment, concentrate and under the environment of temperature in 20 and 25 ℃ scope, to carry out.In step 2615, enriching substance, protein source and cryoprotective agent are added into concentrated sperm.Then, in step 2617, spermatid is installed in the artificial insemination test tube.In one embodiment, loading step can not carry out under temperature will not change the environment of temperature of spermatid greatly.At last, in step 2619, in above-mentioned low-temperature preservation process, the temperature of control sperm.
In another embodiment, do not breaking away from protection scope of the present invention, spermatid can be colored under lower temperature.For example, preferably can under lower temperature, (for example, 0 ℃ to 8 ℃) in flow cytometry, sort spermatid.This can need the change of bulk temperature control.At first; when spermatid is introduced into before the flow cytometry when it cool off, the temperature protection spermatid below glass transition temperature is not subjected to the yolk of cold shock and the material that comprises protein that other common protein sources can not be used as such jet that may pollute and/or stop up flow cytometry usually.Like this, preferably before carrying out painted step, spermatid is cooled off in order to being used in the natural cold shock protective agent of finding in the pure sperm, for example, seminal fluid.Painted any effort may need to add the sperm that buffering agent may dilute pure sperm with protection and reduce the natural protection of opposing cold shock to spermatid before cooling.
Therefore, one embodiment of the present of invention of letter sorting spermatid comprise that spermatid is placed on temperature to be lower than in 8 ℃ the environment spermatid is cooled to the temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope before painted under the temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope.Any method can be used for the cryogenin cell, but preferably uses a kind of spermatid that prevents in cooling procedure the method for temperature fluctuation fast to occur.For example, in one embodiment, the container that holds spermatid is placed in the room temperature pond, then spermatid is placed on temperature and is lower than in 8 ℃ the environment.In another embodiment, the temperature of spermatid is monitored and on the rocks with further cryogenin cell in the pond.As mentioned above, painted step can be performed, except coloring mixture stands temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope.Because lower temperature is needing the hatching stage of cytochrome therefore longer.Spermatid be cooled to 8 ℃ or following after, preferably avoid they are warmed up.Like this, an alternative embodiment of the invention is to operate flow cytometry under the environment of temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope.Similarly, an alternative embodiment of the invention is that the spermatid that will sort is collected in the collection container, and described collection container is by the environment of temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope.An alternative embodiment of the invention is to add any enriching substance, cryoprotective agent, buffering agent, protein source, microbiotic, antioxidant or other additive under the temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope.About the interpolation of cryoprotective agent, preferably can under the temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ the scope, add the cryoprotective agent of Duoing than the summary of under the situation that does not sort spermatid, adding.Like this, In a particular embodiment, the cryoprotective agent that has been comprised 7% glycerine (v/v) under the temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope after spermatid is by letter sorting is added into spermatid.
Carried out cold from the temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ scope to spermatid as what describe in the superincumbent low-temperature preservation section.But, before cold excessively, need under the temperature in 0 ℃ to 8 ℃ the scope, keep a period of time to think that spermatid provides the time of balance cryoprotective agent at interpolation cryoprotective agent deutospermatoblast.Like this, according to an embodiment, make the time period balance cryoprotective agent of spermatid in 30 minutes to 3 hours scope.In another embodiment, make the time period balance cryoprotective agent of spermatid in 1-2 hour scope.In another embodiment, make spermatid at 90 minutes time period balance cryoprotective agent.
Conventional Temperature-controlled appliance and method (for example pond, incubator, refrigeratory and freezer unit) can be used for heating or cool off sample to reach or to remain on specified temp among the above embodiment of the present invention.It should be understood that sample is placed on the environment that temperature is different from sample down will cause the temperature of sample to change in time.Even can in sample, have temperature difference.As has been described, preferably make the temperature of sample gradually change to help to keep the health of sperm.Temperature variation gradually also is used to reduce the interior temperature difference of sample.Well known to a person skilled in the art to be that the temperature changing speed of sample will be subjected to the influence of many factors, comprise the size of sample size, sample container and the temperature extent between shape and sample and the environment.But the method and apparatus that those skilled in the art can select to be fit to easily is to reach required temperature control after considering all relevant factors.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention in exemplary temperature control, to have the possibility of big variation.Usually, after spermatid is cooled, preferably avoid they are warmed up.In addition, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, can be bonded in the whole temperature control about the temperature difference that sample collection, painted, letter sorting, drop are collected, concentrated and low-temperature preservation is described above.In addition, spermatid the time under any temperature of remaining on also can influence the health of sperm.Like this, according to finishing in the timeline that wherein processing of the controlled embodiment of temperature preferably is described below in whole process.
The timeline of operation
Usually, preferably finishing the sperm letter sorting in the minimum time that may reduce the injury of sperm constitutes.As mentioned above, the present invention also comprises at high temperature painted to reduce the painted required time of spermatid.For example, some embodiment of described improved colorize method is reduced to the painted required time 10 minutes.Equally, the cell counter of above-mentioned novelty is used in shorter time time more required than conventional cell counter and sorts spermatid.For example, utilize the flow cytometry per second of above-mentioned technology can collect 2000 to 10000 spermatids with required dna characteristics.In addition, compare with conventional low temperature conservation method for Chinese, low temperature conservation method for Chinese can be used for reducing the required time of low-temperature preservation of processed spermatid.Therefore, one embodiment of the present of invention comprise that handling sperm according to holistic approach finishes the required time of whole process reducing to utilize one or more innovation that saves time.For example, according to one embodiment of present invention, a collection of spermatid (for example, ejaculum) collects from boar (for example bull), for the assessment of quality control, painted, according to specific dna characteristics letter sorting, be installed in (for example, test tube) in one or more container, and from collection time low-temperature preservation in 12 hours time period.In another embodiment, the time period was less than 8 hours.In another embodiment, the time period was less than 6 hours.In another embodiment, the time period was less than 3 hours.In another embodiment, the time period was less than 2 hours.In another embodiment, the time period was less than 1 hour.
Hyperchannel sorting arrangement and method
In order to sort more sperm in a short period of time, can walk abreast to use and sort same sperm sample more than a cell counter unit.A kind of mode of doing like this is simply painted sperm to be divided into a plurality of equal portions and to make each equal portions by different cell counters.But, as described below, can provide some advantage by designing a kind of equipment that is included in an a plurality of cell counters unit in the integrated hyperchannel cell counter unit.
Share the multi-channel system of integrated (one) platform
Figure 106-116 illustrates the one embodiment of the present of invention that comprise hyperchannel cell counter system 1001, and wherein a plurality of single channel flow cytometries unit 1003 is combined together to form a total system to produce the product of letter sorting.Four such unit are illustrated in this particular example, but this quantity can change.The unit can be integrated in every way, as by sharing one or more the integrated platform comprise in the following elements: (1) public pellet supply 1005; (2) public electromagnetic radiation source 1007; (3) public housing 1009; (4) the public input 1011 of control module operation; (5) provide of the public output 1019 of a unit with respect to the operation assessment of another unit; (6) the common fluid induction system 1021; (7) public temperature control system 1023; (7) public power 1025; (8) public waste recovery system 1027; (9) public deflecting plate system 1029; And (9) public cleaning systems 1031.In one embodiment, this system comprises all these elements, but it should be understood that multi-channel system of the present invention can comprise any combination of element.The use of common element is useful, and this is because it makes the more effective and running valuably of this system, and the quantity by the minimizing variable reaches more consistent result in passage, help any syndrome check that may need, and be economical.These hyperchannel means make that also sorting system is more suitable for scaling up or reducing.
Each cell counter unit 1003 has some parts of the flow cytometry equipment 9 of the embodiment that is similar in front, and for convenience's sake, utilizes identical Reference numeral to represent corresponding parts and adds symbol (').Usually, each unit comprise nozzle system 101 ', install the seat 331 of nozzle system ', transducer 105 ', with be used for light beam 25 ' focus on leave nozzle bore 103 ' fluid stream 21 ' on external exposure optical system 417 ', all are as previously described.Each unit also comprise as the photodetector of in first embodiment, operating 117 ' with detection come from stream 21 ' in particle fluorescent emission 31 ' and will launch 31 ' convert to electric signal 701 ', electric signal 701 ' processed particle is classified according to specific dna characteristics.Each unit 1003 also can according to be included in drop 35 ' in particle classification with the different group of drop 33 ' be sorted to or group 123 ' and 125 ' in.The drop group that is sorted by the unit is collected system's 2201 collections.
A. public housing and modularization
The flow cytometry unit is installed in the module arrangement in the public housing 1009.In the embodiment shown in Figure 106 and the 109-131, housing has base 1069 and from upwardly extending two sidewalls 1071 of base.Sidewall has a pair of lower shoulder 1073 and a pair of upper shoulder 1081 that is used at the front portion of housing 1077 supporting lower cover 1075.Lower cover 1075 in the front portion of housing 1077 is installed between the lower shoulder 1073.Upper shoulder 1081 is bearing in the upper cover plate 1083 at the rear portion of housing 1085.The front and rear of housing 1077,1085 is open so that the inlet of this device interior to be provided substantially.It should be understood that in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention housing 1009 can have other structure.In addition, it should be understood that each unit can be installed in the housing of separation.
B. common fluid is supplied with and induction system
The fluid delivery system 1021 of this embodiment can provide suitable fluid for each cell counter unit 1003.As in Figure 108, schematically showing, system generally comprise be used under pressure from the public supply 1107 of carrying object carry carrying objects 17 ' pump 1105, be used under the pressure from sheath fluid 19 ' public supply 1117 conveyance fluids gaseous tension system 1115 and be used for supplying with the manifold system 1121 that receives fluid and under pressure, transport fluid into each cell counter unit 1003 as required from each.In the specific embodiment of Figure 116, the supply of carrying object comprises and comprises an amount of such fluid (for example, container 1123 5ml).Container is fixed by support 1125, and support 1125 has the piece 1133 that size is suitable for the chamber 1135 of receiving vessel 1123.This piece also has second chamber 1137 that is used to hold the container 1139 that comprises the padded coaming that is fit to of in use regulating this system, and describes as following.
Being used for from the pump 1105 preferred (but optional) of container transport carrying object is above-mentioned syringe pump 1141.The plunger of pump removable by suction stroke with suck from container 1139 selected carrying object 17 ' amount and by discharge stroke with by supply line 1147 carrying object is assigned to manifold 1177 and be assigned to therefrom each nozzle 101 of system '.Syringe pump can also suck fluid from the container 1139 that comprises buffering agent and pass through system's pump buffer in described mode.T-valve 1149 control carrying objects and buffer fluid flowing between pump 1141.This pump processor 131 ' control under driven by variable speed driver.For example, can utilize step motor driving pump with the variable speed operation selected so that carrying object is pumped into manifold system 1121 with the required speed of desirable turnout that obtains unit 1003.The fluid delivery system of a plurality of syringe pumps or other type can replace a syringe pump to be used.
In one embodiment, the supply 1117 of sheath fluid comprises container 1155, the jar that for example utilizes supply line 1157 to link to each other with manifold 1177.Gaseous tension system 1115 can and by gas line 1163 and jar pressurized-gas source 1161 that communicates (for example comprise for jar pressurization, air or nitrogen), have in the gas line 1163 pressure that regulator 1165 is fed into jar with control and two to valve 1167, two to valve 1167 primary importance set up jar and source of the gas between connection and can make a jar exhaust in the second place.Gas regulator 1165 is conventional regulator of a kind of adjustable pressure of supplying with from source of the gas with control.Gaseous tension system 1115 also comprises and is used to the gas line 1169 of supply 1173 pressurizations that can be used for washing in mode described below the clean solution (for example jar in deionized water) of stream.Utilization can the mode identical operate with valve 1167 two to valve 1167 controls flowing by gas line.
In one embodiment, manifold 1177 comprises laminated material piece 1179 (Figure 112), be formed with passage 1181 in the laminated material piece 1179 limiting fluid flowing path 1185, such as in Figure 116 shown in the diagram.(passage can form by machined grooves in the face at lamination before the assembling lamination is with the formation piece).Stream comprises to be supplied with 1117 inlets that link to each other 1189,1191 with syringe pump 1141 and sheath fluid and is used to flow cytometry unit 1003 that the outlet group 1193 of such fluid is provided, and each such group comprises that carrying object outlet and a sheath fluid export.Utilize valve V1-V6 control by the flowing of each flow channel 1181, in one embodiment, valve V1-V6 be with housing that manifold blocks 1179 links to each other in solenoid operated valve.This piece preferably constitutes (for example, acrylic plastics) by the material of substantially transparent and gets rid of to help monitoring system 1121 and fault.In an illustrated embodiment, manifold 1177 links to each other with frame element 1203, frame element 1203 near nozzle system 101 ' below the sidewall 1071 of bottom at housing 1009 of housing between extend.The entrance and exit 1193 of manifold 1177 can comprise that the mode with screw thread is screwed in the accessory 1205 in the piece, such as from Upchurch Scientific, and no flange nut that a division ofScivex obtains and lasso accessory.It should be understood that in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention the design of general stream 1185 and particularly manifold 1177 and structure can change.
Referring to Figure 116, be used for carrying object 17 ' manifold stream 1185 comprise that being used to accommodate the limit for tonnage fluid supplies with (for example, sample storage chamber 1207 10ml).If carrying object comprises spermatid, for example, close nozzle 101 ' provide such sample storage chamber to be of value to the viability and the motility of spermatid, this is that (even at short notice) can have a negative impact to motility in the little space because of such cell is stored in.Utilize a series of correspond respectively to each nozzle two to valve V1A-V1D control carrying object flow to from sample storage chamber 1207 nozzle 101 '.Each valve V1A-V1D have the pin 1217 of sample storage chamber and the pin 157 of supply nozzle ' between set up fluid be communicated with under the pressure that produces by syringe pump 1141 with carrying object 17 ' be transported to the primary importance of pin and between pin 1217 and waste systems 1221, set up the second place that fluid is communicated with, waste systems 1221 is public for all flow cytometry unit 1003.In an illustrated embodiment, waste systems 1221 comprises dedicated waste tanks 1223, being used at vacuum mechanism 1225 of dedicated waste tanks and the refuse line 1227 that is connected valve V1A-V1D and dedicated waste tanks such as vacuum pump that is used for holding waste materials.If necessary, valve V3 is provided in the refuse line of dedicated waste tanks upstream to open and close the refuse line.The hydrophobic filter 1233 that is fit to is provided in the line that connects dedicated waste tanks 1223 and vacuum pump 125.
Be used for sheath fluid 19 ' manifold stream 1185 comprise a plurality of valve V2A-V2D.Each valve have set up with jar in supply 1117 fluids of sheath fluid is communicated with by sheath supply line 1241 with sheath fluid 19 ' the be transported to main body 133 that flows separately ' primary importance and between mobile main body and dedicated waste tanks, set up the second place of fluid connection by refuse line 1247.Sheath fluid be transported to the main body 133 that flows ' pressure will depend on sheath pressure tank (as by regulator 1165 controls), the sheath pressure tank can be in 1 to 100psi scope, preferably in 10 to 50psi scope, preferably in 15 to 40psi scope, and preferably in 20 to 30psi scope.
Although use a public supply to have a plurality of advantages, predictably, can provide sample material at least some flow cytometry unit from the source of separating for all unit.
C. public power and input and output control
D. public temperature control
In addition, temperature control system 1257 is provided to regulate the temperature of content of the container 1123 in the bearing 1133 and the temperature of manifold 1177.The changeability of such temperature control minimizing system, thus be provided at more consistent measurement between the passage, and, help to keep the viability of cell for the cell (for example, spermatid) of some type.
In one embodiment, temperature control system 1257 comprises: fluid flowing path 159, fluid flowing path 159 are included in fluid passage 1263 and the fluid passage in manifold seat 1,179 1269 in the bearing 1133; And be used to calculate under selected temperature control module 1265 by the hot fluid (for example, water) of stream.This temperature is preferably such, that is, make fluid (particularly carrying object) remain on optimum temperature so that cell survival reaches maximum, and if comprise spermatid, make the motility of sperm reach maximum.Stop valve V6 is arranged in stream with control flowing by stream.Temperature control unit is used in as mentioned above and makes spermatid remain on required temperature before the letter sorting.
Under the control of operator or suitable programming, utilize conventional equipment (such as solenoid) to operate in all valves in the fluid delivery system 1021.Be connected manifold seat 1179 outsides system parts each fluid flow line preferably the plastic tube of substantially transparent to observe any obstruction.For example, to can be external diameter be 0.0625 inch FEP polymer pipe to pipe.The streamline of temperature control system 1257 preferably omits long (for example, external diameter is 0.125 inch) so that bigger fluid ability to be provided.
E. public light beam and beam splitting system
As mentioned above, multi-channel system is shared the common source of electromagnetic radiation or light beam 1007.For example (indefiniteness), source come from the laser beam of the multi-thread laser instrument of UV, the wavelength that mainly has 351.1 nanometers and 363.8 nanometers.Perhaps, preferred use pulsed laser (for example, mode locked laser), particularly make digital sample and pulsed laser synchronous (as in the pulsed laser section, describing) be transported to the useful power of each cell counter unit, thereby increase the quantity of the cell counter unit that can utilize a laser operation with increase.
Producing the required power of laser beam will change according to the requirement of each flow cytometry unit and the quantity of unit.For example, if having the light beam that N unit and each unit need have W watt useful power, will need so to produce and have power that (laser beam of W * N)+L, wherein L equals the system power loss between the optical element of system.It is economical that all flow cytometry unit use a laser instrument to compare with the system that utilizes a plurality of laser instruments.This also is effectively and more consistent measurement from a passage to next passage is provided that this is because different Shu Tezheng do not change (for example, beam intensity, light polarization, misconvergence of beams) or the electronic noise because of not utilizing a plurality of laser instruments to cause.
According to one embodiment of present invention, beam splitting is used for a laser beam splitting is become three or a plurality of separated funiculus with guidance system.As shown in Figure 117, for example, 50/50 beam splitter 1270 (that is, being used for a beam splitting is become two beam splitter with separated funiculus of the basic intensity that equates) can be used for a bundle 25 ' split into two bundles 1270A, 1270B.Utilize the 2 50/50 beam splitter 1271 so that two bundles among the 1270B is split into two additional bundle 1271A, 1271B, people can be from a bundle 25 ' produce 3 bundles 1270A, 1271A, 1271B altogether.Each bundle can be directed in the optical system of flow cytometry, for example the external exposure optical system 415 shown in Figure 117 '.People also can use 50/50 additional beam splitter so that a laser beam splitting is become any amount of additional separated funiculus.As schematically showing among Figure 118, for example, the 3rd beam splitter 1272 can be added into 3 road beam splitting systems (Figure 117) so that three beam splitter 1270,1271,1272 can be used for a bundle 25 ' split into four separated funiculus 1271A, 1271B, 1272A, 1272B.Thus, people can easily understand, and a bundle can be split into any amount of separated funiculus.Other beam splitting is arranged and be can be used for incident source beam splitting is become a plurality of light beams corresponding to each unit.
An alternate preferred embodiment of a beam splitting system is illustrated in Figure 106 and 109.Bundle guidance system 1273 be provided to public bundle 1007 be directed to the optical instrument 417 of each flow cytometry unit 1003 '.In the embodiment shown in Figure 106 and 111, guidance system 1273 comprise following mirror assembly 1279 on the sidewall 1071 that is installed in housing 1009, above mirror assembly down be installed on the sidewall 1071 on 1283, one of mirror assembly 1281 and a series of reflecting filters and each optical instrument 417 ' relevant.Following mirror assembly is used for bundle 1007 is upwards reflexed to mirror assembly from the source that is fit to, and on mirror assembly be used for by the opening of sidewall 1071 with bundle reflex to each instrument 417 ' reflecting filter 431 '.
In one embodiment, following mirror assembly comprises base 1285 on the sidewall 1071 that is fastened on housing 1009, by the level 1289 of the mechanism 1291 that is fit to vertical moving on base, such as micrometer, tiltable platform 1293 on level (for example, the optical movement seat model P100-P that obtains from Newport) and the mirror 1295 on platform, can be by level and mirror platform be moved to the position that mirror is regulated in suitable position.Last mirror assembly and following mirror assembly are similar, comprise base 1297, vertically moving grade 1299, at tiltable platform 1301 on the level and the mirror on platform 1303.Twin target plate 1309 is fixed on the sidewall of housing 1009 between last mirror assembly and following mirror assembly.The hole 1311 that has homeotropic alignment in the Target Board 1309 with the adjusting that helps mirror assembly and following mirror assembly make incoming beam 1007 accurately towards instrument 417 ' reflecting filter 431 ' reflection, all light filters are aimed at incoming beam.
Each of three reflecting filters 1315,1317,1319 is as beam splitter, that is, it is used to reflect the bundle of particular percentile and makes the bundle of all the other number percents pass through.For example, for four external exposure instruments, the reflecting filter 431 of three instruments ' reflect the respectively laser 1007 of certain percentage is so that each of three unit that should series receives 25% electromagnetic radiation of incipient beam of light.For example, the reflecting filter of first, second and Unit the 3rd can reflect 25%, 33% and 50% incident light respectively.Last reflecting filter 1321 of this series preferably reflexes to all residue light (25% incipient beam of light) last instrument of this series.Therefore, each in four instruments should receive the radiation (light) of same intensity with the cell of inquiry in each stream.
According to beam splitting device used in said system 1273, laser beam preferably can have specific polarization.The Transflective ratio of dielectric light filter can change according to polarisation of light.In addition, when relating to the linear polarization light time, dielectric light filter (the dielectric light filter of manufacturing uses with specific incident angle) can be too responsive for the change of incident angle.Circular or oval polarized light relaxes this problem to a certain extent, and this is because when light and light filter interaction, the polarisation of light vector is in a plurality of different orientations with respect to the optical axial of dielectric light filter.Like this, circular or oval polarized light analog random polarization, thus provide bigger tolerance limit for the incident angle on the dielectric light filter.Therefore, if above-mentioned laser instrument produces the light beam that for example has vertical polarization, so preferably can before being divided, it convert this light to circular polarized light.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that this can be by making bundle realize by the 1/4 ripple retardation plate of being made by the polarisation material and its optical axial is spent with respect to laser polarization plane rotation 45 (light filter).Bundle by this ripple plate transmission will have basic polarization for circle like this, and it can easier division think that the optical system of corresponding flow cytometry unit provides a plurality of bundles.
In addition, changing laser polarization and to be used to make angle between the optical axial of material of wave paddle, degree of eccentricity can be introduced in the almost circular polarization of bundle (that is, can make polarization more be tending towards oval) by the rotational wave retardation plate.The degree of eccentricity that changes the elliptic polarization of bundle can be by making the polarisation of light vector of bigger number percent have the Transflective ratio that specific angle changes the dielectric light filter with respect to the optical axial of dielectric light filter.Therefore, if being equilibrated at outside the required scope of the light in a plurality of cell counters unit, the rotatable ripple plate of people to be increasing or to reduce the degree of eccentricity of elliptically polarized light, thereby the Transflective that changes each light filter is than until reaching better balance.Similarly, if ripple plate transmission elliptically polarized light, people can influence the Transflective ratio of one of them light filter by the rotation light filter.
No matter adopt any method that a beam splitting is become a plurality of separated funiculuses, all can reach the balance of the power that is transported to each cell counter unit by the light that optionally stops up certain percentage so that all cells counter unit is reduced to identical power level.For example, each external exposure system 415 ' neutral density filter 447 ' can be selected blocking light more or less, thereby balance is transported to each independently irradiation power of cell counter unit by beam splitting and guidance system.If a passage of hyperchannel unit receives more irradiation from beam splitting and guidance system, the external exposure system 415 of this passage of the neutral density filter 467 of transmission light seldom ' can be used for ' in so that the irradiation power of this passage is consistent with other passage.Although optional, preferred, the variation of the irradiation power of passage and passage can be less than 10%.Preferably, the variation of the irradiation power of passage and passage can be less than 5%.
It should be understood that as mentioned above pulse laser scanning may need for the hyperchannel flow cytometry.For example, the multi-thread laser instrument of UV can be replaced so that more flow cytometry passage is provided power by a laser instrument by the mode locking pulsed laser with the 85MHz operation.For example, sending the peak power that provides in width (duration) each pulse for the mode locked laser of the pulse of 12 psecs with the frequency of 85MHz is 800 times that the laser instrument average power is exported approximately.Like this, mode locked laser (Vanguard350 that for example, comes from Spectra-Physics) can provide enough irradiation energies only to operate with 350 milliwatts simultaneously to operate several cell counter unit (for example, 32 cell counter unit).
Predictably, use optical fiber that light is offered the unit.In this embodiment, the light that optical fiber is used for coming from laser instrument is directed to each unit, thereby need not above-mentioned guidance system.
F. public deflecting plate
In the embodiment shown in Figure 106 and the 108-116, the sorting system 119 of each flow cytometry unit 1003 ' basic with identical at the sorting system 119 described in first embodiment, difference is, the unit preferably is shared in two public deflecting plate 1331 that extend the front portion of housing on the width of housing 1009.Utilize one group of public deflecting plate to have following advantage, comprise consistent electric charge from a passage to next passage, public power use, provide the bigger plate zone of more stable electric field and more uniform drop deflection and the consistent deflection angle of the sample collection that is used to sort.Deflecting plate 1331 is installed on the framework 1333 that is fastened on the housing 1009.Perhaps, provide independently plate for each unit.
G. public collection system
In the embodiment shown in Figure 107 and 116, two capture devices that are used for each cell counter unit of describing about the collection system 2201 of a unit above public collection system 2801 comprises.But common framework 2803 is provided to fix all eight capture devices.In addition, of two capture devices who is used for each cell counter unit is incorporated into fluid in waste chute 2805 rather than the collection container.Waste chute makes that the discarded drop that comprises the letter sorting of the nugatory substantially particle spermatid that has Y chromosome of cultured dairy (for example, for) is easier.If preferably keep the drop of all letter sortings, waste chute can be removed and collection container can be placed on each capture device below.Four collection containers in the embodiment shown in Figure 107 and 116 are placed in the opening in the surface of collecting carriage 2807.Public pond (not shown) can be provided at the temperature of the lower face of collection carriage with the content of control collection container.
H. hyperchannel control
Each flow cytometry unit is by microprocessor 131 ' control (perhaps other be fit to disposal system), microprocessor 131 ' preferably have above-mentioned public input and public output.
The operating parameter of each flow cytometry unit 1003 preferably can and other unit independently form be set so that such parameter can be changed between the unit.These parameters for example can comprise control that frequency, discrete cell that drop forms are used and letter sorting strategy, each unit used be used for standard and other parameter at fluid classification that is fed into the unit and letter sorting particle.For example, in some cases, preferably can first flow velocity provide carrying object 17 ' and provide carrying object for other unit for one or more unit with second (difference) flow velocity.Similarly, preferably can use a kind of control letter sorting strategy (for example, " high-level efficiency " strategy) to use different strategy (for example " low loss " strategy) for other unit simultaneously for one or more unit.By the variation based on these parameters between the DCU data control unit of historical data and real-time collecting, the treatment capacity of unit can be managed and be made the result of system to reach best.Be operated under the situation that the ability of independent operation also allows to make selected unit to lack in all unit than needs or use.
I. the operation of multi-channel system
The class of operation of the multi-channel system of this embodiment is similar to above-mentioned, and difference is, a plurality of flow cytometries unit be suitable for carrying out concurrently the flow cytometry operation (that is, at one time section or overlapping time section) so that treatment capacity is higher.
Before entry into service, if necessary, utilize clean solution flush fluid induction system 1021 in jars 1173 by valve V5 being moved to its cleaning position.Then utilize syringe pump 1141 usefulness buffer fluids that system is regulated.In this program, valve V1A-V1D and valve V2A-V2D move to set up and being communicated with of waste canister 1223 under vacuum.Therefore, it is discarded that clean solution and/or buffer fluid flow through system.This constitutes cleaning systems 1021, starts syringe pump 1141 and air bubble is removed from system.
3-way valve 1149 for suitable location, syringe pump 1141 be operated by suction stroke with suck a certain amount of carrying object 17 that comprises particle (for example spermatid) ', then valve 1149 is moved setting up and being communicated with of manifold 1177, and syringe pump move through the discharge stroke with a certain amount of carrying object is pumped in the sample storage chamber 1207 with filling its.Utilize temperature control system 1257 control carrying objects 17 ' temperature so that the cell in the carrying object remains on temperature required.Be suitable for setting up the valve V1A-V1D that is communicated with sample storage chamber 207 for the position, the further operation of syringe pump 1141 force carrying object arrives each nozzle assembly by line pin with flow through nozzle 101 ', as mentioned above.Simultaneously, and be suitable for setting up the valve V2A-V2D that is communicated with sheath fluid jar 1155 for the position, sheath fluid 19 ' be forced through supply line arrives the main body and and by nozzle, also as mentioned above of flowing separately.This process continues to be enough to the reasonable time of an amount of fluid pumping by system 1001.A kind of duration of specific running will change according to the quality of the carrying object in each container, speed that carrying object is pumped through system and the number of channels in the system.For example, running only continues the limited time period (for example, 15 minutes, the carrying object of 1ml was fed to each nozzle in this process) or it can be infinitely continuous, and if necessary, the supply of fluid is replenished.
Under the situation of pin 157 ' blocked, the valve V1 that is fit to is moved to set up and being communicated with of waste canister 1223.Enter the main body 133 that flows ' sheath fluid 19 ' then will under the acting force of vacuum 1225, flow back to by pin 157 ' discarded, wash and clean pin like this.Stop to flow to specific nozzle if desired, valve V1 and V2 are by the discarded position that switches to them simply.
Although here about the system of single channel and hyperchannel structure description for particle separation, be described such as X and separating of Y cell, but predictably, such particle comprises any particle with different characteristic (can at random be represented as feature A and feature B).In addition, it should be understood that in certain embodiments that the letter sorting function can be fully phased out, so that flow cytometry equipment (single channel or hyperchannel) is only classified to particle with work and represented they are sorted.
Although in the scope of operating the flow cytometry unit concurrently, multi-channel system is described above, it should be understood that also serializable ground operation of unit.For example, predictably, particle in a stream can be sorted in a plurality of groups by a unit, and one or more of Fen Jian group then by one or more other the letter sorting operation of unit to add of serial, utilizes the identical or different different particles of letter sorting strategy letter sorting like this.
J. vertical hyperchannel embodiment
Figure 119 and 120 illustrates another exemplary hyperchannel flow cytometry system.This system 4001 comprises four cell counter unit 4009 that combine.Nozzle system 101 ', external exposure optical system 450 ', deflecting plate 629 ', other parts of sample stage 4051, contamination preventing mechanism 4031 and each unit 4009 are installed on the shared vertical installing plate 4011.Referring to Figure 120, a laser instrument 4013 and be similar to above-mentioned beam splitting substantially and each external exposure system 450 ' provide irradiation is provided for the beam splitting of guidance system 1273 and guidance system 4015.Laser instrument 4013 is by the hole 4019 (Figure 119) in the public housing 4021 that comprises beam splitting and guidance system 4115.Beam splitting and guidance system 4115 and external exposure system 450 ' in a side of plate 4011.Each external exposure system 450 ' focus lens assembly 491 ' extend to opposite side (similar) with the structure shown in the single channel system shown in Figure 26 and 27 by plate 4011, the remaining part of unit 4009 is installed in this opposite side.
A plurality of flow cytometries unit 4009 also can share a public power (not shown), be used for control module operation public input (not shown) and make the public output (not shown) of comparative assessment each other of operation of unit 4009.The relatively proof of two exemplary hyperchannel embodiment 1001,4001, in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, the feature between the character of the integrated platform in a multi-channel system and a plurality of flow cytometries unit is shared and can be changed greatly.
Hyperchannel is handled the influence to entire method
Can utilize hyperchannel sperm letter sorting to carry out above-mentioned entire method sorts the required time of spermatid reducing.Except exception seldom, this method does not change.A small variation is that the spermatid of letter sorting will be collected in a plurality of collection containers.If necessary, the content of a plurality of collection containers can be combined to concentrate.Perhaps, the content of each collection container can be concentrated by independent.It should be understood that utilizing a plurality of this batch of cell counter cell processing spermatids to make is greatly reduced from the letter sorting of finishing of collecting the low-temperature preservation step a collection of spermatid (for example, ejaculum) the required time.For example, the required time be reduced to and utilize a cell counter unit to sort 1/4th of the required time of this batch spermatid if letter sorting, is finished in four cell counter unit parallel work-flows to handle this batch spermatid.Like this, the step that sorts sperm by the cell counter unit that utilizes four parallel work-flows replaces utilizing a cell counter unit to sort the step of sperm, finishes this method and can be reduced from collecting the exemplary timeline of finishing freezing step.Also can further reduce this time with the quantity of the cell counter of the spermatid of letter sorting in sample, stand the practical limits that in the operation that has more than the parallel system of four such unit, comprises by increasing parallel work-flow.Like this, according to one embodiment of present invention, by in a hyperchannel flow cytometry equipment, carrying out separation step in the above-mentioned whole process according to specific dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid.In another embodiment, the sperm disposal route is included in the step that sorts spermatid in the hyperchannel flow cytometry equipment according to specific dna characteristics, and wherein each passage per second is collected in the spermatid with required dna characteristics in 2000-10000 the scope.
Hyperchannel letter sorting example I
Utilize artificial vagina to collect bull sperm and near the painted facility temperature control container, sample being transported under 37 ℃ from sexually matured bull.After reception, utilize Hamilton-Thorn motility analyzer (IVOS) concentration, vision motility, motility and the advancing property of sperm are analyzed according to standard with known program (Theriogenology49 of Farrel etc. (4): 871-9 (Mar 1998)).
Equal portions by the sperm that suspends in 41 ℃ the TCA# 2 buffering agent that comprises the 10mM acetonate make whole pH 7.35 prepare 150 * 10 of 1mL
6Six pipes of the sperm suspensions of individual sperm/mL.Then, Hoechst 33342 solution of the 10mM in water of different amounts are added into the sperm sample to produce the Hoechst33342 that final dye strength is 200,300,400,500,600 and 700 μ M.In six samples each at 41 ℃ down by about 30 minutes of hatching.Utilize flow cytometry sample to be analyzed and utilized the %CV of iterative computing method evaluation of algorithm X cell group for the Hoechst 33342 of 200,300 and 400 μ M.The %CV of the Hoechst 33342 of 300 and 200 μ M is defined near in 1.3% the acceptable scope.Therefore, can determine that concentration is that the Hoechst33342 of 250 μ M can be used for a collection of spermatid is carried out painted with further processing.
Prepare each by the equal portions (making that also whole pH is 7.35) of a sperm of suspension in 41 ℃ the TCA# 2 buffering agent that comprises the 10mM acetonate and comprise 150 * 10 of 2mL
6Two pipes of the sperm suspensions of individual sperm/mL.Then, Hoechst 33342 aqueous solution of 10mM are added in two sperm suspensions each to produce the Hoechst33342 that final dye strength is 250 μ M.Sperm suspensions kept 30 minutes in 41 ℃ pond.After 30 minutes, sperm suspensions taken out from 41 ℃ pond and the FD﹠amp of the 25mg/mL of 4 μ L; C# 40 is added in one of them suspending liquid.Another is stored in thinks under the environment temperature that the assessment experiment provides comparative sample.
Painted sperm suspensions with cooling is installed on the sample port of a passage of a four-way drop letter sorting flow cytometry.Delbecco ' s PBS is as sheath fluid.Cytometer is equipped with above-mentioned oriented nozzle and has 60 microns hole.Perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of nozzle semicircle baffle plate is installed as mentioned above.Transducer divides the position by manual control with 54KHz operation and drop.Above-mentioned a kind of external exposure optical system is used to guide 25% of continuous-wave laser beam to flow crossing with vertical angle and fluid.Focusing and collecting lens have 0.65 numerical aperture.Bundle is focused into width and scans spermatid less than 3 microns spot with the slit.Utilize digital signal processing to extract critical slope difference and detect the pulse area of pulse waveform for each.Sorting parameter and pulse area feature space to X cell, Y cell and undetermined cytological classification in bidimensional CSD manually are input in the disposal system according to chromosome content spermatid is classified.
The coincidence that utilization is used to collect X cell is accepted the letter sorting strategy and according to X and Y chromosome content sperm is sorted, and distributing each non-classified sperm is 50/50 probability of X cell or Y cell.Sample fluid speed by manual shift so that the purity (representing with GUI) of the X cell group of collecting remains on 85% or higher and make X cell letter sorting speed remain on more than the minimum speed.Be collected at 15000000 X sperms and soak the Guan Zhonghou that pH that at least one hour then scribble 0.5mL is 7.0 10% yolk in the TCA# 2 buffering agent in sheath fluid, this pipe is removed and utilizes and replaced by the tube-carrier of similar preparation.
After from flow cytometry, taking out collection tube, prepare the comparative sample painted but sperm suspensions that do not sorted at once.The letter sorting with comparative sample in the 15mL pipe with 7min@750g by centrifuging.Utilize and shift suction pipe removal supernatant to produce the concentration of about 40000000 sperm/mL.The TCA# 2 buffering agent of pH7.0 is added into sperm suspensions to produce the ultimate density of about 20000000 sperm/mL.This process continues to have produced four collection tubes (A2-A5) until flow cytometry.Utilize sample and " not sorting " comparative sample of IVOS assessment letter sorting.Utilize the differential interferometry comparison micrscope for the sample A3 of letter sorting and not the number percent of acrosome of the pure sperm of the comparative sample of letter sorting test.Utilize hemocytometer to the sample counting of letter sorting to determine the per hour output speed of the sperm of letter sorting.Utilize flow cytometry to analyze the number percent of determining X-bearing sperm once more.Be provided in Figure 121 (motility) and 122 (the advancing property) for the sample of letter sorting and the IVOS assessment result of " not sorting " comparative sample.The sperm sum that is sorted in each collection tube is illustrated among Figure 123, and the speed that per hour sorts sperm of each collection phase is illustrated among Figure 124.The number percent of the X-bearing sperm of the sample that each is sorted is listed among Figure 125.The acrosome of the sperm that the sample that the result of the acrosomal integnity assessment of sperm is sorted for quilt is pure is 72%, and Fen Jian comparative sample is not 78%.
The result has shown that each passage of hyperchannel flow cytometry system produces the technical capability that sorts X cells more than 5000 with the purity per second greater than 85% in the retention time.This result also represents to produce the technical capability that sorts X cells more than 7000 with the purity per second greater than 85% under ideal conditions in the retention time.In addition, this result represents that the sample that utilizes such high speed flow cytometry to sort the letter sorting spermatid that obtains will only reduce slightly on motility, and the sperm that expression is sorted has good fertility.
Hyperchannel letter sorting Example II
Utilize artificial vagina to collect bull sperm from sexually matured bull.Ejaculum is divided into two equal portions.The sperm equal portions of first 250 μ L are suspended in 37 ℃ of 5mL
In.Second equal portions that comprise the remainder of ejaculum are suspended in the carbonate buffer agent of 37 ℃ of two parts (pH6.1-6.2).Two equal portions are being transported to treatment facility under 37 ℃ in temperature control container.At treatment facility, first equal portions float in 37 ℃ the water of the 120mL in the beaker of 200mL and are placed in the cold house with slow cooling to 5 ℃.Utilize Hamilton-Thorn motility analyzer (IVOS) concentration, motility and the advancing property of second equal portions are analyzed according to standard with known program (Theriogenology 49 (4) of Farrel etc.: 871-9 (Mar 1998)).
Transfer to blank pipe by the sub-equal portions that comprise 150000000 sperms that will come from second equal portions, with 500g centrifuging 5 minutes, remove supernatant and make that the sperm ball is that 7.35 the TCA# 2 buffering agent that comprises the 10mM acetonate suspends once more and prepares 150 * 10 of 1mL at 28 ℃ the pH of 1mL
6Three pipes of the sperm suspensions of individual sperm/mL.The Hoechst33342 solution of the 10mM of different amounts be added into three pipes each to produce the Hoechst 33342 that final dye strength is 100,150 and 200 μ M.Each of three pipes kept 60 minutes down at 28 ℃.Utilize flow cytometry that the sperm in each of three pipes is analyzed and utilize the interactive computer algorithm to determine the CV of the total fluorescence intensity of X group for the Hoechst 33342 painted conditions of 100,150 and 200 μ M.The CV of the Hoechst 33342 of 150 and 200 μ M is defined near in 1.3% the acceptable scope.Therefore, can determine to use and comprise that concentration is that the painted condition of the Hoechst 33342 of 150 μ M sorts.
The sub-equal portions that comprise 750000000 sperms that come from second equal portions by transfer, with 500g centrifuging 5 minutes, remove supernatant and make that the sperm ball is that 7.35 the TCA# 2 buffering agent that comprises the 10mM acetonate suspends once more and prepares 150 * 10 of 5mL at 28 ℃ pH
6A pipe of the sperm suspensions of individual sperm/mL.Hoechst 33342 aqueous solution of a certain amount of 10mM are added in the pipe to produce the Hoechst 33342 that final dye strength is 150 μ M.This pipe kept 60 minutes down at 28 ℃.After 60 minutes, take-off pipe and add the FD﹠amp of the 25mg/mL of 10 μ L from 28 ℃ pond; C# 40.
The existing painted sperm suspensions with cooling is installed on the sample port of a passage of a hyperchannel drop letter sorting fluidic cell meter systems.Sperm suspensions is maintained at 28 ℃.Utilize as in the basic identical instrument setting described in the hyperchannel example I, utilize to overlap interrupt the letter sorting strategy and be placed in the time required in the collection tube sperm by separating belt X of flow cytometry system and Y chromosome in the X cell group that concentrates that will have 18000000 sperms, described collection tube be by in sheath fluid, soak pH that at least one hour then add 0.5mL be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium prepares.Spermatid is introduced in the flow cytometry system with the speed between per second 25000 and 30000 cells.Collect the X cell group that concentrates with speed 4500 to 6000 of per seconds.When about 18000000 sperms had been sorted in the collection tube, this pipe was removed and utilizes and replaced by the tube-carrier of similar preparation.After from flow cytometry, taking out collection tube, the sperm suspensions of letter sorting with 7min@750g by centrifuging.Utilize and shift suction pipe removal supernatant to produce the concentration of about 100000000 sperm/mL.PH be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium is added into sperm suspensions to produce the ultimate density of about 50000000 sperm/mL.This process continues to have produced three collection tubes (D1-D3) until flow cytometry.About 52000000 sperms were per hour sorted the average gathering speed of about 12000000 concentrated X spermatids with generation by letter sorting in 259 minutes.Again the sample tube of the letter sorting of Xuan Fuing floats in 28 ℃ the water of the 120mL in the beaker of 200mL and is placed in 5 ℃ the cold house with slow cooling.
After the sample of letter sorting reached 5 ℃, three pipes of letter sorting sperm were bonded in the pipe.The sample that utilizes IVOS to analyze to compile is to determine motility number percent, advancing property number percent and concentration.Additional pH be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium is added into sample to produce the ultimate density of about 50000000 sperm/mL.Definite as being analyzed once more by flow cytometry, the number percent of the band X chromosome sperm in the sample that compiles of letter sorting is 87%.The IVOS assessment is illustrated among Figure 126 with the general introduction that the not sample of letter sorting of same ejaculum is compared.
The sample of the letter sorting that compiles in 5 ℃ cold house and first equal portions are installed in the test tube of standard 0.25cc.The test tube that loads is transferred to programmable refrigerating plant and freezing by follow procedure: 5min@5 ℃, be cooled to-12 ℃ @4 ℃/min from 5 ℃, be cooled to-100 ℃ @40 ℃/min from-12 ℃, be cooled to-140 ℃ @20 ℃/min from-100 ℃, remain on-140 ℃.Reach-140 ℃ at test tube after, they are taken out and put into liquid nitrogen fast from refrigerating plant.
At 37 ℃ of hatchings motility number percent and advancing property number percent to the test tube that utilizes IVOS to analyze to thaw after 30 and 120 minutes.The result of test tube one group of two letter sorting and that do not sort is summarised in Figure 127 and 128.
Hyperchannel letter sorting Example II I
Utilize artificial vagina to collect bull sperm from sexually matured bull.Ejaculum is divided into two equal portions.The sperm equal portions of first 250 μ L are suspended in 37 ℃ of 5mL
In.Second equal portions that comprise the remainder of ejaculum are suspended in (two parts NaHCO in the carbonate buffer agent of 37 ℃ of two parts
3Be 0.097 mol, KHCO
3Be 0.173 mol and C
6H
8O
7-H
2O is 0.090 mol) (pH6.1-6.2).Two equal portions are being transported to treatment facility under 37 ℃ in temperature control container.At treatment facility, first equal portions float in 37 ℃ the water of the 120mL in the beaker of 200mL and are placed in the cold house with slow cooling to 5 ℃.Utilize Hamilton-Thorn motility analyzer (IVOS) concentration, motility and the advancing property of second equal portions are analyzed according to standard with known program (Theriogenology 49 (4) of Farrel etc.: 871-9 (Mar 1998)).
Transfer to respectively in two blank pipes by the part that comprises 900000000 sperms that will come from second equal portions, each pipe is with 500g centrifuging 5 minutes, removes supernatant and make that each sperm ball is that 7.35 the TCA# 2 buffering agent that comprises the 10mM acetonate suspends once more and prepares 150 * 10 at 28 ℃ the pH of 6mL from each pipe
6Two pipes of the sperm suspensions of individual sperm/mL.Hoechst 33342 aqueous solution of 10mM be added into two pipes each be the Hoechst33342 of the Hoechst 33342 of 200 μ M and 400 μ M in other pipe in a pipe, to produce final dye strength.Each of two pipes kept 120 minutes down at 28 ℃.Utilize flow cytometry that the sperm in each pipe is analyzed and utilize the interactive computer algorithm to determine the CV of the total fluorescence intensity of X group for the painted condition of the Hoechst33342 of 200 and 400 μ M.The CV of the Hoechst33342 of 200 and 400 μ M is defined near in 1.3% the acceptable scope.It is painted that concentration is arranged is that the sperm suspensions of the Hoechst 33342 of 200 μ M is selected for letter sorting.The FD﹠amp that before letter sorting, in the pipe of this painted sperm suspensions, adds the 25mg/mL of 10 μ L; C# 40.
Painted sperm suspensions is installed on the sample port of a passage of hyperchannel drop letter sorting fluidic cell meter systems.Sperm suspensions is maintained at 28 ℃.Utilize as in the basic identical instrument setting described in the hyperchannel example I, utilize to overlap interrupt the letter sorting strategy and be placed in the time required in the collection tube sperm by separating belt X of flow cytometry system and Y chromosome in the cell group of the band X chromosome that concentrates that will have 18000000 sperms, described collection tube be by in sheath fluid, soak pH that at least one hour then add 0.5mL be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium prepares.Spermatid is introduced in the flow cytometry system with the speed between per second 25000 and 30000 cells.Collect the X cell group that concentrates with speed 4500 to 6000 of per seconds.When about 18000000 sperms had been sorted in the collection tube, this pipe was removed and utilizes and replaced by the tube-carrier of similar preparation.After from flow cytometry, taking out collection tube, the sperm suspensions of letter sorting with 7min@700g by centrifuging.Utilize and shift suction pipe removal supernatant to produce the concentration of about 100000000 sperm/mL.PH be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium is added into sperm suspensions to produce the ultimate density of about 50000000 sperm/mL.This process continues to have produced two collection tubes (C1-C3) until flow cytometry.About 35000000 sperms were per hour sorted the average gathering speed of about 11000000 concentrated X spermatids with generation by letter sorting in 193 minutes.Again the sample tube of the letter sorting of Xuan Fuing floats in 28 ℃ the water of the 120mL in the beaker of 200mL and is placed in 5 ℃ the cold house with slow cooling.
After the sample of letter sorting reached 5 ℃, three pipes of letter sorting sperm were bonded in the pipe.The sample that utilizes IVOS to analyze to compile is to determine motility number percent, advancing property number percent and concentration.Additional pH be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium is added into sample to produce the ultimate density of about 50000000 sperm/mL.Definite as being analyzed once more by flow cytometry, the number percent of the band X chromosome sperm in the sample that compiles of letter sorting is 88%.The IVOS assessment is illustrated among Figure 129 with the general introduction that the not sample of letter sorting of same ejaculum is compared.
The sample (that is, top first equal portions) of the sample of the letter sorting that compiles in 5 ℃ cold house and not letter sorting is installed in the test tube of standard 0.25cc.The test tube that loads is transferred to programmable refrigerating plant and freezing by follow procedure: 5min@5 ℃, be cooled to-12 ℃ @4 ℃/min from 5 ℃, be cooled to-100 ℃ @40 ℃/min from-12 ℃, be cooled to-140 ℃ @20 ℃/min from-100 ℃, remain on-140 ℃.Reach-140 ℃ at test tube after, they are taken out and put into liquid nitrogen fast from refrigerating plant.
At 37 ℃ of hatchings motility number percent and advancing property number percent to the test tube that utilizes IVOS to analyze to thaw after 30 and 120 minutes.The result of test tube one group of two letter sorting and that do not sort is summarised in Figure 130 and 131.
Hyperchannel letter sorting example IV
Utilize artificial vagina to collect bull sperm from sexually matured bull.Ejaculum is divided into two equal portions.The sperm equal portions of first 250 μ L are suspended in 37 ℃ of 5mL
In.Second equal portions that comprise the remainder of ejaculum are suspended in (two parts NaHCO in the carbonate buffer agent of 37 ℃ of two parts
3Be 0.097 mol, KHCO
3Be 0.173 mol and C
6H
8O
7-H
2O is 0.090 mol) (pH6.1-6.2) and under carbon dioxide preserve.Two equal portions are being transported to treatment facility under 37 ℃ in temperature control container.At treatment facility, first equal portions float in 37 ℃ the water of the 120mL in the beaker of 200mL and are placed in the cold house with slow cooling to 5 ℃.Utilize Hamilton-Thorn motility analyzer (IVOS) concentration, motility and the advancing property of second equal portions are analyzed according to standard with known program (Theriogenology 49 (4) of Farrel etc.: 871-9 (Mar 1998)).
Transfer in the blank pipe and add the amount that 28 ℃ carbonate buffer agent (pH is 7.35) reaches final 5ml by the part that comprises 750000000 sperms that will come from second equal portions (pH6.1-6.2) and prepare 150 * 10 of 5mL
6A pipe of the sperm suspensions of individual sperm/mL.Hoechst 33342 aqueous solution of 10mM are added into this sperm suspensions to produce the Hoechst 33342 that final dye strength is 150 μ M.Suspending liquid kept 40 minutes and was placed on 28 ℃ to be used for letter sorting at 41 ℃ under carbon dioxide.The FD﹠amp that before letter sorting, in the pipe of this painted sperm suspensions, adds the 25mg/mL of 10 μ L; C# 40.
Painted sperm suspensions is installed on the sample port of a passage of hyperchannel drop letter sorting fluidic cell meter systems.Sperm suspensions is maintained at 28 ℃.Utilize as in the basic identical instrument setting described in the hyperchannel example I, utilize to overlap interrupt the letter sorting strategy and be placed in the time required in the collection tube sperm by separating belt X of flow cytometry system and Y chromosome in the cell group of the band X chromosome that concentrates that will have 18000000 sperms, described collection tube be by in sheath fluid, soak pH that at least one hour then add 0.5mL be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium prepares.Spermatid is introduced in the flow cytometry system with the speed between per second 25000 and 30000 cells.Collect the X cell group that concentrates with speed 4500 to 6000 of per seconds.When about 18000000 sperms had been sorted in the collection tube, this pipe was removed and utilizes and replaced by the tube-carrier of similar preparation.After from flow cytometry, taking out collection tube, the sperm suspensions of letter sorting with 7min@700g by centrifuging.Utilize and shift suction pipe removal supernatant to produce the concentration of about 100000000 sperm/mL.PH be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium is added into sperm suspensions to produce the ultimate density of about 50000000 sperm/mL.This process continues to have produced two collection tubes (C2-C3) until flow cytometry.Again the sample tube of the letter sorting of Xuan Fuing floats in 28 ℃ the water of the 120mL in the beaker of 200mL and is placed in 5 ℃ the cold house with slow cooling.
After the sample of letter sorting reached 5 ℃, three pipes of letter sorting sperm were bonded in the pipe.The sample that utilizes IVOS to analyze to compile is to determine motility number percent, advancing property number percent and concentration.Additional pH be 6.6 comprise the 10mM acetonate
The low-temperature preservation medium is added into sample to produce the ultimate density of about 50000000 sperm/mL.The IVOS assessment is illustrated among Figure 132 with the general introduction that the not sample of letter sorting of same ejaculum is compared.
The sample (that is, top first equal portions) of the sample of the letter sorting that compiles in 5 ℃ cold house and not letter sorting is installed in the test tube of standard 0.25cc.The test tube that loads is transferred to programmable refrigerating plant and freezing by follow procedure: 5min@5 ℃, be cooled to-12 ℃ @4 ℃/min from 5 ℃, be cooled to-100 ℃ @40 ℃/min from-12 ℃, be cooled to-140 ℃ @20 ℃/min from-100 ℃, remain on-140 ℃.Reach-140 ℃ at test tube after, they are taken out and put into liquid nitrogen fast from refrigerating plant.
Thawing back and at 37 ℃ of hatchings motility number percent and advancing property number percent to the test tube that utilizes IVOS to analyze to thaw after 30 minutes.The result of test tube one group of two letter sorting and that do not sort is summarised in Figure 133 and 134.
The capillary nozzle system
Figure 135 illustrates another selectable nozzle system 1335, and with above-mentioned similar, difference is, kapillary 1337 (for example, quartz or fused quartz) links to each other with nozzle 137 so that leave the fluid of nozzle bore 103 and be introduced into and pass through pipe.The optical system 109 of flow cytometry in a suitable manner with the coupling of a sidelight of pipe, for example utilize the chamber 1341 of the light transmission medium that is filled with oil with known refractive index or gelinite.Use capillaceous, with spray fluid stream by open space and compare, have the advantage of the lensization that reduce the stream 21 that causes owing to acoustic energy that transducer 105 is supplied with, and can make the resolution that the position of condenser lens 1343 transmits with increase near fluid stream.
After particle has been inquired and has been classified, can utilize any routine techniques well known by persons skilled in the art that they are sorted, such as utilize as Figure 137 as shown in the fluid switching device shifter or such as other suitable device of photo damage system or drop sorting system.
Letter sorting technology beyond the drop letter sorting
The photo damage letter sorting
Flow cytometry of the present invention improves and not only can be used for above-mentioned drop cell sorting, also can be used for other letter sorting technology, such as utilizing photo damage letter sorting (laser damage).Photo damage letter sorting as in U.S. Pat 4,395 is described in 397, and document full content merges reference here.An embodiment of the schematically illustrated single channel flow cytometry of Figure 136 photo damage system 1351.
As shown in Figure 136, photo damage sorting system 1351 is similar with the drop sorting system of Fig. 2, and parts are represented with corresponding Reference numeral but added mark (" accordingly).Usually, this system comprises the parts identical with the system of Fig. 2, and difference is that the drop sorting component is cancelled (for example, transducer 105, charging device 627, deflecting plate 629 and related power source 635).Utilization in response to the laser instrument 1353 that comes from the undesirable particle in the microprocessor 131 " instruction to destroy " at fluid stream 21 or similarly device replace these parts.Therefore, the stream that is collected in the collection container 1355 comprises required particle group.For example, if particle to be analyzed is the result of spermatid and hope is to collect the spermatid with feature A (for example required chromosome content), microprocessor receives and to come from external exposure system 415 so " signal, identification do not have the cell of feature A and optionally optical excited laser destroy such cell or make them invalid.
Different control letter sorting strategies can be used in the photo damage system, " the high recovery " of describing about the drop sorting equipment above comprising and " high-purity " letter sorting strategy.In the photo damage system, be comprised in the fluid stream particle along stream be separated at interval with each and usually with one then one form form a line.Particle takes on a different character, and some have feature A, and for example, other has feature B.The order of particle is at random, therefore continuous process can be regarded as, particle can be divided into different groups of grains, one and then another, comprise first groups of grains that only comprises one or more particle, only comprise second groups of grains of one or more particle and comprise wherein at least one and have feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B with feature B with feature A.(the 3rd) groups of grains in back is used for the letter sorting strategy at least usually corresponding to the particle at the nearly interval in above-mentioned " coincidence " groups of grains.Like this, the near meaning at interval of two or more particles in the 3rd group is that the space interval between the particle is not enough to carry out particle recognition/classification accurately, perhaps is not enough to and can is making a particle in this group be destroyed by laser instrument under the situation of not destroying other particle in same group owing to such separation.Under any circumstance, the nearly spacer particles in each in the 3rd group of particle (perhaps at least some) can be destroyed or be destroyed, and this depends on used letter sorting strategy.It should be noted; a plurality of particles in first group or a plurality of particles in second group are " at interval near "; but because the particle in such group has identical feature (A or B), they are processed as the individual particle group, are used for the letter sorting strategy at least.
But photo damage system single channel system or multi-channel system, as mentioned above.
Fluid switches letter sorting
Predictably, principle of the present invention can be used for using the flow cytometry system of fluid handoff technique, for example in U.S. Pat 6,432,246 (Adair), US 4,756,427 (
Deng) and the middle disclosure of US 3,791,517 (Friedman), the full content of these documents merges reference here.Figure 137 is the partial view of the such system 1357 of expression.It is basic identical with the system shown in Fig. 2, and difference is, nozzle 101 " comprise kapillary 1369 (for example, seeing Figure 135), and this sorting system is included in the fluid switching device shifter 1359 that links to each other with kapillary 1369 in inquiry 115 ' downstream, position.The structure of fluid switching device shifter and operation can be in conjunction with such as any conventional fluid handoff techniques that discloses in above-mentioned referenced patent.Usually, this device part of being used for the fluid stream by intermittently will comprising required/undesirable particle turns to be collected in container etc. along flow path 1361,1365 independently and sorts required particle in response to the instruction that receives from processor from undesirable particle.Normally transducer 1367 in the flow path realizes by optionally driving therein in this switching.
Each letter sorting strategy about drop letter sorting and photo damage letter sorting description also can be used in the fluid switched system above.In the fluid switched system, be included in the fluid stream particle also along stream be separated at interval with each and usually with one then one form form a line.Particle takes on a different character, and some have feature A, and for example, other has feature B, and the order of particle is at random.Therefore, describe as top the letter sorting about photo damage, particle can be divided into different groups of grains, one and then another, comprise first groups of grains that only comprises one or more particle, only comprise second groups of grains of one or more particle and comprise wherein at least one and have feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B with feature B with feature A.(the 3rd) groups of grains in back is used for the letter sorting strategy at least usually corresponding to the particle at the nearly interval in above-mentioned " coincidence " groups of grains.Like this, the near meaning at interval of two or more particles in the 3rd group is that the space interval between the particle is not enough to carry out particle recognition/classification accurately, perhaps owing to such separation be not enough to make in this group a particle by the fluid switching device shifter turn to same group in another particle separation.Under any circumstance, the nearly spacer particles in each in the 3rd group of particle (perhaps at least some) can be diverted into an assembling position or another, and this depends on used letter sorting strategy.Describe as top the letter sorting about photo damage; a plurality of particles in first group or a plurality of particles in second group are " at interval near "; but because the particle in such group has identical feature (A or B), they are processed as the individual particle group, are used for the letter sorting strategy at least.
But fluid switched system single channel system or multi-channel system, as mentioned above.
Drop is interfered letter sorting
It is also envisioned that technology of the present invention can interfere the fluid handoff technique to be used in combination with drop.The high velocity liquid drip-dry that for example schematically shows in Figure 138 relates to sorting system 1371 and can be used for turning to by the selection section that makes coaxial carrying object stream and sheath fluid flow and sort particle.
Different with some other letter sorting technology, drop interferes the letter sorting technology not need coaxial carrying object stream and sheath fluid stream to form drop.Like this, need not with make be used to carry carrying object and sheath fluid nozzle system 101 ' " system links to each other with the drop generation.Only, make that with 60psi carrying object and sheath fluid are a kind of layout that is suitable for being formed for particle transport is interfered to drop the coaxial fluid stream of laminar flow of sorting system by nozzle system with the stream that forms 50 microns of diameters as an example.Particle in coaxial fluid stream is moving through inquiry position 115 ' " time by optical system 109 ' " and processor 131 ' " analyze and classification, describe about other sorting system as top.Letter sorting occurs in the downstream of inquiry position, relates to the position that stream 1373 intersects in coaxial fluid stream and high velocity liquid drip-dry.
Drop interferes stream 1373 to be produced by the drop generation system 1375 that is similar to the used drop generation system of drop letter sorting.High-velocity fluid stream 1379 splits into drop 1383 so that high-velocity fluid flows in the high speed nozzle downstream by the high speed nozzle system 1377 that links to each other with piezoelectric transducer 1381 or other sonic energy source.For example, no granule fluid with 1500psi by high speed nozzle to form the high-speed jet of 70 microns of diameters.High speed nozzle can vibrate to form the high speed drop by 400KHz.High speed drop 1383 by the electric field that forms by one or more electric deflection plate 1387 so that the path of high speed drop can apply electric charge by selectivity on drop controls, similar with the situation of control droplet path in the drop sorting system.The high velocity liquid drip-dry relate to that stream is directed so that some high velocity liquid to drop in point 1399 places that are positioned at inquiry downstream, position crossing with coaxial fluid stream.For example, not charged drop 1389 can be directed being departed from coaxial fluid stream with the simultaneously charged drop 1391 of fluid stream collision.When the coaxial fluid of high speed droplet collision flowed, a section 1397 of fluid stream and any particle that is included in wherein departed from their with the path of adopting.Electric charge is applied on the high speed drop or is not applied to and can be timed on the high speed drop so that drop arrives consistent with the arrival of the particular segment of coaxial fluid stream with coaxial fluid stream intersection 1399 places.Like this, to the high speed drop charge, people can turn to by the fluid stream section that makes all comprise one or more selecteed particle and make that other coaxial flow section does not turn to or vice versa sorts particle based on the categorizing selection ground by being comprised in the particle in the coaxial fluid stream section.Collection kapillary 1403 with slight vacuum can be used for collecting 1397 or the coaxial flow section that do not turn to that turns to.Drop interfere sorting system to be established so that the high speed drop merges with the coaxial flow section that turns to or with the collision of coaxial flow section after make that the high speed drop keeps separating with the coaxial flow section that turns to.
Do not have particle or cell owing to relate to stream in 1373, therefore can under the situation of not destroying the particle that sorted or cell, utilize very high pressure and very high drop frequency in the high velocity liquid drip-dry.This makes each have the fluid stream section letter sorting of volume less than the droplet size in the drop sorting system.This maximum output that increases system has greatly also reduced the dilution factor of the particle that sorted simultaneously.In addition, do not interfere stream owing to there is the thin filtered liquid of cell or particle to be used to form drop, therefore drop formation is more consistent, and this is because compare with nozzle system used in the drop sorting system, and the possibility that drop forms spray nozzle clogging or experience protein packing is very little.Another advantage is that the distance between the inquiry position of grain size analysis and letter sorting point 1399 can be reduced (for example four times), and it is more accurate to arrive the prediction of the time of sorting the some place for specific particle.In addition, the drop interference system is more flexible for the adjusting of the pressure of the adjusting of jet size or coaxial fluid stream.If necessary, drop interferes sorting system to be used in combination with the capillary nozzle system.The hyperchannel drop interferes sorting system can use high pressure fluid pump to provide fluid to interfere miscarriage to give birth to nozzle from the common fluid supply for a plurality of drops.
When explanation element of the present invention or embodiment, word " a ", " an ", " the " and " said " refer to has one or more element.Word " comprising ", " including " and " having " comprise and refer to the element that also can comprise letter sorting except listed element.Word " or " refers to and comprises " and/or " and refer to " one or two or both ".Like this, the representation of " ABC or DEF " refers to (1) ABC, (2) DEF or (3) ABC and DEF.Word " and/or " refers to has the identical meaning with above-mentioned " or ".Like this, " and/or " refers to " one or two or both ".For example, the representation of " ABC and/or DEF " refers to (1) ABC, (2) DEF or (3) ABC and DEF.
As mentioned above, as can be seen, several purposes of the present invention are reached and obtain other advantage result.
Can carry out multiple change to above-mentioned structure, product and method in the case without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention, all be included in the above-mentioned instructions and accompanying drawing shown in content should be illustrative be not determinate.
Comment to inventive features
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that above-described many inventive aspects that the present invention includes, described inventive aspect comprises following content at least:
A. hyperchannel sorting arrangement
A1. multi-channel system that particle is sorted according to one or more feature of particle, described system comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit, each flow cytometry unit comes the expectation group of the particle in the granulate mixture is sorted by the fluid stream that utilizes the electromagnetic radiation beam inquiry to comprise described particle;
An integrated platform is shared in described unit, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) particle; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of the information that comes from the unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described particle to described flow cytometry unit.
The described system of A2.A1, wherein, described particle is a cell.
The described system of A3.A1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described system of A4.A1, wherein, described system comprises element (2) at least, and wherein, one or more described a plurality of flow cytometries unit comprises liquid droplets letter sorting flow cytometry unit in the air.
The described system of A5.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (2) and (3) at least.
The described system of A6.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (4) and (5) at least.
The described system of A7.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (2) at least, described common source comprises single laser beam.
The described system of A8.A7 also comprises the beam splitting system that is used for that single laser beam splitting become a plurality of light beams and described a plurality of light beams is directed to the optical system of each flow cytometry unit.
The described system of A9.A8 is characterized in that, described single laser beam comprises a plurality of pulses, and each pulse all has the peak power greater than the average power output of described laser instrument.
The described system of A10.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (3) at least, described flow cytometry unit comprises the interchangeable module that is installed in the housing.
The described system of A11.A1, wherein, each flow cytometry unit all comprises the external exposure optical system that is used to inquire each fluid stream.
The described system of A12.A1 also comprises the collection system that is used for collecting from each unit the required group of described particle.
The described system of A13.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (5) at least, and described public output comprises the fluorescence intensity indication of being measured by each unit.
The described system of A14.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (5) at least, and described public output comprises the indication of the speed of each unit separating particles.
The described system of A15.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (5) at least, and described public output comprises the indication of the painted variation of particle.
The described system of A16.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (5) at least, and described public output comprises the indication of the decision boundary that is used for discerning by each unit between particle.
The described system of A17.A1, wherein, each described flow cytometry unit all comprises the drop sorting system.
The described system of A18.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (5) at least, and described public output comprises the indication of the drop division position of each unit.
The described system of A19.A1, wherein, at least one described flow cytometry unit all comprises the photo damage system.
The described system of A20.A1, wherein, at least one described flow cytometry unit comprises that all fluid switches sorting system.
The described system of A21.A1, wherein, described flow cytometry unit is suitable for operating concurrently.
The described system of A22.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises the shared laser instrument that is used to send a plurality of pulse of electromagnetic radiation at least, and wherein each described pulse all has the peak power greater than the average power of described laser instrument, and one or more flow cytometries unit comprises:
Be used for comprising the flow channel of the fluid stream of sample particle by particle inquiry location guide;
Be used for the part of the electromagnetic radiation of a pulse is directed to the bundle guidance system of inquiry position;
Be used to produce the timing circuit that electromagnetic radiation arrives the timing signal indication of inquiry position;
The time that is suitable for detecting electromagnetic radiation from the inquiry position and is used to export the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation that is detected changes the detecting device of simulating signal indication;
The time that is suitable for receiving as input changes simulating signal and is suitable for sampling the analog-digital converter of described simulating signal with generation digitizing output; And
Be used for coming from the electronic processors of the digitizing output of analog-digital converter as the Functional Analysis of time limited signal.
The described system of A23.A1, wherein, described a plurality of flow cytometries unit comprises three or more flow cytometry unit.
The described system of A24.A1, wherein, described a plurality of flow cytometries unit comprises at least ten two flow cytometry unit.
The described system of A25.A1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (5) at least, and described common processor is carried out following at least one: (1) receives and handles described information in real time; (2) receive and handle described information so that allow with respect to of the evaluation of another unit to the operation of a unit.
The described system of A26.A1, wherein, each flow cytometry unit comprises that all the time that is used to produce described at least one feature of particle changes the sensor of output signal indication, described integrated platform comprises element (5) at least, and comprise by the described information that described common processor receives coming from each signal of sensor, and described processor is used for receiving output signal and handling described output signal substantially continuously in real time as basic continuous stream.
The described system of A27.A1, wherein, thereby described integrated platform comprises the common processor that is used in real time control signal being sent to the flow cytometry unit during letter sorting is handled as regulating its operation by the function of the described information of described common processor reception, and described flow cytometry unit reacts to control signal.
B. hyperchannel method for sorting
B1. multi-channel method that particle is sorted according to one or more feature of particle, described method comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit is provided;
Operate described flow cytometry unit to guide a plurality of flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises that forming independent fluid flows, each fluid stream comprises granulate mixture, and by utilizing electromagnetic radiation beam to inquire that described fluid stream comes the particle in the granulate mixture is classified; And
In the shared following elements at least one is to guide described operation: (1) is used for the public pellet supply of described stream; (2) be used for the common source of the electromagnetic radiation of described bundle; (3) public operation control input; (4) be used to receive and handle the information that comes from the unit; (5) be used to transport fluid into the public system of described stream; And (6) are used for the public housing of described flow cytometry unit.
The described method of B2.B1, wherein, described particle is a cell.
The described method of B3.B1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described method of B4.B1, wherein, at least one described a plurality of flow cytometries unit comprises liquid droplets letter sorting flow cytometry unit in the air.
The described method of B5.B1 comprises also that the described common source of the electromagnetic radiation of sharing single laser beam form, described method also comprise and single beam splitting is become a plurality of light beams and described a plurality of light beams are directed in the optical system of each flow cytometry unit.
The described method of B6.B5, also comprise:, and make the light beam of single bundle of certain percentage pass so that be transferred to the optical system of another described flow cytometry unit towards the light beam of the single bundle of the optical system of described flow cytometry unit reflection certain percentage.
The described method of B7.B6 also comprises and uses solid-state laser to form described single laser beam.
The described method of B8.B7 also comprises the described solid-state laser of mode locking so that described single laser beam comprises a plurality of pulses, and wherein each pulse all has the peak power greater than the average power output of described laser instrument.
The described method of B9.B1 also comprises and shares element (6) at least, and described method also comprises removably described flow cytometry unit is installed in the described public housing.
The described method of B10.B1 also comprises the described common source of sharing the electromagnetic radiation of laser instrument form at least; Described method is further comprising the steps of:
Send a plurality of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) pulse from laser instrument, wherein the peak power of each pulse all surpasses the average power of described laser instrument;
By coming from along beam path that part energy in the pulse in the laser instrument is directed to each inquiry position and with each pulse steering in beam splitting and guidance system so that shine each fluid stream off and on and be contained in wherein particle;
Detection comes from the EMR of at least one inquiry position;
The time of the intensity of the EMR that generation detects from described inquiry position changes the simulating signal indication;
Produce the timing signal indication that pulse arrives described inquiry position;
To change analog signal conversion the time is digital signal; And
Analyze described digital signal to determine to flow through the feature of the particle in each fluid of inquiring position stream.
The described method of B11.B1 also is included in first operation of described operation and uses the first letter sorting strategy and use the second letter sorting strategy that is different from the first letter sorting strategy in second operation of described operation.
The described method of B12.B1 also comprises the group of collection by the required particle of each flow cytometry unit letter sorting, and will group of collecting from a unit and the group of collecting from another unit combined to produce the group of mixing of required particle.
The described method of B13.B1 also comprises as following at least one function changing the speed that fluid is transported to one or more flow cytometries unit, and described comprises: the purity of the first letter sorting group; And the amount of (2) second required particles in the group.
The described method of B14.B1 also comprises in parallel mode guiding described flow cytometry operation.
The described method of B15.B1, wherein, shared step comprises shares element (4) at least, and described method also comprises uses common processor to carry out in the following operation at least one: (1) receives and handles described information in real time; (2) receive and handle described information to allow with respect to of the evaluation of another unit to the operation of a unit.
The described system of B16.B1, wherein, shared step comprises shares element (4) at least, described method also comprises the sensor that is used for each independent cell art unit and changes the output signal indication so that produce the time of described at least one feature of particle, and uses common processor to receive each output signal and handle the signal of being exported in real time as basic continuous stream.
The described system of B17.B1, wherein, shared step comprises shares element (4) at least, thereby described method sends control signal to described unit is regulated in one or more flow cytometries unit as the function of the described information that is received by described common processor operation during also being included in the letter sorting processing in real time.
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D. multichannel analyzer
D1. multi-channel system of particle being classified according to one or more feature of particle, described system comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit, each flow cytometry unit comes the required group of the particle in the granulate mixture is classified by the fluid stream that utilizes the electromagnetic radiation beam inquiry to comprise described particle;
An integrated platform is shared in described unit, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) particle; (2) public housing; (3) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (4) be used to receive and handle the common processor of the information that comes from the unit; And (5) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described particle to described flow cytometry unit.
The described system of D2.D1, wherein, described integrated platform also comprises the common source of electromagnetic radiation.
The described system of D3.D1, wherein, described particle is a cell.
The described system of D4.D1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described system of D5.D1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (3) and (4) at least.
The described system of D6.D5, wherein, described integrated platform also comprises the common source of electromagnetic radiation.
The described system of D7.D1, wherein, described integrated platform also comprises the common source of electromagnetic radiation, described common source comprises single laser beam.
The described system of D8.D7 also comprises the beam splitting system that is used for that single laser beam splitting become a plurality of light beams and described a plurality of light beams is directed to the optical system of each flow cytometry unit.
The described system of D9.D8, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (2) at least, described flow cytometry unit comprises the interchangeable module that is installed in the housing.
The described system of D10.D1, wherein, each flow cytometry unit all comprises the external exposure optical system that is used to inquire each fluid stream.
The described system of D11.D1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (4) at least, and described processor is used to export the fluorescence intensity indication of being measured by each unit.
The described system of D12.D1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (4) at least, and described processor is used to export the indication of the speed of each unit separating particles.
The described system of D13.D1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (4) at least, and described processor is used to export the indication of the painted variation of particle.
The described system of D14.D1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (4) at least, and described processor is used to export the indication of the decision boundary that is used for discerning by each unit between particle.
The described system of D15.D1, wherein, described flow cytometry unit is suitable for operating concurrently.
The described system of D16.D1, wherein, described a plurality of flow cytometries unit is used to sort described particle.
The described system of D17.D16, wherein, described integrated platform also comprises the common source of electromagnetic radiation, and described a plurality of flow cytometries unit comprises liquid droplets letter sorting flow cytometry unit in the air.
The described system of D18.D1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises element (4) at least, and described common processor is used for carrying out following at least one: (1) receives and handles described information in real time; (2) receive and handle described information so that carry out with respect to of the evaluation of another unit to the operation of a unit.
The described system of D19.D1, wherein, each flow cytometry unit comprises that all the time that is used to produce described at least one feature of particle changes the sensor of output signal indication, described integrated platform comprises element (4) at least, and the described information that is received by described common processor comprises output signal from each sensor, and described processor is used for receiving output signal and handling described output signal in real time as basic continuous stream.
The described system of D20.D1, wherein, described integrated platform comprises that thereby being used in real time control signal being sent to during letter sorting is handled the flow cytometry unit regulates its operation as the function of the described information that is received by described common processor, and described flow cytometry unit reacts to control signal.
E. multichannel analysis method
E1. multi-channel method of particle being classified according to one or more feature of particle, described method comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit is provided;
Operate described flow cytometry unit so that guide a plurality of flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises that forming separation of the fluid flows, each described fluid stream all comprises the potpourri of described particle, and by utilizing electromagnetic radiation beam to inquire that described stream comes the particle in the described granulate mixture is classified; And
In the shared following element at least one is to guide described operation: (1) is used for the public supply of the particle of described stream; (2) public operation control input; (3) be used to receive and handle the common processor of the information that comes from the unit; (4) be used to transport fluid into the public system of described stream; And (5) are used for the public housing of described flow cytometry unit.
The described method of E2.E1 also comprises the common source of sharing the electromagnetic radiation that is used for described bundle.
The described method of E3.E2, wherein, described a plurality of flow cytometries unit comprises liquid droplets letter sorting flow cytometry unit in the air.
The described method of E4.E1 comprises that also the described a plurality of flow cytometers of operation are with the potpourri according to the described particle of its classification letter sorting.
The described method of E5.E1, described particle is a cell.
The described method of E6.E1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described method of E7.E1 also comprises the common source of the electromagnetic radiation of sharing the described bundle be used for single laser beam form, is a plurality of laser beam with single laser beam splitting, and a plurality of laser beam is directed in the optical system of each flow cytometry unit.
The described method of E8.E7, wherein, shared step comprises element (5) at least, described method is directed to described single laser beam in the described public housing before also being included in the described bundle of division.
The described method of E9.E7, also comprise light beam, and make the light beam of single bundle of certain percentage pass so that be transferred to the optical system of another described flow cytometry unit towards the single bundle of the optical system of described flow cytometry unit reflection certain percentage.
The described method of E10.E1, wherein, shared step comprises element (5) at least, described method also comprises removably described flow cytometry unit is installed in the public housing.
The described method of E11.E1 comprises each flow cytometry unit of operation so that use the external exposure optical system to inquire each fluid stream.
The described method of E12.E1 also comprises and operates described flow cytometry unit concurrently.
The described method of E13.E1, wherein, described a plurality of flow cytometries unit comprises ten two or more flow cytometry unit.
The described method of E14.E1, wherein, described shared step comprises shares element (4) at least, and described method also comprises uses common processor to carry out following at least one: (1) receives and handles described information in real time; (2) receive and handle described information so that allow with respect to of the evaluation of another unit to the operation of a unit.
The described method of E15.E1, wherein, described shared step comprises at least shares element (4), and described method comprises that also time that the sensor that is used for each flow cytometry unit produces at least one feature of described particle changes the output signal indication and uses common processor to receive each output signal and handle described output signal in real time as continuous stream substantially.
The described method of E16.E1, wherein, described shared step comprises shares element (4) at least, and described method also is included in and in real time control signal is transported to one or more flow cytometries unit to regulate the operation of described unit as the function of the information that common processor was received during letter sorting is handled.
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G. the method that divides single laser for the hyperchannel cell art
G1. use the method for the system's letter sorting particle that comprises three or more flow cytometry unit, each described unit all is used for by using the light beam inquiry to comprise the required group of the fluid stream of described particle from the potpourri letter sorting particle of particle, and described method comprises:
Produce single laser beam;
Described single beam splitting is three or more light beam and described light beam being directed in the optical system of flow cytometry unit; And
Operation flow cytometry unit is with the letter sorting particle.
The described method of G2.G1, wherein, each cell art unit uses the light beam inquiry fluid stream of about same intensity.
The described method of G3.G1, wherein, each unit need have the light beam of W watt of power, and described method comprises also and produces and to have that (the described single laser beam of W * N)+L, wherein N equals the quantity of flow cytometry unit and L and equals power attenuation in the system.
The described method of G4.G1 comprises that also statocyte counting unit is in order to the amount of beam of inquiry fluid stream separately by utilizing one or more light filter that at least one intensity in described three or a plurality of light beam is reduced.
The described method of G5.G4 comprises that also the intensity of regulating the light beam that enters each unit is so that each unit receives the light beam of same amount in 10% tolerance.
The described method of G6.G1, wherein, at least one described flow cytometry unit uses the drop letter sorting to handle to sort described particle.
The described method of G7.G1, wherein, at least one described flow cytometry unit uses photo damage to handle to sort described particle.
The described method of G8.G1, wherein, at least one described flow cytometry unit uses fluid to switch letter sorting and handles to sort described particle.
The described method of G9.G1, wherein, described flow cytometry unit is installed in the public housing, and described method is directed to described single laser beam in the described public housing before also being included in the described bundle of division.
The described method of G10.G9, also comprise light beam, and make the light beam of single laser beam of certain percentage pass so that be transferred to the optical system of another described flow cytometry unit towards the single laser beam of the optical system of described flow cytometry unit reflection certain percentage.
The described method of G11.G1, wherein, the step that divides single bundle comprises that with single beam splitting be four separate bunches.
The described method of G12.G11, wherein, step toward division comprises uses 50/50 beam splitter being two beams with single beam splitting, use second 50/50 beam splitter being split into two additional beams with one in these two beams, and use the 3rd 50/50 beam splitter so that in these two beams another is split into two other additional beam.
H. be used to use the tactful equipment that sorts of letter sorting
H1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, improvement comprises:
Control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of H2.H1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described system of H3.H1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid, feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of H4.H3, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X).
The described system of H5.H4, also comprise purity with described at least one group keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described system of H6.H1, wherein, described control device increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during greater than required purity in described purity, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity in described purity.
The described system of H7.H1, wherein, described control device is determined the purity of described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION so that described purity and required purity basically identical.
The described system of H8.H7, wherein, when the amount of the feature A particle in described at least one group during greater than the acceptable amount of the feature A particle at least one group this control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of the feature A particle in described at least one group during less than described acceptable amount this control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
The described system of H9.H8, wherein, described control device is determined the purity of feature A particle in described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device of the acceptable amount that is used for indicating described at least one the feature A of group particle, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION to obtain the amount of described acceptance in described at least one group.
The described system of H10.H1, wherein, described stream is configured so that to comprise particle of following another in a series usually, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described system of H11.H10, wherein, described sorting system is used for using the letter sorting strategy, and wherein said first groups of grains is selected to be collected in described at least one group and the described second and the 3rd groups of grains is not selected to be collected in described at least one group.
The described system of H12.H10, wherein, described sorting system is used for using the letter sorting strategy, and the wherein said first and the 3rd groups of grains is selected to be collected in described at least one group and described second groups of grains is not selected to be collected in described at least one group.
The described system of H13.H1, wherein, described sorting system comprises the drop sorting system.
The described system of H14.H1, wherein, described sorting system comprises the photo damage sorting system.
The described system of H15.H1, wherein, described sorting system comprises that fluid switches sorting system.
I. be used to use the method for letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle
I1. the method for the granulate mixture of a particle that utilizes flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make fluid form fluid stream and classify according to the particle in the described characteristic use flow cytometry fluid flow;
So that being provided, at least one comprises the group of required particle according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle in fluid stream; And
As the speed that at least one function of following factors changes described letter sorting strategy or changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described method of I2.I1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described method of I3.I1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid, feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of I4.I3, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X).
The described method of I5.I3, also comprise with described purity keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described method of I6.I1 increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION when also being included in described purity greater than required purity, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity in described purity.
The described method of I7.I1, also comprise when the amount of the feature A particle in described at least one group during greater than the acceptable amount of the feature A particle at least one group this control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of the feature A particle in described at least one group during less than described acceptable amount this control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
The described method of I8.I1, wherein, described stream is configured comprises usually in a series and then another a particle, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described method of I9.I8 also comprises according to the described particle of letter sorting strategy letter sorting, wherein has only first groups of grains selected to be collected in described at least one group.
The described method of I10.I8 comprises that also wherein the first and the 3rd groups of grains is selected to be collected in described at least one group according to the described particle of letter sorting strategy letter sorting.
The described method of I11.I1, wherein, described letter sorting comprises uses the drop letter sorting to handle.
The described method of I12.I1, wherein, described letter sorting comprises uses the photo damage letter sorting to handle.
The described method of I13.I1, wherein, described letter sorting comprises that using fluid to switch letter sorting handles.
J. the drop sorter that comprises the letter sorting strategy
J1. system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises particle and have feature B with feature A, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises described particle;
Be used to receive described fluid stream, form drop that comprises described particle and the flow cytometry equipment that described drop is sorted into different groups according to the letter sorting strategy; Described drop comprises that each all comprises first drop of one or more particles with feature A, each all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and the 3rd drop that each comprises one or more particles with feature A and has one or more particles of feature B; And
Control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of J2.J1, wherein, described control device control fluid delivery system is so that the speed of conveyance fluid keeps substantially constant, and described control device changes the letter sorting strategy.
The described system of J3.J2, wherein, described control device changes the letter sorting strategy to change the 3rd drop number percent in drop group therein.
The described system of J4.J1, wherein, described control device control fluid delivery system changes the speed of conveyance fluid with the function as the purity of described at least one drop group.
The described system of J5.J4, wherein, described purity is at least 85% and be not more than 95%.
The described system of J6.J1, wherein, described control device control fluid delivery system is to change the speed of conveyance fluid with respect to the function of the total amount of the particle with feature A in described stream as the amount of the particle with feature A in described at least one drop group.
The described system of J7.J6, wherein, change conveyance fluid speed so that the scale of the particle in described at least one drop group with feature A be shown the particle in the described stream with feature A total amount at least about 60%.
The described system of J8.J1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid, feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of J9.J1, wherein, the ratio of the particle of the particle of feature A and feature B is a known ratio in described potpourri, and described control device be used for some particles be categorized as have feature A or have feature B's and change speed of fluid delivery with respect to the function of known ratio as the ratio of classified particle.
The described system of J10.J1, wherein, control device is determined the purity of the particle that quilt is sorted based on the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and control device changes speed so that the purity of described at least one drop group and required purity basically identical.
K. the drop method for sorting that comprises the letter sorting strategy
K1. a letter sorting comprises the particle with feature A and has the method for granulate mixture of the particle of feature B, and described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid stream of described particle;
Formation comprises the drop of described particle;
According to letter sorting strategy described drop is sorted into different groups, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more particles with feature A, all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and all comprise one or more particles with feature A and have the 3rd drop of one or more particles of feature B; And
As the speed that at least one function of following factors changes described letter sorting strategy or changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described method of K2.K1 also comprises making the speed of conveyance fluid keep substantially constant, and changes the letter sorting strategy.
The described method of K3.K2 also comprises changing the letter sorting strategy to change the 3rd drop number percent in drop group therein.
The described method of K4.K1 also comprises the speed that changes conveyance fluid as the function of the purity of described at least one drop group.
The described method of K5.K1 also comprises described purity is remained in 85% to 95% the scope.
The described method of K6.K1 also comprises the speed that changes conveyance fluid as the amount of the particle with feature A in described at least one drop group with respect to the function of the total amount of the particle with feature A in described stream.
The described method of K7.K6, wherein, change conveyance fluid speed so that the scale of the particle in described at least one drop group with feature A be shown the particle in the described stream with feature A total amount at least about 60%.
The described method of K8.K1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid, feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of K9.K1, the purity that also is included in described at least one drop group are pushed the speed during greater than required purity, and reduce speed during less than required purity in the purity of described at least one drop group.
L. the variable flow rate drop sorter that has backfeed loop
L1. system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises particle and have feature B with feature A, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises described particle;
Be used to receive described fluid stream, form drop that comprises described particle and the flow cytometry equipment that described drop is sorted into different groups according to the letter sorting strategy; Described drop comprises that each all comprises first drop of one or more particles with feature A, each all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and the 3rd drop that each comprises one or more particles with feature A and has one or more particles of feature B; And
With the control device in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment of the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B as at least one functions control control fluid delivery system of following factors; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of L2.L1, wherein, described control device control fluid delivery system changes the speed of conveyance fluid with the function as the purity of described at least one drop group.
The described system of L3.L2, wherein, described purity is at least 85% and be not more than 95%.
The described system of L4.L1, wherein, described control device is controlled fluid delivery system changes conveyance fluid with amount or number percent as the particle with feature A in described at least one drop group with respect to the function of the total amount of the particle with feature A in described stream speed.
The described system of L5.L4, wherein, change conveyance fluid speed so that the scale of the particle in described at least one drop group with feature A be shown the particle in the described stream with feature A total amount at least about 60%.
The described system of L6.L1, wherein, described particle is a cell, and feature A is relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described system of L7.L1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid, feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of L8.L7, wherein, at least some drops comprise at least one live X cell and at least one Y cell in described at least one drop group in same drop, and the described purity of described at least one drop group is measured as X/ (X+Y).
The described system of L9.L8, wherein, described control device is used to change speed of fluid delivery so that keep described purity greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described system of L10.L7, wherein, feature B represents the cell of non-X cell alive.
The described system of L11.L7, wherein, described control device be used for changing speed of fluid delivery so that the number percent of the X cell alive of described at least one drop group be live in described first, second and more than the 3rd drop X cell total amount at least 60%.
The described system of L12.L11, wherein, the purity of described at least one drop group is held less than 95%.
The described system of L13.L1, wherein, the ratio of the particle of the particle of feature A and feature B is a known ratio in described potpourri, and described control device be used for some particles be categorized as have feature A or have feature B's and change speed of fluid delivery with respect to the function of known ratio as the ratio of classified particle.
The described system of L14.L1, wherein, particle with feature A is the X spermatid of living, and the particle with feature B is the spermatid of non-X spermatid alive, and described control device is used for as the function of the ratio of classified spermatid speed of fluid delivery being changed into 50%.
The described system of L15.L1 wherein, pushes the speed during greater than required purity in the purity of described at least one drop group, and reduces speed during less than required purity in the purity of described at least one drop group.
The described system of L16.L1, wherein, control device is determined the purity of the particle that quilt is sorted based on the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and control device changes speed so that the purity of described at least one drop group and required purity basically identical.
M. use the drop method for sorting of variable flow rate and feedback
M1. method that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises particle and have feature B with feature A, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid stream of described particle;
Formation comprises the drop of described particle;
According to the letter sorting strategy described drop is sorted into different groups, described drop comprises that each all comprises first drop of one or more particles with feature A, each all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and the 3rd drop that each comprises one or more particles with feature A and has one or more particles of feature B; And
Change the speed of conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described method of M2.M1 also comprises the speed that changes conveyance fluid as the function of the purity of described at least one drop group.
The described method of M3.M2, wherein, described purity is at least 85% and be not more than 95%.
The described method of M4.M1 also comprises the speed that changes conveyance fluid as the amount of the particle with feature A in described at least one drop group with respect to the function of the total amount of the particle with feature A in described stream.
The described method of M5.M4, also comprise the speed that changes conveyance fluid so that the scale of the particle in described at least one drop group with feature A be shown the particle in the described stream with feature A total amount at least about 60%.
The described method of M6.M1, wherein, described particle is a cell, and feature A is relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described method of M7.M1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid, feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of M8.M7, wherein, at least some drops comprise at least one live X cell and at least one Y cell in described at least one drop group in same drop, and the described purity of described at least one drop group is measured as X/ (X+Y).
The described method of M9.M8 also comprises changing speed of fluid delivery so that keep described purity greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described method of M10.M7, wherein, feature B represents the cell of non-X cell alive.
The described method of M11.M7, also comprise change speed of fluid delivery so that the number percent of the X cell alives in described at least one drop group be work X cell in described first, second and more than the 3rd drop total amount at least 60%.
The described method of M12.M11 comprises that also the purity with described at least one drop group keeps less than 95%.
The described method of M13.M1, wherein, the ratio of the particle of the particle of feature A and feature B is a known ratio in described potpourri, and described method also comprises as the ratio of classified particle and changes speed of fluid delivery with respect to the function of known ratio.
The described method of M14.M1, wherein, particle with feature A is the X spermatid of living, and the particle with feature B is the spermatid of non-X spermatid alive, and described method also comprises as the function of the ratio of classified spermatid speed of fluid delivery is changed into 50%.
The purity that the described method of M15.M1 also is included in described at least one drop group is pushed the speed during greater than required purity, and reduces speed during less than required purity in the purity of described at least one drop group.
N. the spermatid sorting system that is used for high-purity letter sorting strategy
N1. system that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the variable-ratio fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises X and Y spermatid;
Be used for the drop that (1) described stream of reception and formation comprise described particle, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid, (2) sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop, (3) collect described first drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided, and (4) determine the flow cytometry equipment of the amount of X spermatid at least one group; And
In response to the instruction that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change the control device that fluid is transported to the speed of flow cytometry equipment with respect to the function of the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop as the amount of determined X spermatid described at least one group.
The described system of N2.N1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment is used for determining the quantity of the X cell collected in described at least one group, and control device changes that fluid is transported to the speed of flow cytometry equipment so that the amount of the X cell of collecting remains on acceptable amount with respect to the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop or at this more than acceptable amount in described at least one group.
The described system of N3.N2, wherein, at least 60% of the described total amount that described acceptable amount is an X cell.
The described system of N4.N3, wherein, described X cell is the X cell of living.
The described system of N5.N2, wherein, described control device is used for amount when the X cell of described at least one group and increases speed of fluid delivery and reduce speed of fluid delivery when the amount of the X cell in described at least one group when acceptable amount is following when acceptable amount is above.
O. the spermatid method for sorting that is used for high-purity letter sorting strategy
O1. method that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid;
Sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop;
Collect described first drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided;
Determine the amount of the X spermatid in described at least one group, collected; And
To change the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance with respect to the function of the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop as the amount of the determined X spermatid of in described at least one group, collecting.
The described method of O2.O1 also comprises changing that fluid is transported to the speed of described primary importance so that the amount of the X cell of collecting remains on acceptable amount with respect to the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop or at this more than acceptable amount in described at least one group.
The described method of O3.O2, wherein, at least 60% of the described total amount that described acceptable amount is an X cell.
The described system of O4.O3, wherein, described X cell is the X cell of living.
The described system of O5.O2 comprises that also the amount of the X cell in being collected in described at least one group or number percent increases speed of fluid delivery and the X cell in being collected in described at least one group when described acceptable amount is above amount or number percent reduce speed of fluid delivery when described acceptable amount is following.
P. be used for the high spermatid sorter that reclaims the letter sorting strategy
P1. be used to sort the system of X and Y spermatid, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the variable-ratio fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises X and Y spermatid;
Be used for the drop that (1) described stream of reception and formation comprise described particle, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid, (2) sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop, (3) collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided, and (4) determine the flow cytometry equipment of the amount of X spermatid at least one group; And
Change the control device that fluid is transported to the speed of flow cytometry equipment in response to the instruction that receives from flow cytometry equipment with function as the amount of determined X spermatid described at least one group.
The described system of P2.P1, wherein, described control device changes that fluid is transported to the speed of flow cytometry system so that the purity of described at least one group remains on required purity or at this more than required purity.
The described system of P3.P2, wherein, described control device is used for increasing speed of fluid delivery during greater than required purity and reducing speed of fluid delivery during less than required purity when the purity of described at least one group when the purity of described at least one group.
The described system of P4.P2, wherein, described required purity is not more than 95%.
The described system of P5.P2, wherein, described X spermatid is a living cells.
Q. comprise the high spermatid method for sorting that reclaims the letter sorting strategy
Q1. method that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid;
Sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided;
Determine the amount of the X spermatid in described at least one group, collected; And
Change the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance with function as the amount of the determined X spermatid of in described at least one group, collecting.
The described method of Q2.Q1 also comprises changing speed of fluid delivery so that described at least one group remains on required purity about the purity of X cell or at this more than required purity.
The described method of Q3.Q2 also comprises when the purity of described at least one group increasing speed of fluid delivery during greater than required purity and reducing speed of fluid delivery during less than required purity when the purity of described at least one group.
The described method of Q4.Q2, wherein, described required purity is not more than 95%.
The described method of Q5.Q2, wherein, described X spermatid is a living cells.
Q6. method of utilizing flow cytometry letter sorting X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid;
Sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided.
The described method of Q7.Q6, wherein, described X spermatid is living cells but not dead X cell.
Q8. method of utilizing flow cytometry letter sorting X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid stream of X and Y spermatid and makes described flow point be cleaved into drop;
The described fluid stream of inquiry is to determine which kind of spermatid will be present in the described drop before it splits into drop;
Never comprise the drop that letter sorting in the drop of X spermatid comprises the X spermatid;
Collection comprises the described drop of X spermatid, comprises the drop that comprises at least one X spermatid and at least one Y spermatid.
The described method of Q9.Q8, wherein, described X spermatid is for living X cell but not dead X cell.
R. the photo damage letter sorting that has the letter sorting strategy
R1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise and being used for that improvement comprises according to described classification and according to the sorting system of the selected particle of the described stream of letter sorting strategy fusing with laser instrument that at least one group that comprises required particle is provided:
To change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B as at least one functions control laser instrument of following factors; And (2) in described at least one group the particle that does not melt feature A or the amount of particle that do not melt feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of R2.R1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described system of R3.R1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of R4.R3, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X).
The described system of R5.R1, wherein, when the purity of described at least one group during greater than required purity this control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described system of R6.R1, wherein, described control device is determined described purity according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION to obtain required purity.
The described system of R7.R1, wherein, described stream is constituted as and comprises stream of following another particle in a series usually, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described system of R8.R7, wherein, described laser instrument only melts second groups of grains.
The described system of R9.R7, wherein, described control system keep the purity of described at least one group greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described system of R10.R7, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X) and described laser instrument second groups of grains and the 3rd groups of grains that are used for melting described stream.
The described system of R11.R10, wherein, described control device increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION when acceptable amount that the amount that does not melt feature A particle in described at least one group does not melt feature A particle in greater than described at least one group, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described acceptable amount when the amount that does not melt feature A particle in described at least one group.
The described system of R12.R10, wherein, described control device is determined the amount that do not melt feature A particle in described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises and is used for showing that described at least one group do not melt operator's input of control device of the acceptable amount of feature A particle, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION to obtain not melt in described at least one group the acceptable amount of feature A particle.
S. the photo damage method for sorting that comprises the letter sorting strategy
The method of the granulate mixture of particle that S1. uses flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry that the particle in the described stream is classified according to described feature;
So that being provided, at least one comprises the group of required particle by the particle that melts in the described stream of selected particle sorting according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy; And
As the speed that at least one function of following factors changes the letter sorting strategy or changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle that does not melt feature A or the amount of particle that do not melt feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described method of S2.S1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described method of S3.S1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of S4.S1 comprises that also this control device when purity when described at least one group is greater than required purity increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described method of S5.S1, also comprise described fluid is constituted as and comprise usually in a series the and then stream of another particle, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described method of S6.S5 also comprises fusing second groups of grains and do not melt the first and the 3rd groups of grains.
The described method of S7.S6, also comprise purity with described at least one group keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described method of S8.S5 also comprises fusing the second and the 3rd groups of grains and do not melt first groups of grains.
The described method of S9.S8, increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION when also comprising the acceptable amount that does not melt feature A particle in greater than described at least one group when the amount that does not melt feature A particle in described at least one group, and reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described acceptable amount when the amount that does not melt feature A particle in described at least one group.
T. the photo damage sorter that has variable flow rate and feedback
T1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise and being used for that improvement comprises according to described classification and according to the sorting system of the selected particle of the described stream of letter sorting strategy fusing with laser instrument that at least one group that comprises required particle is provided:
With the control device in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment of the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B as at least one functions control laser instrument of following factors; And (2) in described at least one group the particle that does not melt feature A or the amount of particle that do not melt feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of T2.T1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described system of T3.T1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of T4.T3, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X) and described laser instrument only melt second groups of grains.
The described system of T5.T4, also comprise purity with described at least one group keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described system of T6.T2, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X) and described laser instrument be used to melt the second and the 3rd groups of grains.
The described system of T7.T1, wherein, when the purity of described at least one group during greater than required purity this control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described system of T8.T1, wherein, described control device is determined described purity according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION to obtain required purity.
The described system of T9.T8, wherein, when the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group greater than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of feature A particle described control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group less than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of feature A particle described control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
The described system of T10.T8, wherein, described control device is determined the total amount of feature A particle in described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device of the acceptable amount that is used for showing described at least one the feature A of group particle, thereby and described control device change speed and change the amount of feature A particle at least one group to obtain described acceptable amount or number percent.
The described system of T11.T1, wherein, described stream is constituted as and comprises stream of following another particle in a series usually, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described system of T12.T11, wherein, feature A represents the X spermatid (X) of living, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X), described laser instrument is used to melt second groups of grains and the 3rd groups of grains and does not melt first groups of grains, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION in the flow cytometry equipment as the function of the amount of the X spermatid of living at least one group.
The described system of T13.T11, wherein, feature A represents the X spermatid (X) of living, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X), described laser instrument is used to melt second groups of grains and does not melt the first and the 3rd groups of grains, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION in the flow cytometry system as the function of the amount of the X spermatid of living at least one group.
U. the photo damage method for sorting that comprises variable flow rate letter sorting strategy
The method of the granulate mixture of particle that U1. uses flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry that the particle in the described stream is classified according to described feature;
So that being provided, at least one comprises the group of required particle by the particle that melts in the described stream of selected particle sorting according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy; And
Change the speed of conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle that does not melt feature A or the amount of particle that do not melt feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described method of U2.U1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described method of U3.U2, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of U4.U3, wherein, feature B represent to live spermatid beyond the X spermatid (～X), and described laser instrument only melts second groups of grains.
The described method of U5.U4, also comprise purity with described at least one group keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described method of U6.U2, wherein, feature B represent to live spermatid beyond the X spermatid (～X), and described laser instrument only melts the second and the 3rd groups of grains.
The described method of U7.U1, wherein when the purity of described at least one group during greater than required purity this control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described system of U8.U7, wherein, described control device is determined the purity of described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and described control device changes speed of fluid delivery to obtain described required purity.
The described system of U9.U8, wherein, when the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group greater than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of feature A particle described control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group less than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of feature A particle described control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
The described system of U10.U8, wherein, described control device is determined the total amount of feature A particle in described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device of the acceptable amount that is used for showing at least one the feature A of group particle, thereby and described control device change speed and change the amount of feature A particle at least one group to obtain described acceptable amount or number percent.
The described system of U11.U1, wherein, described stream is constituted as and comprises stream of following another particle in a series usually, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described system of U12.U11, wherein, feature A represents the X spermatid (X) of living, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X), described laser instrument is used to melt second groups of grains and the 3rd groups of grains and does not melt first groups of grains, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION in the flow cytometry equipment as the function of the amount of the X spermatid of living at least one group.
The described system of U13.U11, wherein, feature A represents the X spermatid (X) of living, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X), described laser instrument is used to melt second groups of grains and does not melt first groups of grains and the 3rd groups of grains, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION in the flow cytometry equipment as the function of the amount of the X spermatid of living at least one group.
V. the fluid that comprises the letter sorting strategy switches the particle sorting device
V1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for switching sorting system at the selected particle of described stream letter sorting with the fluid that at least one group that comprises required particle is provided according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy, improvement comprises:
Switch sorting system to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment with the speed that changes conveyance fluid as at least one functions control fluid of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And the amount of the particle of the particle of (2) feature A in described at least one group or feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
The described system of V2.V1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described system of V3.V1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of V4.V3, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X).
The described system of V5.V1, wherein, when the purity of described at least one group during greater than required purity this control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described system of V6.V1, wherein, described control device is determined described purity according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION to obtain required purity.
The described system of V7.V1, wherein, described stream is constituted as and comprises stream of following another particle in a series usually, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described system of V8.V7, wherein, described laser instrument only melts second groups of grains.
The described system of V9.V8, wherein, described control device keep the purity of described at least one group greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described system of V10.V7, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X) and described laser instrument second groups of grains and the 3rd groups of grains that are used for melting described stream.
The described system of V11.V10, wherein, when the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group greater than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of unfused feature A particle described control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group during less than described acceptable amount described control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
The described system of V12.V10, wherein, described control device is determined the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device of the acceptable amount that is used for showing the unfused feature A particle of described at least one group, thereby and described control device change the acceptable amount that speed obtains unfused feature A particle in described at least one group.
W. the fluid that comprises the letter sorting strategy switches method for sorting
The method of the granulate mixture of particle that W1. uses flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry that the particle in the described stream is classified according to described feature;
According to described classification and tactful in making selected particle turn to the particle in the described stream of letter sorting to comprise the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to letter sorting; And
Change the speed of conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And the amount of the particle of the particle of (2) feature A in described at least one group or feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
The described method of W2.W1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described method of W3.W1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of W4.W1 comprises that also this control device when purity when described at least one group is greater than required purity increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described method of W5.W1, also comprise described stream constituted and comprise usually in a series the and then stream of another particle, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described method of W6.W5 also comprises fusing second groups of grains and do not melt the first and the 3rd groups of grains.
The described method of W7.W6, also comprise purity with described at least one group keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described method of W8.W5 also comprises fusing the second and the 3rd groups of grains and do not melt first groups of grains.
The described method of W9.W8, the amount when unfused feature A particle in described at least one group of also comprising greater than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of unfused feature A particle described control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group during less than described acceptable amount described control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
X. the fluid that comprises variable flow rate letter sorting strategy switches sorter
X1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for switching sorting system according to the described fluid so that at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided that is sorted in the selected particle of described stream letter sorting, improvement comprises:
With the control device in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment of the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B as at least one functions control fluid delivery system of following factors; And the amount of the particle of the particle of (2) feature A in described at least one group or feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
The described system of X2.X1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described system of X3.X1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of X4.X3, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X).
The described system of X5.X1, wherein, when the purity of described at least one group during greater than required purity this control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described system of X6.X1, wherein, described control device is determined described purity according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION to obtain required purity.
The described system of X7.X1, wherein, described stream is constituted as and comprises stream of following another particle in a series usually, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described system of X8.X7, wherein, described laser instrument only melts second groups of grains.
The described system of X9.X8, wherein, described control device keep the purity of described at least one group greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described system of X10.X7, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X) and described laser instrument second groups of grains and the 3rd groups of grains that are used for melting described stream.
The described system of X11.X10, wherein, when the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group greater than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of unfused feature A particle described control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group during less than described acceptable amount described control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
The described system of X12.X10, wherein, described control device is determined the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device of the acceptable amount that is used for showing the unfused feature A particle of described at least one group, thereby and described control device change the acceptable amount that speed obtains unfused feature A particle in described at least one group.
Y. the fluid that comprises variable flow rate and feedback switches method for sorting
The method of the granulate mixture of particle that Y1. uses flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry that the particle in the described stream is classified according to described feature;
According to described classification by making selected particle turn to the particle of letter sorting in the described stream to comprise the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided; And
Change the speed of conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And the amount of the particle of the particle of (2) feature A in described at least one group or feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
The described method of Y2.Y1, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described method of Y3.Y1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of Y4.Y1 comprises that also this control device when purity when described at least one group is greater than required purity increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity when described purity.
The described method of Y5.Y1, also comprise described stream constituted and comprise usually in a series the and then stream of another particle, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described method of Y6.Y5 also comprises fusing second groups of grains and do not melt the first and the 3rd groups of grains.
The described method of Y7.Y6, also comprise purity with described at least one group keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described method of Y8.Y5 also comprises fusing the second and the 3rd groups of grains and do not melt first groups of grains.
The described method of Y9.Y8, the amount when unfused feature A particle in described at least one group of also comprising greater than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of unfused feature A particle described control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of unfused feature A particle in described at least one group during less than described acceptable amount described control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
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AA. be used for the A/D converter that PMT output signal and DSP analyze and classify
AA1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for sorting particle so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy, improvement comprises:
The analog-digital converter that carries out synchronized sampling and the output that comprises the numerical information of exporting corresponding to described time dependent simulation is provided, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B are exported in the time dependent simulation that comes from described flow cytometry equipment;
Analyze and breakdown figures information and provide digital signal processor for described sorting system as the letter sorting signal of the function of analyzed and the numerical information of classifying.
AA1A. as the described system of AA1, wherein, described time dependent simulation output comprises a series of waveform pulses, the feature of particle is represented in each waveform pulse, wherein digital signal processor detects in the numerical information part and the part classification to being detected corresponding to waveform pulse, and described digital signal processor provides the described letter sorting signal as the function of the part of described detected and classification.
AA1B. as the described system of AA1, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of AA2.AA1B, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described system of AA3.AA1B, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described system of AA4.AA3, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X).
The described system of AA5.AA4, also comprise purity with described at least one group keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described system of AA6.AA1, wherein, described control device increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during greater than required purity in described purity, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity in described purity.
The described system of AA7.AA1, wherein, described control device is determined the purity of described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device that is used to show required purity, and described control device changes the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION so that described purity and required purity basically identical.
The described system of AA8.AA7, wherein, when the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group greater than described at least one group in during the acceptable amount of feature A particle described control device increase the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION, and when the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group during less than described acceptable amount described control device reduce the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION.
The described system of AA9.AA8, wherein, described control device is determined the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group according to the output signal that comes from flow cytometry equipment, described system also comprises operator's input of the control device of the acceptable amount that is used for showing described at least one the feature A of group particle, thereby and described control device change speed of fluid delivery and obtain described acceptable amount in described at least one group.
The described system of AA10.AA1, wherein, described stream is constituted as and comprises stream of following another particle in a series usually, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described system of AA11.AA10, wherein, described sorting system is used for using the letter sorting strategy, and wherein said first groups of grains is selected that to be used for being collected in described at least one group and the described second and the 3rd groups of grains not selected as to be used for being collected in described at least one group.
The described system of AA12.AA10, wherein, described sorting system is used for using the letter sorting strategy, and the wherein said first and the 3rd groups of grains is selected that to be used for being collected in described at least one group and described second groups of grains not selected as to be used for being collected in described at least one group.
The described system of AA13.AA1, wherein, described sorting system comprises the drop sorting system.
The described system of AA14.AA1, wherein, described sorting system comprises the photo damage sorting system.
The described system of AA15.AA1, wherein, described sorting system comprises that fluid switches sorting system.
The described system of AA16.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction that is used for detecting corresponding to the pulse of described numerical information, is used for extracting in the pulse that detects the instruction of detected pulse of the function of the feature that the instruction of feature and identification is extracted as them.
The described system of AA17.AA16, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction of the decision boundary of discerning between the feature that is extracted of the feature that is extracted that is used to be limited to representation feature A and representation feature B.
The described system of AA18.AA17, wherein, described digital signal processor is regulated decision boundary with respect to the feature that is extracted of representation feature A with respect to the relative position of the feature that is extracted of representation feature B as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of AA19.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the data management processor that is used for numerical information is accumulated continuous stream.
The described system of AA20.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the pulse detection processor that is used to detect the waveform pulse of being represented by numerical information, and described digital signal processor is as the described numerical information of function category of the waveform pulse that is detected.
The described system of AA21.AA20, also comprise the wave filter that is used under the frequency of half that is equal to or less than described converter continuous sampling speed, filtering simulation output, the simulation output that wherein said converter will filter is converted to corresponding digital information, and described digital signal processor is as the described numerical information of the function category of decision boundary.
The described system of AA22.AA21, described continuous sampling speed is about 109MHZ or higher.
The described system of AA23.AA21, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the feature extraction of extracting feature and the recognition processor that extract feature and representation feature B that is used to limit identification representation feature A, and feature extraction and recognition processor extract the feature represented by described numerical information and as the described feature of the function category of decision boundary.
The described system of AA24.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprise to described classification react so that to described sorting system provide the letter sorting signal the letter sorting processor.
The described system of AA25.AA1, wherein, described processor calculates (innumerates) to have feature A or has the amount of the sorting particles of feature B.
The described system of AA26.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor reduces to such an extent that be equal to or less than the function of predetermined amount substantially as the change coefficient of the group that will have feature A particle or minimizes to such an extent that be equal to or less than the function of predetermined amount substantially and breakdown figures information as the change coefficient of the group that will have feature B particle.
The described system of AA27.AA26, wherein, described predetermined amount is about 1.5% or littler.
The described system of AA27a.AA26, wherein, described predetermined amount is about 1.3% or littler.
The described system of AA28.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor breakdown figures information so that the particle group that has the particle group of feature A and have a feature B corresponding to the computer model of three groups of the 3rd model group of the first model group that comprises particle, the second model group of particle and out-of-alignment particle with feature B with feature A, group's statistics of each in described model evaluation first, second and the 3rd model group.
The described system of AA29.AA28, wherein, the 3rd model group comprises two groups of out-of-alignment particle, and the group of these two groups of described model evaluation statistics.
The described system of AA30.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises and is used to detect the pulse detection processor of being represented by numerical information that is used for the detection waveform pulse, and described digital signal processor is as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature A particle or as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature B particle and the described numerical information of classifying.
The described system of AA30a.AA30, also comprise the wave filter that is used under the frequency of half that is equal to or less than described converter continuous sampling speed, filtering simulation output, simulation that wherein said converter will filter output is converted to corresponding digital information, and described digital signal processor is as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature A particle or as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature B particle and the described numerical information of classifying.
The described system of AA30b.AA1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the feature extraction of extracting feature and the recognition processor that extract feature and representation feature B that is used to limit identification representation feature A, and feature extraction and recognition processor extract the feature represented by described numerical information and as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature A particle or as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature B particle and the described feature of classifying.
AA31. the method for the granulate mixture of a particle that utilizes flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make fluid form fluid stream and according to the particle in the described characteristic use Flow cytometry fluid stream;
So that being provided, at least one comprises the group of required particle according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle in fluid stream;
The simulation output that will come from described flow cytometry converts corresponding digital information to, wherein simulation output representation feature A or feature B; And
Analyze and breakdown figures information and sort particle as the function of the numerical information of analyzed and classification.
The described method of AA31A.AA31 also comprises the speed that changes described letter sorting strategy or change conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described method of AA32.AA31, wherein, described particle is that cell and feature A are relevant with the physical features of described cell with B.
The described method of AA33.AA31, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of AA34.AA33, wherein, feature B represent to live cell beyond the X cell (～X).
The described method of AA35.AA33, also comprise with described purity keep greater than 85% but less than 95%.
The described method of AA36.AA31 increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION when also being included in described purity greater than required purity, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described required purity in described purity.
The described method of AA37.AA31, the amount when feature A particle in described at least one group of also comprising increases the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION in greater than described at least one group during the acceptable amount of feature A particle, and reduces the speed of FLUID TRANSPORTATION during less than described acceptable amount when the amount of feature A particle in described at least one group.
The described method of AA38.AA31, also comprise described stream constituted and comprise usually in a series the and then stream of another particle, described series comprises continuous groups of grains, described group comprises that each all comprises first groups of grains of one or more particle with feature A, each all comprises second groups of grains of one or more particle with feature B, and each all comprises wherein at least one and has feature A and wherein at least one has the 3rd groups of grains of two or more nearly particles at interval of feature B.
The described method of AA39.AA38 also comprises according to the described particle of letter sorting strategy letter sorting, wherein has only first groups of grains selected as to be used for being collected in described at least one group.
The described method of AA40.AA38 also comprises according to the described particle of letter sorting strategy letter sorting, and wherein the first and the 3rd groups of grains is selected as to be used for being collected in described at least one group.
The described method of AA41.AA31, wherein, described letter sorting comprises uses the drop letter sorting to handle.
The described method of AA42.AA31, wherein, described letter sorting comprises uses the photo damage letter sorting to handle.
The described method of AA43.AA31, wherein, described letter sorting comprises that using fluid to switch letter sorting handles.
The described method of AA44.AA1 also comprises waveform pulse that detection represented by described numerical information, extracts the feature of waveform pulse and the detected waveform pulse of function identification of the feature that is extracted as them from numerical information.
The described method of AA45.AA44 also comprises the decision boundary of discerning between the feature that is extracted of the feature that is extracted that is limited to representation feature A and representation feature B.
The described method of AA46.AA45, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and regulate decision boundary with respect to the feature that is extracted of representation feature A with respect to the relative position of the feature that is extracted of representation feature B, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described method of AA47.AA31, wherein, described conversion comprises the described simulation output of synchronized sampling.
The described method of AA48.AA31, wherein, breakdown figures information comprises that change coefficient as the group that will have feature A particle minimizes to such an extent that be equal to or less than the function of predetermined amount substantially or minimizes to such an extent that be equal to or less than the function of predetermined amount substantially and breakdown figures information as the change coefficient of the group that will have feature B particle.
The described method of AA49.AA48, wherein, described predetermined amount is about 1.5% or littler.
The described method of AA50.AA31, wherein, breakdown figures information comprise class numerical information so that the particle group that has the particle group of feature A and have a feature B corresponding to the computer model of three groups of the 3rd model group of the first model group that comprises particle, the second model group of particle and out-of-alignment particle with feature B with feature A, group's statistics of each in described model evaluation first, second and the 3rd model group.
The described system of AA51.AA31, the described numerical information of classifying comprise as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature A particle or as the function of change coefficient of the group with feature B particle and the described numerical information of classifying.
BB. determine the initial detecting parameter
BB1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for sorting particle so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy, improvement comprises:
The analog-digital converter that carries out synchronized sampling and the output that comprises the numerical information of exporting corresponding to described time dependent simulation is provided, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B are exported in the time dependent simulation that comes from described flow cytometry equipment;
Determine to come from the digital signal processor of time dependent simulation output background characteristics described in the described numerical information;
Detection is as the waveform pulse of being represented by described numerical information of the function of determined background characteristics; And
For described sorting system provides letter sorting signal as the function of detected waveform pulse.
The described system of BB2.BB1, wherein, described digital signal processor is used for definite process of iteration that limits the pulse detection threshold value of background characteristics, and described process of iteration comprises:
From numerical information, calculate the background statistical estimation;
Utilize the described numerical information of calculating that is evaluated as to provide the pulse detection logic to determine the pulse of representation feature A or feature B;
Do not utilize corresponding to the numerical information of the pulse of determining and calculate assessment once more; And
Repeating above-mentioned steps occurs until convergence of background statistical estimation or fixing greatest iteration number.
The described system of BB3.BB1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction that is used for detecting the waveform pulse of being represented by described numerical information, is used for extracting in the pulse that detects the instruction of detected pulse of the function of the feature that the instruction of feature and identification is extracted as them.
The described system of BB4.BB3, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction of the decision boundary of discerning between the feature that is extracted of the feature that is extracted that is used to be limited to representation feature A and representation feature B.
The described system of BB5.BB4, wherein, described digital signal processor is regulated decision boundary with respect to the feature that is extracted of representation feature A with respect to the relative position of the feature that is extracted of representation feature B as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of BB6.BB1, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of BB7.B1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the pulse detection processor that is used to detect the waveform pulse of being represented by numerical information, and described digital signal processor is as the described numerical information of function category of the waveform pulse that is detected.
The described system of BB8.BB7 also comprises the wave filter that is used for filtering simulation output under the frequency of half that is equal to or less than described converter sampling speed, and the simulation output that wherein said converter will filter is converted to corresponding digital information.
CC. produce the initial identification parameter
CC1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, improvement comprises:
The analog-digital converter that carries out synchronized sampling and the output that comprises the numerical information of exporting corresponding to described time dependent simulation is provided, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B are exported in the time dependent simulation that comes from described flow cytometry equipment; And
From numerical information, produce initial identification parameter, identification and provide digital signal processor as the letter sorting signal of the function of the numerical information that is identified as the numerical information of the function of initial identification parameter and for described sorting system.
The described system of CC2.CC1, wherein, described digital signal processor uses at least a to produce the initial identification parameter in the following algorithm, and these algorithms comprise: k-average (k-Means), fuzzy k-average (Fuzzy k-Means) and condense classification (Agglomerative Hierarchical).
The described system of CC3.CC1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction that is used for detecting the waveform pulse of being represented by described numerical information, is used for extracting in the pulse that detects the instruction of detected pulse of the function of the feature that the instruction of feature and identification is extracted as them.
The described system of CC4.CC3, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction of the decision boundary of discerning between the feature that is extracted of the feature that is extracted that is used to be limited to representation feature A and representation feature B.
The described system of CC5.CC4, wherein, described digital signal processor is regulated decision boundary with respect to the feature that is extracted of representation feature A with respect to the relative position of the feature that is extracted of representation feature B as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of CC6.CC1, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
DD. the synchronized sampling waveform pulse is to classify
DD1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the fluid delivery system of the fluid that comprises described particle; With the flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry;
The analog-digital converter that carries out synchronized sampling and the output that comprises the numerical information of exporting corresponding to described time dependent simulation is provided, wherein said waveform pulse and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B are exported in the time dependent simulation that comprises a series of waveform pulses that comes from described flow cytometry equipment; And
Analyze numerical information and as the digital signal processor of the letter sorting signal of the function of corresponding analyzed numerical information with it.
The described system of DD2.DD1, wherein, described digital processing unit is used to limit the detection threshold of waveform pulse, and described detection threshold is that background is on average assessed and moved the function of the standard deviation of the numerical information of calculating in the window at the sample that ends at current sample.
The described system of DD3.DD1, wherein, numerical control device uses the analysis of statistics abnormality detection, and with the unusual numerical information of the background characteristics statistics of numerical information be the part that digit pulse is considered.
The described system of DD4.DD1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises and is used for detecting with the instruction of the corresponding pulse of numerical information, is used for extracting in the pulse that detects the instruction of detected pulse of the function of the feature that the instruction of feature and identification is extracted as them.
The described system of DD5.DD4, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction of the decision boundary of discerning between the feature that is extracted of the feature that is extracted that is used to be limited to representation feature A and representation feature B.
The described system of DD6.DD5, wherein, described digital signal processor is regulated decision boundary with respect to the feature that is extracted of representation feature A with respect to the relative position of the feature that is extracted of representation feature B as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of DD7.DD1 also comprises the wave filter that is used for filtering simulation output under the frequency of half that is equal to or less than described converter sampling speed, and the simulation output that wherein said converter will filter is converted to corresponding digital information.
The described system of DD8.DD1, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described system of DD9.DD1, wherein, described processor calculates (innumerates) to have feature A or has the amount of the sorting particles of feature B.
The described system of DD10.DD1 also comprises being used to shine particle to produce the pulse irradiation device synchronous with synchronized sampling of corresponding waveform pulse.
The described system of DD11.DD10, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the pulse detection processor that is used to detect the waveform pulse of being represented by numerical information, and described digital signal processor is as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature A particle or as the function of change coefficient of the group with feature B particle and the described numerical information of classifying.
EE. feature extraction
EE1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, improvement comprises:
The analog-digital converter that carries out synchronized sampling and the output that comprises the numerical information of exporting corresponding to described time dependent simulation is provided, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B are exported in the time dependent simulation that comes from described flow cytometry equipment;
Extract feature and provide digital signal processor for described sorting system from numerical information as the letter sorting signal of the function of the feature that is extracted.
The described equipment of EE2.EE1, wherein, the feature that is extracted is corresponding to one or more of following feature, and these features comprise: pulse area, peak value of pulse, pulse inner region (pulse innerarea), pulse width, pulse Gaussian distribution (pulse gaussianity), pulse hysteresis peak or pulse gradient.
The described equipment of EE3.EE2, wherein, the feature that is extracted is included in some place of pulse with respect to the approximate value of the derivative of the pulse of the average peak height of pulse or the efficient of pulse.
The described equipment of EE4.EE3, wherein, described along pulse corresponding to the point that between first derivative of first derivative of the pulse that produces by particle and the pulse that produces by particle, has difference with feature B with feature A.
The described equipment of EE5.EE3, wherein, time dependent simulation output is corresponding to the fluorescent emission pulse that comes from particle, and is maximal value or approaching peaked point along the described of pulse corresponding to the difference between first derivative of first derivative of the pulse that is produced by the particle with feature A and the pulse that produced by the particle with feature B.
The described equipment of EE6.EE3, wherein, time dependent simulation output is corresponding to the fluorescent emission pulse that comes from particle, and along the described point of the pulse function that is the peak height of fluorescent emission pulse.
The described equipment of EE7.EE3, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction that is used for detecting the waveform pulse of being represented by numerical information, is used for extracting in the waveform pulse that detects the instruction of detected waveform pulse of the function of the feature that the instruction of feature and identification is extracted as them.
The described equipment of EE8.EE7, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction of the decision boundary of discerning between the feature that is extracted of the feature that is extracted that is used to be limited to representation feature A and representation feature B.
The described equipment of EE9.EE8, wherein, described digital signal processor is regulated decision boundary with respect to the feature that is extracted of representation feature A with respect to the relative position of the feature that is extracted of representation feature B as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described equipment of EE10.EE1, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described equipment of EE11.EE1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises and is used to detect the waveform pulse of being represented by numerical information and the pulse detection processor of the waveform pulse that detected of being used to classify.
The described equipment of EE12.EE1 also comprises the wave filter that is used for filtering simulation output under the frequency of half that is equal to or less than described converter sampling speed, and the simulation output that wherein said converter will filter is converted to corresponding digital information.
FF. discern waveform pulse
FF1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, improvement comprises:
The time dependent simulation output that comprises waveform pulse that comes from described flow cytometry equipment is carried out synchronized sampling and the analog-digital converter that comprises corresponding to the output of the numerical information of described waveform pulse, wherein said waveform pulse and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B are provided;
Provide digital signal processor with the form discriminating digit information of representation feature A or feature B and for described sorting system as the letter sorting signal of the function of the numerical information that is identified.
The described equipment of FF2.FF1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the instruction that is used for detecting the waveform pulse of being represented by described numerical information, is used for extracting in the waveform pulse that detects the instruction of detected waveform pulse of the function of the feature that the instruction of feature and identification is extracted as them.
The described equipment of FF3.FF2, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the equipment of the decision boundary of discerning between the feature that is extracted of the feature that is extracted that is used to be limited to representation feature A and representation feature B.
The described equipment of FF4.FF3, wherein, described digital signal processor is regulated decision boundary with respect to the feature that is extracted of representation feature A with respect to the relative position of the feature that is extracted of representation feature B as at least one function of following factors, and these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described equipment of FF5.FF1, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the pulse detection processor that is used to detect with the corresponding waveform pulse of numerical information, and described digital signal processor is as the waveform pulse that the is detected described numerical information of classifying.
The described equipment of FF6.FF5 also comprises the wave filter that is used for filtering simulation output under the frequency of half that is equal to or less than described converter sampling speed, and the simulation output that wherein said converter will filter is converted to corresponding digital information.
The described equipment of FF7.FF1, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described equipment of FF8.FF1 also comprises being used to shine particle to produce the pulse irradiation device synchronous with synchronized sampling of corresponding waveform pulse.
The described equipment of FF9.FF, wherein, described digital signal processor comprises the pulse detection processor that is used to detect the waveform pulse of being represented by numerical information, and described digital signal processor is as the function of the change coefficient of the group with feature A particle or as the function of change coefficient of the group with feature B particle and the described numerical information of classifying.
GG.LED array division sensor
GG1. one kind be split into the equipment that the continuous fluid stream of drop is used in combination in the division position, described equipment comprises:
Be arranged on the side of described stream to shine the light source of described stream;
Be arranged on the opposite side of described stream so that the linear photosensor element arrays that is oriented along the axis that is basically parallel to described stream, described photoarray is suitable for detecting the light that comes from described light source that passes described stream and described photoarray and is suitable for providing output signal corresponding to detecting light;
Be used to the control device that receives output signal and provide and divide the position signalling of corresponding position, position.
The described equipment of GG2.GG1 also comprises the display of the demonstration of the position that is used to provide expression division position.
The described equipment of GG3.GG1, also comprise and being used for to the described stream application of force to change the transducer of the position that divides the position, described transducer changes the amplitude of described power as the function of input signal, and the position signalling that comes from detecting device is provided for described transducer as input signal.
The described equipment of GG4.GG3 also comprises the look-up table of change that is used to specify as the amplitude of the power that puts on described stream of the function of the position of division position.
HH. flow cytometry divides sensor
HH1. in a kind of flow cytometry system that is used for sorting the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, improvement comprises:
Be arranged in the second place on the side of described stream and sentence the light source of the described stream of irradiation;
Be arranged in the second place on the opposite side of described stream and sentence and be convenient to the linear photosensor element arrays that is oriented along the axis that is basically parallel to described stream, described photoarray is suitable for detecting the light that comes from described light source that passes described stream and described photoarray and is suitable for providing output signal corresponding to detecting light;
Be used to receive the control device of output signal of the position of the expression second place, described control device changes the operation of described transducer as the function of output signal.
The described equipment of HH2.HH1, also comprise as at least one function of following factors and control sorting system in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
The described equipment of HH3.HH1 also comprises the display of the demonstration of the position that is used to provide expression division position.
The described equipment of HH4.HH1, also comprise and being used for to the described stream application of force to change the transducer of the position that divides the position, described transducer changes the amplitude of described power as the function of input signal, and the position signalling that comes from detecting device is provided for described transducer as input signal.
The described equipment of HH5.HH4 also comprises the look-up table of change that is used to specify as the amplitude of the power that puts on described stream of the function of the position of division position.
II. the drop sorter that has the external exposure optical system
II1. one or more feature according to particle sorts the equipment that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, and described system comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising described particle is transported to primary importance and makes fluid stream split into the flow cytometry equipment of drop in the second place, and described flow cytometry equipment utilization flow cytometry is classified to particle according to described feature and sorted described drop according to the classification that is included in the particle in the drop;
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward.
The described equipment of II2.II1, wherein, described particle is a cell.
The described equipment of II3.II1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described system of II4.II3, wherein, described beam is sentenced spot in described primary importance form is focused on the fluid stream by described optical system, the shape of described spot is oval substantially, and it has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, and described width is less than the length of the head of the spermatid that passes spot.
The described equipment of II5.II3, wherein, described optical system is included in the photodetector that described condenser lens back is used to detect described emission.
The described equipment of II6.II1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment also comprises nozzle, described nozzle has the inside surface of such structure,, can apply acting force they are taken to required orientation before particle passes described light beam on particle that is.
The described equipment of II7.II4, wherein, described nozzle can rotate around the longitudinal axis of described nozzle to regulate the described required orientation of particles with respect to the beam axis.
The described equipment of II8.II1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises nozzle, described nozzle be oriented as along upwards, non-vertical direction guides described fluid stream.
The described equipment of II9.II1, wherein, described nozzle has and scribbles non-reflectivity, non-emissivity coating.
The described equipment of II10.II1, wherein, described optical system is included in the photodetector that described condenser lens back is used to detect described emission.
The described equipment of II11.II1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises the nozzle with nozzle bore, and the kapillary that extends from described nozzle bore, described fluid flow is crossed described nozzle bore and is transported to described primary importance.
The described equipment of II12.II9, wherein, described primary importance is positioned at described inside capillaceous.
The described system of II13.II1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and described a plurality of flow cytometries unit can be analyzed a plurality of fluid streams simultaneously, and each flow cytometry unit comprises described external exposure optical system.
JJ. use the method for external exposure optical system letter sorting particle
JJ1. one or more feature according to particle sorts the method that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, and described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise described particle is transported to primary importance and makes fluid stream split into drop in the second place;
Utilize flow cytometry particle to be classified and sort described drop according to the classification that is included in the particle in the drop according to described feature,
Described flow cytometry comprises and can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward.
The described method of JJ2.JJ1, wherein, described particle is a cell.
The described method of JJ3.JJ1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described method of JJ4.JJ3, wherein, the pressure that the step of conveyance fluid stream is included in 20-40psi down and to guide described fluid with the speed of 30000 to 50000 spermatids of per second be 50 to 70 microns nozzle bore by diameter.
The described method of JJ5.JJ3, comprise that also the form that described beam is sentenced spot in described primary importance is focused on the fluid stream, the shape of described spot is oval substantially, and it has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, and described width is less than the length of the head of the spermatid that passes spot.
The described method of JJ6.JJ5, wherein, the head of described spermatid comprises the DNA zone with the length on the direction of fluid stream, and the width of described beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone.
The described method of JJ7.JJ3 comprise that also generation all comprises a plurality of independent fluid streams of spermatid, and for each this fluid stream, execution in step (a) (b).
The described method of JJ8.JJ7 also comprises and utilizes the described fluid stream of public laser beam irradiation.
The described method of JJ9.JJ1 also is included in particle and passes and apply acting force they are taken to required orientation on particle before the described light beam.
The described method of JJ10.JJ4 comprises that also making described fluid stream flow through is constituted for the nozzle that applies described power, and makes described nozzle rotate to regulate required orientation of particles with respect to the beam axis around the longitudinal axis of described nozzle.
The described method of JJ11.JJ1, wherein, described flow cytometry is handled and is also comprised the emission that only utilizes a photodetector to detect electromagnetic radiation.
KK. the photo damage sorter that has the external exposure optical system
KK1. one or more feature according to particle sorts the equipment that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, and described system comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising described particle be transported to primary importance, according to described feature particle is classified and according to described classification with described particle sorting to the flow cytometry equipment of at least one group that comprises required particle; And
Be used for melting the laser instrument of the particle of described stream,
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward.
The described equipment of KK2.KK1, wherein, described particle is a cell.
The described equipment of KK3.KK2, wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described equipment of KK4.KK1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment also comprises nozzle, described nozzle has the inside surface of such structure,, can apply acting force they are taken to required orientation before particle passes described light beam on particle that is.
The described equipment of KK5.KK4, wherein, described nozzle can rotate around the longitudinal axis of described nozzle to regulate the described required orientation of particles with respect to the beam axis.
KK6.KK1 (copy claim AA2 etc.)
LL. use the method for external exposure optical system and photo damage letter sorting particle
LL1. one or more feature according to particle sorts the method that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, and described method comprises:
Use flow cytometry to handle to classify according to the particle in the described feature fluid flow and to sort described particle according to the classification of described particle; And
Melt the particle in the described fluid stream,
Described flow cytometry processing comprises along flowing the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects with fluid passes described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward.
MM. the spermatid sorter that has the external exposure optical system
MM1. a system of spermatid being classified according to the chromosomal DNA feature comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising described cell is transported to primary importance and makes described stream be split into the flow cytometry equipment of drop at second place place, described flow cytometry equipment is used for described cell is classified and sorting described drop according to the cytological classification that is included in drop according to dna characteristics
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward.
The described system of MM2.MM1, wherein, described optical system also is included in being used on the described beam axis of described condenser lens back and detects at least some of described radiation and convert at least some of described radiation the photodetector of the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to.
The described system of MM3.MM1, wherein, described drop is sorted in each first drop that all comprises at least one X spermatid of living all to be comprised in second drop of at least one Y cell with each.
The described system of MM4.MM3, wherein, at least some in first drop comprise X cell alive and the Y cell of living.
The described system of MM5.MM1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises nozzle, described nozzle has the inside surface of such structure,, can apply acting force they are taken to required orientation before cell passes described light beam on cell that is.
The described system of MM6.MM5, wherein, described nozzle can rotate around the longitudinal axis of described nozzle to regulate the described required cell orientation with respect to the beam axis.
The described system of MM7.MM1, wherein, described beam axis intersects with described fluid stream under described primary importance is in respect to the oblique firing angle of the longitudinal axis of described stream.
The described system of MM8.MM1, wherein, described beam is sentenced spot in described primary importance form is focused on the fluid stream by described optical system, the shape of described spot is oval substantially, and it has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, and described width is less than the length of the head of the spermatid that passes spot.
The described system of MM9.MM8, wherein, the described head of described spermatid is included in the DNA zone that has length on the direction of fluid stream, and described beam spot width is less than the length in described DNA zone.
The described system of MM10.MM1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and described a plurality of flow cytometries unit is used for analyzing simultaneously a plurality of fluid streams, and each flow cytometry unit comprises described external exposure optical system.
The described system of MM11.MM1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises nozzle, described nozzle be oriented as along upwards, non-vertical direction guides described fluid stream.
The described system of MM12.MM1, wherein, described optical system only comprises a photodetector that is used to detect described emission.
The described system of MM13.MM1 also comprises the gatherer that is used to collect described at least first drop.
The described system of MM14.MM1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises the nozzle with nozzle bore, and the kapillary that extends from described nozzle bore, described fluid flow is crossed described nozzle bore and is transported to described primary importance.
The described system of MM15.MM14, wherein, described primary importance is positioned at described inside capillaceous.
The described system of MM16.MM15, wherein, thereby described optical system is connected described beam transmission in the described stream that flows through described pipe optically with described kapillary.
NN. use the method for external exposure optical system letter sorting spermatid
NN1. method of the animal spermatid being classified by the chromosomal DNA feature, described method comprises the following steps:
(a) the fluid stream that will comprise described cell is transported to primary importance and makes described stream be split into drop at second place place;
(b) pass condenser lens so that described cell passes beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and described fluid stream, cause electromagnetic radiation on direction backward, to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis;
(c) detect at least some of described radiation and convert at least some of described radiation the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to;
(d) handle described electric signal and classify according to described dna characteristics pair cell; And
(e) sort described drop according to the cytological classification that is included in the described drop.
The described method of NN2.NN1, wherein, described drop is sorted in each first drop that all comprises at least one X spermatid of living all to be comprised in second drop of at least one Y cell with each.
The described method of NN3.NN2, wherein, at least some in first drop comprise X cell alive and the Y cell of living.
The described method of NN4.NN1, wherein, the pressure that step (a) is included in 20-40psi down and to guide described fluid with the speed of 30000 to 50000 spermatids of per second be 50 to 70 microns nozzle bore by diameter.
The described method of NN5.NN1 also is included in particle and passes and apply acting force they are taken to required orientation on particle before the described light beam.
The described method of NN6.NN5, wherein, described spermatid has head, and described head has wide and narrow limit, and wherein, described required orientation is that beam impacts described wide direction.
The described method of NN7.NN6, wherein, described FLUID TRANSPORTATION step comprises by the described stream of nozzle guide, and described method comprises that also the longitudinal axis that makes described nozzle center on described nozzle rotates to regulate the described required cell orientation with respect to the beam axis.
The described method of NN8.NN1 also comprises described beam is focused on the fluid stream with the form of spot, the shape of described spot is oval substantially, and it has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, and described width is less than the length of the head of the spermatid that passes spot.
The described method of NN9.NN8, wherein, the described head of described spermatid is included in the DNA zone that has length on the direction of fluid stream, and described beam spot width is less than the length in described DNA zone.
The described method of NN10.NN5, wherein, step (d) comprises makes described first drop deflection at least.
The described method of NN11.NN1, also comprise the guiding described emission at least some by comprising the filtering system of spatial light filter, described spatial light filter has the hole of length and width dimensions, at least one described dimension adjustable is to change the size in described hole.
The described method of NN12.NN1 also comprises the described fluid stream of the edge makes progress, non-vertical locus guiding.
The described method of NN13.NN1 comprises that also generation all comprises a plurality of independent fluid stream of spermatid, and for each this fluid stream, execution in step (a) and (b), (c) and (d).
The described method of NN13A.NN13 also comprises uses the described fluid stream of public laser beam irradiation.
The described method of NN14.NN13, wherein, described fluid stream comprises the fluid that comes from the common fluid supply.
The described method of NN15.NN1, wherein, described fluid flow is crossed kapillary and is transported to described primary importance.
OO. the spermatid analyzer that has the external exposure optical system
OO1. equipment by chromosomal DNA tagsort animal spermatid, described equipment comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance and is used for applying acting force they are taken to the nozzle system of required orientation before cell arrives described primary importance on spermatid;
The external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system so that described cell passes light beam, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward along the laser beam that flows the beam axis direct electromagnetic radiation on direction forward that intersects with described fluid under the incident angle of described primary importance at non-zero;
Photodetector, described photodetector are used to detect and convert at least some of described Radiation Emission the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to; And
Be used to handle described electric signal and according to the processor of described dna characteristics pair cell classification.
The described equipment of OO2.OO1, wherein, described nozzle system is the part of drop cell sorting system.
The described equipment of OO3.OO1, wherein, described nozzle system is the part of photo damage cell sorting system.
The described equipment of OO4.OO1, wherein, described nozzle system is the part that fluid switches the cell sorting system.
The described equipment of OO5.OO1, wherein, described optical system also is included in the photodetector on the beam axis of winning a lawsuit of described condenser lens back, and described photodetector is used to detect and converts at least some of Radiation Emission the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to.
The described equipment of OO6.OO1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises nozzle, described nozzle has the inside surface of such structure,, can apply acting force they are taken to required orientation before cell passes described light beam on cell that is.
The described equipment of OO7.OO6, wherein, described nozzle can rotate around the longitudinal axis of described nozzle to regulate the described required cell orientation with respect to the beam axis.
The described equipment of OO8.OO1, wherein, described beam axis intersects with described fluid stream under described primary importance is in respect to the oblique firing angle of the longitudinal axis of described stream.
The described equipment of OO9.OO1, wherein, described beam is sentenced spot in described primary importance form is focused on the fluid stream by described optical system, the shape of described spot is oval substantially, and it has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, and described width is less than the length of the head of the spermatid that passes spot.
The described equipment of OO10.OO1, wherein, the described head of described spermatid is included in the DNA zone that has length on the direction of fluid stream, and described beam spot width is less than the length in described DNA zone.
The described equipment of OO11.OO1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and described a plurality of flow cytometries unit is used for analyzing simultaneously concurrently a plurality of fluid streams, and each flow cytometry unit comprises described external exposure optical system.
The described equipment of OO12.OO1, wherein, described nozzle system comprises nozzle, described nozzle be oriented as along upwards, non-vertical direction guides described fluid stream.
The described equipment of OO13.OO1, wherein, described optical system only comprises a photodetector that is used to detect described emission.
The described equipment of OO14.OO1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises the nozzle with nozzle bore, and the kapillary that extends from described nozzle bore, described fluid flow is crossed described nozzle bore and is transported to described primary importance.
The described equipment of OO15.OO14, wherein, described primary importance is positioned at described inside capillaceous.
The described equipment of OO16.OO15, wherein, thereby described optical system is connected described beam transmission in the described stream that flows through described pipe optically with described kapillary.
PP. use the external exposure optical system to analyze the method for spermatid
PP1. method of the animal spermatid being classified by the chromosomal DNA feature, described method comprises the following steps:
(a) the fluid stream that is used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance and applies acting force they are taken to required orientation on spermatid before reaching described primary importance flowing to;
(b) along the beam axis that intersects at described primary importance and described fluid stream on direction forward to become the incident angle direct electromagnetic radiation bundle of non-zero so that described cell passes beam with described stream, cause electromagnetic radiation on direction backward, to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis;
(c) detect at least some of described radiation and convert at least some of described radiation the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to; And
(d) handle described electric signal and classify according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
The described method of PP2.PP1 also comprises according to described dna characteristics sorting cell.
The described method of PP3.PP1 also comprises and uses the photo damage letter sorting to handle to sort described cell.
The described method of PP4.PP1 comprises that also using fluid to switch letter sorting handles to sort described cell.
The described method of PP5.PP1 also comprises and uses the drop letter sorting to handle to sort described cell.
The described method of PP6.PP1, wherein, the pressure that step (a) is included in 20-40psi down and to guide described fluid with the speed of 30000 to 50000 spermatids of per second be 50 to 70 microns nozzle bore by diameter.
The described method of PP7.PP1 also is included in spermatid and passes and apply acting force they are taken to required orientation on spermatid before the described light beam.
The described method of PP8.PP7, wherein, described spermatid has head, and described head has wide and narrow limit, and wherein, described required orientation is that beam impacts described wide direction.
The described method of PP9.PP8, wherein, described FLUID TRANSPORTATION step comprises by the described stream of nozzle guide, and described method comprises that also the longitudinal axis that makes described nozzle center on described nozzle rotates to regulate the described required cell orientation with respect to the beam axis.
The described method of PP10.PP1 also comprises described beam is focused on the fluid stream with the form of spot, the shape of described spot is oval substantially, and it has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, and described width is less than the length of the head of the spermatid that passes spot.
The described method of PP11.PP10, wherein, the described head of described spermatid is included in the DNA zone that has length on the direction of fluid stream, and described beam spot width is less than the length in described DNA zone.
The described method of PP12.PP1, also comprise the guiding described emission at least some by comprising the filtering system of spatial light filter, described spatial light filter has the hole of length and width dimensions, at least one described dimension adjustable is to change the size in described hole.
The described method of PP13.PP1 also comprises the described fluid stream of the edge makes progress, non-vertical locus guiding.
The described method of PP14.PP1 comprises that also generation all comprises a plurality of independent fluid stream of spermatid, and for each this fluid stream, execution in step (a) and (b), (c) and (d).
The described method of PP15.PP14 also comprises uses the described fluid stream of public laser beam irradiation.
The described method of PP16.PP14, wherein, described fluid stream comprises the fluid that comes from the common fluid supply.
The described method of PP17.PP1, wherein, described fluid flow is crossed kapillary and is transported to described primary importance.
QQ. the grain size analysis device that has oblique firing angle external exposure optical system
QQ1. be used for the equipment that analysis package is contained in the particle of fluid stream, comprise:
Be used for along the external exposure optical system of beam axis direct electromagnetic radiation bundle on direction forward, described beam axis intersects with described fluid stream under the oblique firing angle of the longitudinal axis that flows with respect to described fluid;
Described external exposure optical system comprises being used for the form of the spot condenser lens of beam focusing on fluid stream with electromagnetic radiation on the described beam axis thread path, described particle is suitable for passing described spot, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the particle that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward; And
Photodetector in the condenser lens back, described photodetector are used to detect with at least some of Radiation Emission that will come from described DNA zone and convert pending electric signal to obtain the information relevant with described particle.
The described equipment of QQ2.QQ1, wherein, described incident angle is in the scope of 5 to 45 degree.
The described equipment of QQ3.QQ1, wherein, described incident angle is in the scope of 15 to 30 degree.
The described equipment of QQ4.QQ1, wherein, described particle is a cell, and described information relates to the dna characteristics of described cell.
The described equipment of QQ5.QQ1, wherein, described particle is a spermatid, described information relates to the X/Y chromosomal DNA feature of described cell.
The described equipment of QQ6.QQ5 also comprises nozzle system, is used to guide described fluid stream and is used for applying acting force they are taken to required orientation before described stream passes described light beam on spermatid.
The described equipment of QQ7.QQ1, wherein, described nozzle system comprises nozzle, and described beam impacts described fluid stream at the described nozzle of distance less than the position of 1.0mm.
The described equipment of QQ8.QQ1 also comprises the drop cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described information described particle.
The described equipment of QQ9.QQ1 also comprises the photo damage cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described information described particle.
The described equipment of QQ10.QQ1 also comprises the fluid switching cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described information described particle.
RR. use the method for oblique external exposure optical system analysing particulates
RR1. be used for the method that analysis package is contained in the particle of fluid stream, comprise:
Along beam axis direct electromagnetic radiation bundle on direction forward, described beam axis intersects with described fluid stream under the oblique firing angle of the longitudinal axis that flows with respect to described fluid;
With the form of spot with the beam focusing of electromagnetic radiation on fluid stream, described particle is suitable for passing described spot, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the particle that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward;
At least some of Radiation Emission that detect and will come from described DNA zone convert the electric signal of expression particle characteristic to; And
Handle described electric signal to obtain the information relevant with described feature.
RR2.RR1 similar claims such as (increase to) QQ2
SS. the cytoanalyzer that has external exposure optical system and elliptical spot focus
SS1. the equipment of the dna characteristics of the analysis cell in fluid stream, described each cell are included in the DNA zone that has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, and described equipment comprises:
Be used for along the beam axis on direction forward the direct electromagnetic radiation bundle so that the external exposure optical system that beam and described fluid stream intersects;
Described optical system is included in the condenser lens on the described beam axis, described condenser lens with the form of basic elliptical spot with beam focusing on fluid stream, and described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone, described cell is suitable for passing described spot, cause electromagnetic radiation on direction backward, to be sent from the cell that is directed, comprise from representing the described DNA zone emission of described dna characteristics along described beam axis;
At least some of Radiation Emission that photodetector in the condenser lens back, described photodetector are used to detect and will come from described DNA zone convert the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to; And
Be used to handle described electric signal, determine described dna characteristics and the system of classifying according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
The described equipment of SS2.SS1, wherein, described spot width is less than 3.0 microns.
The described equipment of SS3.SS2, wherein, described spot length is greater than 80 microns.
The described equipment of SS4.SS1, wherein, described cell is the sex that spermatid and described dna characteristics are represented spermatid.
The described equipment of SS5.SS1 also comprises nozzle system, is used for applying acting force they are taken to required orientation before described stream passes described light beam on the cell of described stream.
The described equipment of SS6.SS1 also comprises the drop cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described dna characteristics described particle.
The described equipment of SS7.SS1 also comprises the photo damage cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described dna characteristics described particle.
The described equipment of SS8.SS1 also comprises the fluid switching cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described dna characteristics described particle.
SS9. the equipment of the chromosomal DNA feature of the analysis animal spermatid in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, described equipment comprises:
Be used for electromagnetic radiation beam being focused on the optical system that fluid flows with the form of basic elliptical spot, described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent, comprise the radiation of sending from the described chromosomal region of the karyological character of representing described zone from spermatid;
At least some of Radiation Emission that photodetector, described photodetector are used to detect at least some of the Radiation Emission that comes from described chromosomal region and will come from described chromosomal region convert the electric signal of the described karyological character of expression to; And
Be used to handle described electric signal, determine described karyological character and the processor of spermatid being classified according to described karyological character.
The described equipment of SS10.SS9, wherein, described karyological character is represented the sex of spermatid.
The described equipment of SS11.SS10, wherein, described spermatid is the spermatid of ox.
The described equipment of SS12.SS10, wherein, described chromosomal region is located in the zone of extending 20% the nuclear that is not more than nuclear length on any side of longitudinal center of nuclear.
The described equipment of SS13.SS10, wherein, described chromosomal region is located in the zone of the nuclear that extends the 10%-15% that is not more than nuclear length on any side of longitudinal center of nuclear.
The described equipment of SS14.SS9, also comprise analog-digital converter, be used for time dependent output is carried out synchronized sampling and the output that comprises corresponding to the numerical information of described time dependent simulation output, wherein said time dependent simulation output and the described karyological character of corresponding digital information representation are provided; And described processor comprises the digital signal processor of the analysis and the described numerical information of classifying.
The described equipment of SS15.SS9, wherein, described spot width is less than 3.0 microns.
The described equipment of SS16.SS15, wherein, described spot length is greater than 80 microns.
The described equipment of SS17.SS9 also comprises nozzle system, is used for applying acting force they are taken to required orientation before described stream passes described light beam on the spermatid of described stream.
The described equipment of SS18.SS9 also comprises the drop cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described chromosomal DNA feature described spermatid.
The described equipment of SS19.SS9 also comprises the photo damage cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described chromosomal DNA feature described spermatid.
The described equipment of SS20.SS9 also comprises the fluid switching cell sorting system that is used for sorting according to described chromosomal DNA feature described spermatid.
TT. use the method for external exposure optical system and elliptical spot focal point analysis cell
TT1. the method for the dna characteristics of the analysis cell in fluid stream, each cell are included in the DNA zone that has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, and described method comprises:
Along the beam axis on direction forward the direct electromagnetic radiation bundle so that beam and described fluid stream intersect;
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on described electromagnetic radiation beam on the fluid stream, and described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone, described cell is suitable for passing described spot, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward;
Detect and described Radiation Emission converted to the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression; And
Handle described electric signal, be included in from the differential between the electric signal of other regional emitted radiation of the electric signal of the DNA of sperm head zone emitted radiation and spermatid, and
According to described dna characteristics pair cell classification.
The described method of TT2.TT1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid.
The described method of TT3.TT1 also is included in described stream and passes before the described light beam and apply acting force they are taken to required orientation on the cell in described stream.
The described method of TT4.TT1 also comprises according to described dna characteristics drop and sorts described cell.
The described method of TT5.TT1 also comprises according to described dna characteristics photo damage and sorts described cell.
The described method of TT6.TT1 also comprises according to described dna characteristics fluid and switches the described cell of letter sorting.
TT7. the method for the chromosomal DNA feature of the analysis animal spermatid in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, described method comprises:
Be used for electromagnetic radiation beam being focused on fluid stream with the form of basic elliptical spot, described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent, comprise the radiation of sending from the described chromosomal region of the karyological character of representing described zone from spermatid;
Detection comes from least some and the electric signal that at least some of Radiation Emission that will come from described chromosomal region convert the described karyological character of expression to of the Radiation Emission of described chromosomal region;
Handle described electric signal, comprise and determine described karyological character; With
According to described karyological character spermatid is classified.
The described method of TT8.TT7, wherein, described karyological character is represented the sex of spermatid.
The described method of TT9.TT8, wherein, described spermatid is the spermatid of ox.
The described method of TT10.TT8, wherein, described chromosomal region is located in the zone of extending 20% the nuclear that is not more than nuclear length on any side of longitudinal center of nuclear.
The described method of TT11.TT10, wherein, described chromosomal region is located in the zone of the nuclear that extends the 10%-15% that is not more than nuclear length on any side of longitudinal center of nuclear.
The described method of TT12.TT7, wherein, described electric signal comprises change modeling output in time, and comprise and be used for time dependent output is carried out synchronized sampling and the output that comprises corresponding to the numerical information of described time dependent simulation output, wherein said time dependent simulation output and the described karyological character of corresponding digital information representation are provided; And described processing comprises analyzes described numerical information; Wherein said classification comprises the described analog digital information of classification.
The described method of TT13.TT7, wherein, described spot width is less than 3.0 microns.
The described method of TT14.TT13, wherein, described spot length is greater than 180 microns.
The described method of TT15.TT7 also is included in described stream and passes before the described light beam and apply acting force they are taken to required orientation on the spermatid in described stream.
The described method of TT16.TT7 also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA feature drop and sorts described spermatid.
The described method of TT17.TT7 also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA characteristic light and destroys the described spermatid of letter sorting.
The described method of TT18.TT7 also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA feature fluid and switches the described spermatid of letter sorting.
UU. the spermatid sorter that only has a photodetector
UU1. equipment of spermatid being classified and sorting according to the chromosomal DNA feature of cell, described equipment comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes stream split into the nozzle system of drop in the second place, described nozzle system comprises nozzle, described nozzle has the inside surface of such structure, that is, can before arriving described primary importance, cell on cell, apply acting force they are taken to required orientation;
Optical system, described optical system direct electromagnetic radiation is in described primary importance and fluid stream intersects so that the cell in the stream passes described beam, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from cell;
Only one is used to detect at least some of described radiation and converts at least some of described radiation the photodetector of electric signal to; And
Classify and sort the system of described drop according to the classification that is comprised in the cell in the drop according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
The described equipment of UU2.UU1, wherein, described optical system is the external exposure system.
VV. oriented nozzle
VV1. one kind is used in by the nozzle in the flow cytometry equipment of chromosome content letter sorting animal spermatid in fluid stream, and described nozzle comprises:
Nozzle body with hole that inside surface and described fluid stream is suitable for flowing through;
The described inside surface of described nozzle comprises first, second and the 3rd axial conical region that is used for making on the downstream direction of described nozzle bore that the speed of described fluid stream increases gradually, and in the described zone at least two have and directed in different directions apply torsion to be tending towards taking spermatid to required orientation to flow at described fluid for oval-shaped shape of cross section substantially.
The described nozzle of VV2.VV1, wherein, in described at least two zones one basic for oval-shaped shape of cross section to become 90 degree directed for oval-shaped shape of cross section with respect to the basic of another in described at least two zones.
The described nozzle of VV3.VV2, wherein, the described of first and second zones reversed zone with basic identical direction orientation to limit first for oval-shaped shape of cross section substantially, and constitute second reverse the zone the 3rd zone described basic for oval-shaped shape of cross section to become 90 degree directed for oval-shaped shape of cross section with respect to the described basic of first and second zones.
The described nozzle of VV4.VV3, wherein, described first reverses the axial length that the zone has 3.0-4.5mm, and described second reverses the axial length that the zone has 3.5-5.0mm.
The described nozzle of VV5.VV1, wherein, described the 3rd zone is tapered under the angle of 42-48.
The described nozzle of VV6.VV1, wherein, all described zones have the basic oval-shaped shape of cross section that is.
The described nozzle of VV7.VV1, wherein, described nozzle body has the outside surface that has non-reflective coatings on it.
The described nozzle of VV8.VV1 also comprises being used for described nozzle is installed in up position with the mount pad along the described fluid of the locus guiding that makes progress stream.
The described nozzle of VV9.VV1, wherein, described nozzle body can rotate on described mount pad on the longitudinal axis of described main body.
WW. the method for directed spermatid
WW1. one kind is used in the method for flow cytometry equipment for animal spermatid orientation, and described method comprises:
The fluid that will comprise spermatid is incorporated in the fluid stream;
Guide the fluid flow that comprises described spermatid to cross nozzle under the pressure in 20 to 40psi scope, described nozzle has one or more and is used for conical region in the speed that increases described fluid stream on the downstream direction of nozzle bore, the diameter of described nozzle bore is in 50 to 70 microns scope, and one or more of described zone has and basic on described fluid stream apply torsion to be tending towards take spermatid to required orientation with the speed in the scope of 30000 to 50000 spermatids of per second during by described hole with cell for oval-shaped shape of cross section.
The described method of WW2.WW1, wherein, described nozzle has three or a plurality of conical region that is used to make that fluid stream quickens gradually towards nozzle bore.
The described method of WW3.WW2, wherein, described nozzle has two that inside surface by nozzle limits and reverses the zone in described three or a plurality of conical region.
The described method of WW4.WW3, wherein, described nozzle has the axis of flow by described hole, and at least some of the inside surface of described nozzle have the basic oval-shaped shape of cross section that is, and they relative to each other rotate around described axis.
The described method of WW5.WW1 comprises that also the edge makes progress, the described fluid stream of non-vertical locus guiding.
The described method of WW6.WW1 makes described nozzle body rotate on the central longitudinal axis of described main body when also being included in the described stream of guiding.
XX. has the particle sorting device of upwards indicating nozzle
XX1. one kind is used to use flow cytometry to sort the equipment of particle, comprising:
Be used for along the nozzle system that makes progress, non-vertical track is carried the fluid stream that comprises described particle by nozzle bore;
Optical system, the beam of described optical system direct electromagnetic radiation intersects in described primary importance and fluid stream, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from particle;
Be used to detect at least some of described radiation and convert at least some of described radiation the photodetector of the electric signal of the described particle characteristic of expression to;
Be used to handle described electric signal and according to the processor of the described particle of described tagsort; And
Be used for sorting the system of described particle according to the classification of described particle.
The described equipment of XX2.XX1, wherein, described sorting system comprises the drop sorting system.
The described equipment of XX3.XX1, wherein, described sorting system comprises the photo damage sorting system.
The described equipment of XX4.XX1, wherein, described sorting system comprises that fluid switches sorting system.
The described equipment of XX5.XX1, wherein, described nozzle system comprises the nozzle that has non-reflective coatings on it.
The described equipment of XX6.XX1, wherein, the described track that makes progress at nozzle bore place is under the angle that is in the 5-85 degree scope that departs from horizontal direction.
The described equipment of XX7.XX1, wherein, the described track that makes progress at nozzle bore place is under the angle that is in the 15-75 degree scope that departs from horizontal direction.
The described equipment of XX8.XX1, wherein, the described track that makes progress at nozzle bore place is under the angle that is in the 30-65 degree scope that departs from horizontal direction.
The described equipment of XX9.XX1, wherein, the described track that makes progress at nozzle bore place is under the angle that is in the 45-60 degree scope that departs from horizontal direction.
YY. use the method for upwards indicating nozzle letter sorting particle
YY1. equipment that uses flow cytometry letter sorting particle comprises:
The edge makes progress, non-vertical track is transported to primary importance by the fluid stream that nozzle bore will comprise described particle;
The beam of direct electromagnetic radiation intersects in described primary importance and fluid stream, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from particle;
Detect at least some of described radiation and at least some of described radiation are converted to the electric signal of the described particle characteristic of expression;
Handle described electric signal and according to the described particle of described tagsort; And
Sort described particle according to the classification of described particle.
The described method of YY2.YY1, wherein, described separation step comprises that using the drop letter sorting to handle sorts.
The described method of YY3.YY1, wherein, described separation step comprises that using the photo damage letter sorting to handle sorts.
The described method of YY4.YY1, wherein, described separation step comprises that using fluid to switch the letter sorting processing sorts.
ZZ. processing parameter
ZZ1. method of using flow cytometry equipment from the potpourri of cell, to separate required cell group, but described group has the light detected characteristics, and described method comprises:
Guide the fluid stream that comprises described cell to pass through nozzle bore with the cell speed in the scope of 30000 to 50000 cells of per second under the pressure in 20 to 40psi scope, the diameter of described nozzle bore is in 50 to 70 microns scope;
Make described fluid stream under 20 to 100KHz frequency, be split into drop; And
Use flow cytometry to sort described drop so that from the potpourri of cell, separate described required cell group.
The described method of ZZ2.ZZ1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid.
The described method of ZZ3.ZZ2, wherein, described required cell group comprises X cell alive.
AAA. business method
AAA1. one kind comprises that processing wherein has the trade method of the seminal fluid of cell, and described method comprises:
Obtain the supply of seminal fluid;
Use programmable machine to carry out a plurality of integrated flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises: (a) accept the described supply of seminal fluid; (b) form a plurality of streams that comprise described cell; And (c) with described cell sorting in the first cell group with feature A and comprising in the second cell group with feature B; And
Distribute first or second group to be used for commercial use.
The described method of AAA2.AAA1, wherein, described cell is a spermatid, and feature A represents the X spermatid of living.
The described method of AAA3.AAA2, wherein, described seminal fluid is the ox seminal fluid, and sells described first group as being used in artificial insemination ox aspect.
The described method of AAA4.AAA3, wherein, described programmable machine is used for carrying out concurrently described operation.
BBB. business method
BBB1. one kind comprises that processing wherein has the trade method of the semen sample of cell, and described method comprises:
Obtain the supply of seminal fluid;
Use programmable machine to carry out a plurality of integrated flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises: (a) accept the described supply of seminal fluid; And (b) from the initial part of described supply with described cell sorting in different groups, described group comprises and comprises first group with feature A cell and comprise second group with feature B cell; And
Only when the initial cell that sorts from described initial part satisfies or surpasses preset standard, from the remainder of described supply with described cell sorting in not on the same group in, described group comprises second group that comprises with feature A cell first group and have feature B cell.
The described method of BBB2.BBB1 also comprises and distributes first or second group to be used for commercial use.
The described method of BBB3.BBB1, wherein, described preset standard is the minimum purity that has in the minimum recovery of cell of feature A or feature B or the described group at least one.
The described method of BBB4.BBB1 also comprises and carries out described a plurality of integrated operation flow cytometry concurrently.
CCC. business method
CCC1. one kind comprises that processing wherein has the trade method of the semen sample of cell, and described method comprises:
Obtain the supply of seminal fluid;
Use machine to carry out a plurality of integrated flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises: (a) accept the described supply of seminal fluid; And (b) from the first of described supply with described cell sorting in different groups, described group comprises and comprises first group with feature A cell and comprise second group with feature B cell, and from the second portion of described supply with described cell sorting in different groups, described group comprises and comprises first group with feature A cell and comprise second group with feature B cell
A group of first is mixed to obtain to mix group mutually with a group of second portion.
The described method of CCC2.CCC1, wherein, first group of first has unacceptable purity, and first group of second portion has acceptable purity, and mixing group has acceptable purity.
DDD. drop disturbs letter sorting W/ external exposure
DDD1. drop EVAC (Evacuation Network Computer Model) that is used for according to chromosomal DNA feature letter sorting spermatid comprises:
Flow cytometry equipment, the fluid stream that is used for comprising described cell is transported to primary importance and makes the stream part of selected fluid stream be come from drop at second place place and disturbs the drop of fluid stream to impact, thereby selected part and the cell and the described fluid stream that are contained in wherein are separated, described flow cytometry equipment is used for according to classify described cell and sort described stream part according to the classification of the cell that is included in described stream part of described dna characteristics
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent from the cell that is directed along described beam axis on direction backward.
The described system of DDD2.DDD1, wherein, described optical system also comprises the photodetector on the described beam axis at described condenser lens rear portion, is used to detect and described Radiation Emission is converted to the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression.
The described system of DDD3.DDD1, wherein, described cell is the sex chromosome content that spermatid and described dna characteristics comprise described spermatid.
The described system of DDD4.DDD3, wherein, described beam is sentenced spot in described primary importance form is focused on the fluid stream by described optical system, the shape of described spot is oval substantially, and it has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, and described width is less than the length of the head of the spermatid that passes spot.
The described system of DDD5.DDD4, wherein, the head of described spermatid comprises the DNA zone with the length on the direction of fluid stream, and the width of described beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone.
The described system of DDD6.DDD1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment also comprises nozzle, described nozzle has the inside surface of such structure,, can apply acting force they are taken to required orientation before cell passes described light beam on cell that is.
The described system of DDD7.DDD6, wherein, described nozzle can rotate around the longitudinal axis of described nozzle to regulate the described required orientation of particles with respect to the beam axis.
The described system of DDD8.DDD1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises a plurality of flow cytometries unit that is used for analyzing simultaneously a plurality of fluid streams, each flow cytometry unit all comprises described external exposure optical system.
The described system of DDD9.DDD1, wherein, described optical system only comprises a photodetector that is used to detect described emission.
The described system of DDD10.DDD1, wherein, described flow cytometry equipment comprises the nozzle with nozzle bore, and the kapillary that extends from described nozzle bore, described fluid flow is crossed described nozzle bore and is transported to described primary importance.
The described system of DDD11.DDD10, wherein, described primary importance is positioned at described inside capillaceous.
The described system of DDD12.DDD11, wherein, thereby described optical system is connected described beam transmission in the described stream that flows through described pipe optically with described kapillary.
A '. cryopreservation
A. (cool off after adding cryoprotective agent)
A1 '. a kind of method of cryopreservation spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Cryoprotective agent is joined in a certain amount of spermatid;
The spermatid of described amount and described cryoprotective agent are cooled to holding temperature in about 0-8 ℃ scope;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
The described method of A2 ' .A1 ', wherein, described holding temperature is in about 2-6 ℃ scope.
The described method of A3 ' .A1 ', wherein, described holding temperature is in about 4-5 ℃ scope.
The described method of A4 ' .A1 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the adding glycerine.
The described method of A5 ' .A1 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the glycerine (v/v) of adding about 6%.
The described method of A6 ' .A1 ', wherein, the described insulation cycle was less than 40 minutes.
The described method of A7 ' .A1 ', wherein, the described insulation cycle is about 30 minutes.
The described method of A8 ' .A1 ', wherein, described cooling step is included in the described a certain amount of spermatid of cooling under the substantially invariable cooling velocity.
The described method of A9 ' .A8 ', wherein, described cooling velocity is selected must to make described a certain amount of spermatid be cooled to holding temperature from the temperature that is higher than glass transition temperature in about 90 minutes, and described spermatid can be subjected to the infringement of cold shock under described glass transition temperature.
The described method of A10 ' .A8 ', wherein, described substantially invariable cooling velocity is in per minute 0.1-0.3 ℃ scope.
The described method of A11 ' .A8 ', wherein, described substantially invariable cooling velocity is in per minute 0.15-0.25 ℃ scope.
The described method of A12 ' .A11 ', wherein, the length in described insulation cycle was less than 40 minutes.
The described method of A13 ' .A1 ' wherein, uses freezer unit able to programme to carry out described cooling step so that cool off described spermatid under programmable rate.
The described method of A14 ' .A13 ', wherein, the length in described insulation cycle was less than 40 minutes.
The described method of A15 ' .A14 ', wherein, the cooling velocity of programming comprises the constant cooling velocity of 0.2 ℃ of about per minute.
The described method of A16 ' .A1 ', wherein, the step of the described a certain amount of spermatid of sub-cooled is included under first cooling velocity temperature that spermatid is cooled near critical temperature regime, described critical temperature regime ice crystal form and seepage pressure aspect change damage spermatid, and under second cooling velocity faster, spermatid is cooled to be lower than-30 ℃ temperature than first cooling velocity.
The described method of A17 ' .A16 ', wherein, described first cooling velocity is in per minute 1-5 ℃ scope.
The described method of A18 ' .A16 ', wherein, described first cooling velocity is in per minute 2-4 ℃ scope.
The described method of A19 ' .A16 ', wherein, described first cooling velocity is 3 ℃ of per minutes.
The described method of A20 ' .A16 ', wherein, described second cooling velocity is in per minute 8-12 ℃ scope.
The described method of A21 ' .A16 ', wherein, described second cooling velocity is about 10 ℃ of per minutes.
The described method of A22 ' .A16 ', wherein, described spermatid is under the temperature that is cooled to-15 ℃ of pacts under described first cooling velocity.
The described method of A23 ' .A22 ', wherein, described spermatid is being cooled to from about-15 ℃ under the temperature of-80 ℃ of pacts under described second cooling velocity.
The described method of A24 ' .A16 ', wherein, described spermatid is under the temperature that is cooled to-18 ℃ of pacts under described first cooling velocity.
The described method of A25 ' .A24 ', wherein, described spermatid is being cooled to from about-18 ℃ under the temperature of-80 ℃ of pacts under described second cooling velocity.
The described method of A26 ' .A16 ', wherein, described spermatid is cooled in freezer unit able to programme under described first speed and described second speed.
The described method of A27 ' .A1 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent in a certain amount of spermatid comprises add the described sheath stream that cryoprotective agent and use are used for analyzing the flow cytometer of spermatid in sheath stream.
The described method of A28 ' .A27 ' also comprises and uses described flow cytometer so that described spermatid is sorted in the spermatid group with required feature to obtain the step of described a certain amount of spermatid.
The described method of A29 ' .A1 ' wherein, is cooled off described a certain amount of spermatid, is remained on described spermatid under the holding temperature and the step of the described a certain amount of spermatid of sub-cooled is all finished in less than 220 minutes.
The described method of A30 ' .A1 ' wherein, is cooled off described a certain amount of spermatid, is remained on described spermatid under the holding temperature and the step of the described a certain amount of spermatid of sub-cooled is all finished in less than 190 minutes.
The described method of A31 ' .A1 ' wherein, is cooled off described a certain amount of spermatid, is remained on described spermatid under the holding temperature and the step of the described a certain amount of spermatid of sub-cooled is all finished in less than 150 minutes.
The described method of A32 ' .A1 ' also is included in and cryoprotective agent is joined the step of afterwards described a certain amount of spermatid being put in described a certain amount of spermatid in the artificial insemination straw.
The described method of A33 ' .A1 ', wherein, described a certain amount of spermatid constitutes the first amount spermatid, and described method is further comprising the steps of: obtain in from flow cytometer to comprise more than 500 * 10
6The spermatid of the letter sorting group of spermatid, thus obtain to comprise the volume of the described first amount spermatid spermatid, put in the spermatid of described volume each in the artificial insemination straw and in batch processing, carry out cooling, maintenance and supercooled step on each in the spermatid of described volume to obtain a collection of artificial insemination straw that comprises the cryopreservation spermatid.
The described method of A34 ' .A33 ', wherein, described letter sorting spermatid group comprises more than 800 * 10
6Spermatid.
The described method of A35 ' .A33 ', wherein, the step of described method is finished in less than 240 minutes.
The described method of A36 ' .A33 ', wherein, the step of described method is finished in less than 210 minutes.
The described method of A37 ' .A33 ', wherein, the step of described method is finished in less than 170 minutes.
The described method of A38 ' .A1 ', also being included in described cooling step is that described a certain amount of spermatid is painted with DNA selectivity fluorescent dye before.
The described method of A39 ' .A38 ', wherein, described DNA selectivity fluorescent dye comprises Hoechst33342.
The described method of A40 ' .A39 ' wherein, is cultivated described a certain amount of spermatid certain hour cycle in comprising the solution of Hoechst33342 for the painted step of described a certain amount of spermatid is included in to surpass under 40 ℃ the temperature.
B. chilling temperature letter sorting
A41 '. a kind of method of cryopreservation spermatid may further comprise the steps:
A certain amount of spermatid is cooled to holding temperature in about 0-8 ℃ scope;
In described a certain amount of spermatid, add cryoprotective agent; And
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes.
The described method of A42 ' .A41 ', wherein, the described cycle is in about 30 minutes arrive less than 60 minutes scope.
The described method of A43 ' .A41 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the adding glycerine.
The described method of A44 ' .A41 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the glycerine (v/v) of adding about 7%.
B '. have the nozzle of baffle plate
B1 '. a kind of nozzle that is used for analyzing in the flow cytometry equipment of the particle that fluid flows, described fluid stream comprise the sheath stream of the core stream that comprises described particle, and described nozzle comprises:
Nozzle, described nozzle have for the inside surface of described fluid current limit flow path and are used to make the hole of fluid stream from the nozzle discharge; And
The baffle plate that is arranged in described flow path in upstream, described hole in nozzle, described baffle plate can make the deflection of fluid stream at fluid stream when described flow path moves,
The inside surface of described baffle plate and nozzle is configured so that to be suitable for to make that particle is in required orientation when particle leaves the hole.
The described nozzle of B2 ' .B1 ', wherein, described baffle plate is constituted for away from the central longitudinal axis of nozzle with towards the described core stream of the described inside surface deflection of nozzle.
The described nozzle of B3 ' .B1 ', wherein, described nozzle has the first xsect flow region that is positioned at described baffle plate upstream and the second xsect flow region that is different from the described first xsect flow region at described baffle plate place.
The described nozzle of B4 ' .B3 ', wherein, the described second xsect flow region is less than the described first xsect flow region.
The described nozzle of B5 ' .B3 ', wherein, the described first and second xsect flow regions have difformity.
The described nozzle of B6 ' .B5 ', wherein, the described second xsect flow region is generally semicircular.
The described nozzle of B7 ' .B1 ', wherein, the described inside surface of described nozzle is suitable for limiting at least two axial conical regions in the downstream of described baffle plate, and described conical region is used in the speed that increases described fluid stream on the downstream direction of nozzle bore gradually.
The described nozzle of B8 ' .B7 ', wherein, described baffle plate limits the described core stream of at least one a part of deflection in described at least two axial conical regions in the described inside surface of nozzle.
The described nozzle of B9 ' .B8 ', wherein, described at least two axial conical regions have in different directions directed basic for oval-shaped shape of cross section on described fluid stream, to apply torsion to be tending towards taking particle to required orientation.
The described nozzle of B10 ' .B9 ', wherein, in described at least two zones one described substantially be oval-shaped shape of cross section under about 90 degree be orientated for oval-shaped shape of cross section with respect to the described basic of another in described two zones at least.
The described nozzle of B11 ' .B1 ', wherein, described nozzle has the outside surface that has non-reflective coatings on it.
The described nozzle of B12 ' .B1 ' also comprises being used for described nozzle is installed in up position with the mount pad along the described fluid of the locus guiding that makes progress stream.
The described nozzle of B13 ' .B13 ', wherein, described nozzle can rotate on described mount pad on the longitudinal axis of described nozzle.
The described nozzle of B14 ' .B1 ', wherein, described baffle plate comprises baffle element that is used for the described fluid stream of deflection and the fixator that is used for described baffle element is fixed on the fixed position of described nozzle.
The described nozzle of B15 ' .B14 ', wherein, described baffle element comprises baffle plate.
The described nozzle of B16 ' .B15 ', wherein, described baffle plate has substantially with respect to first leg of described fluid stream horizontal expansion and second leg that extends along the direction of described fluid stream substantially.
The described nozzle of B17 ' .B15 ', wherein, described fixator comprises the shell that holds described baffle plate and be arranged in the substantially cylindrical in the described nozzle.
The described nozzle of B18 ' .B16 ', wherein, the described inside surface of described nozzle has in the downstream of described baffle plate substantially and is the zone of oval cross section, and first and second legs of described baffle element along basic and described be that the parallel line of the major axis of oval cross section is crossing substantially.
The described nozzle of B19 ' .B16 ', wherein, the described inside surface of described nozzle has in the downstream of described baffle plate substantially and is the zone of oval cross section, and first and second legs of described baffle element along basic and described be that the vertical line of the major axis of oval cross section is crossing substantially.
The described nozzle of B20 ' .B15 ', wherein, described baffle plate is basically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of described nozzle.
The described nozzle of B21 ' .B20 ', wherein, described baffle plate has semicircular in shape.
The described nozzle of B22 ' .B20 ', wherein, described baffle plate has the half elliptic shape.
The described nozzle of B23 ' .B20 ', wherein, the inside surface of described nozzle is configured so that to limit flank, and described fixator comprises and described baffle plate can be compressed on the described flank described baffle plate is remained on the O-ring seals spare in the desired location.
The described method of B24 ' .B20 ', wherein, described baffle plate fixator remains on described baffle plate in the position, the longitudinal axis of the cross-section described nozzle of wherein said baffle plate.
The described nozzle of B25 ' .B1 ', wherein, described particle comprises spermatid.
C '. have the nozzle (method) of baffle plate
C1 '. a kind of being used in the method for flow cytometry equipment for grain orientation, described method comprises:
The fluid stream of the sheath stream of the sheath fluid that makes core stream with the sample fluid that comprises described particle and surround described core stream flows through nozzle, and described nozzle has the inside surface that reduces to the hole of the downstream end that is positioned at nozzle from the upstream portion of nozzle; And
Deflection core stream is tending towards making particle to present required orientation so that the particle in the core stream is subjected to hydrokinetic effect when core stream flows through nozzle.
The described method of C2 ' .C1 ', wherein, described nozzle has longitudinal axis, and the step of deflection core stream comprises away from longitudinal axis towards the described core stream of described inside surface deflection.
The described method of C3 ' .C1 ', wherein, described nozzle has longitudinal axis, and the step of deflection core flow path comprises that with core stream from deflecting into deflection path usually and the concentrical path of longitudinal axis, at least a portion deflection path is away from the longitudinal axis of described nozzle.
The described method of C4 ' .C1 ', wherein, described nozzle has longitudinal axis, and described method also is included in the position of departing from longitudinal axis described core stream is incorporated in the described sheath stream.
The described method of C5 ' .C1 ', wherein, described deflection step comprises utilizes baffle plate deflection core stream.
The described method of C6 ' .C1 ', wherein, described deflection step comprises to be utilized baffle plate deflection core stream and uses the baffle plate fixator that described baffle plate is remained in the position in the described nozzle.
The described method of C7 ' .C1 ', wherein, the longitudinal axis of the cross-section described nozzle of described baffle plate.
The described method of C8 ' .C1 ', wherein, described nozzle has shape and is suitable for limiting at least one and makes particle be subjected to the inside surface that reverses the zone of directed hydrokinetic effect.
The described method of C9 ' .C8 ', wherein, described at least one reverse the zone and comprise having and substantially be the taper region of oval cross section.
The described method of C10 ' .C8 ', wherein, described inside surface is constituted for and limits a plurality of zones of reversing.
The described method of C11 ' .C10 ', wherein, each described a plurality of zone of reversing comprises that all having basic is the taper region of the nozzle of oval cross section.
The described method of C12 ' .C11 ', wherein, first described a plurality of reverse the zone basic for oval cross section along and second described a plurality of reverse the zone basic be the different direction orientation of oval cross section.
The described method of C13 ' .C1 ', wherein, the step of described deflection core stream comprises utilizes baffle plate deflection core stream, described method also comprises makes fluid stream flow through the first xsect flow region flows through the second xsect flow region afterwards from the first xsect flow region downstream step, and the wherein said first and second xsect flow regions have different shapes.
The described method of C14 ' .C1 ', wherein, the shape of the second xsect flow region is less than the first xsect flow region.
D '. have the nozzle (equipment) of asymmetric entry needle
D1 '. a kind of nozzle system that is used for analyzing in the flow-cytometer of the particle that fluid flows, described fluid stream comprise the sheath stream of the core stream that comprises described particle, and described nozzle system comprises:
Have the nozzle of longitudinal axis, the inside surface and being used for that limits the flow path of described fluid stream and make the hole of the described nozzle downstream end that described fluid stream is discharged from described nozzle, the shape of described inside surface is constituted for and limits at least one and comprise the zone of reversing with basic axial taper region for oval cross section, is used for making particle be in required orientation when described fluid flows to cross towards described orifice flow when reversing the zone; And
Conduit from the sources of particles to the nozzle, described conduit are positioned in the position that the longitudinal axis with respect to described nozzle departs from described core stream are incorporated in the nozzle.
The described nozzle system of D2 ' .D1 ', wherein, described position be described at least one reverse the zone the upstream.
The described nozzle system of D3 ' .D1 ', wherein, described at least one reverse the zone and constitute first and reverse, described nozzle comprises that also second reverses the zone.
The described nozzle system of D4 ' .D3 ', wherein, described position is at least a portion that the zone is reversed in first upstream and second of reversing the zone.
The described nozzle system of D5 ' .D3 ', wherein, described second reverses the zone comprises that having basic is the axial taper region of the nozzle of oval cross section.
The described nozzle system of D6 ' .D5 ', wherein, the described first basic major axis for oval cross section that reverses the zone is along the direction orientation that is different from the described second basic major axis for oval cross section that reverses the zone.
The described nozzle system of D7 ' .D6 ', wherein, described first reverse the zone basic for oval cross section being orientated under the angles of about 90 degree substantially of reversing the zone with respect to described second for oval cross section.
The described nozzle system of D8 ' .D7 ', wherein, described position is at least a portion that the zone is reversed in first upstream and second of reversing the zone.
E '. asymmetric sample is introduced (method)
E1 '. a kind of method that is used at flow-cytometer orientation particle comprises:
The nozzle that makes sheath stream flow through to have longitudinal axis and comprising has at least one of axial taper region of basic nozzle for oval cross section and reverses the zone; And
The core fluid stream that will comprise particle in the position of departing from described longitudinal axis is incorporated in the sheath fluid stream and reverses the zone so that sheath fluid stream and core fluid stream flow through at least one.
The described method of E2 ' .E1 ', wherein, make fluid stream flow through at least one step of reversing the zone and comprise that making core flow longshore current moves path flow, the described flow path of a part departs from the longitudinal axis of described nozzle, and makes described particle be subjected to the described hydrodynamic force directive force that the zone is produced of reversing at described particle when part moves along described departing from of described flow path.
The described method of E3 ' .E1 ', wherein, described at least one reverse the zone and constitute first and reverse the zone, described method comprises that also making described sheath fluid stream and core fluid stream flow through second reverses the zone so that along the step of the described particle of required directional orientation.
The described method of E4 ' .E3 ', wherein, described second reverses the zone comprises having the basic taper region in the nozzle in oval cross section zone that is.
The described method of E5 ' .E4 ', wherein, the described first basic major axis for the oval cross section zone that reverses the zone is along the direction orientation that is different from the described second basic major axis for the oval cross section zone that reverses the zone.
The described method of E6 ' .E4 ', wherein, described first reverse the zone basic be the oval cross section zone substantially in what reverse the zone for the oval cross section regions perpendicular in described second.
F '. sort concentrating of spermatid by what the secondary centrifuging was carried out
F1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
Based on one or more specific dna characteristics spermatid is sorted among in a plurality of spermatid group one;
An acquisition from described a plurality of spermatid group has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics, and the spermatid of described amount is comprised in a certain amount of collection fluid;
Making described a certain amount of collection fluid be subjected to first centrifuging handles to form the supernatant liquor of the first spermatid ball and covering first ball;
The ball of winning is separated with supernatant liquor;
Make centrifuging that supernatant liquor stands to add after first centrifuging, to form the second spermatid ball that is retained in the supernatant liquor; And
A certain amount of suspension is again joined the suspending liquid of first and second balls with the spermatid that obtains to have required dna characteristics, selects the spermatid of the amount of described suspension again with formation desired concn in suspending liquid.
The described method of F2 ' .F1 ', wherein, described first centrifuging is handled to be included under the speed that is enough to produce the gravity in the 550-800g scope and is carried out centrifuging.
The described method of F3 ' .F2 ', wherein, described first centrifuging is handled and is included under the described speed cycle centrifuging of the collection fluid of described amount being carried out 7-10 minute.
The described method of F4 ' .F1 ', wherein, described one or more specific dna characteristicses comprise whether described spermatid comprises X or Y sex chromosome.
The described method of F5 ' .F1 ' also comprises the spermatid of a plurality of amounts that obtain to have required dna characteristics and the spermatid by the described a plurality of amounts of commercial distribution system assignment.
G '. utilize the filtration of low-pressure
G1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
A certain amount of spermatid that the letter sorting spermatid has required feature with acquisition, described a certain amount of spermatid that is sorted is comprised in the fluid of first volume that wherein has spermatid first concentration; And
Make spermatid stand concentration step, the concentration of wherein said spermatid is increased to second concentration greater than described first concentration;
Wherein, described concentration step comprises makes at least a portion of fluid of described first volume flow through first filtrator, wherein act on pressure differential on first filtrator less than 20 inches of mercury, described filtrator has enough little filtering holes to stop described spermatid to pass through, and maintenance comprises the unfiltered fluid of second volume of described spermatid.
The described method of G2 ' .G1 ', wherein, the pressure differential that acts between described flow periods on the filtrator is constant substantially.
The described method of G3 ' .G1 ' also is included in the step that reduces the basic afterwards recovery pressure differential of pressure differential in the some cycles off and on.
The described method of G4 ' .G3 ', wherein, the step that reduces pressure differential comprises and described pressure differential is reduced to zero step.
The described method of G5 ' .G1 ', wherein, described filtering holes has the size in the 0.2-1.0 micrometer range.
The described method of G6 ' .G1 ', wherein, 80% of the fluid of described approximately first volume flows through first filtrator to 90%.
The described method of G7 ' .G1 ', wherein, the unfiltered fluid of described second volume is enough to avoid described spermatid to be bonded on described first filtrator.
The described method of G8 ' .G1 ', also comprise and make at least a portion of unfiltered fluid of described second volume flow through to have and wash away described second filtrator to remove spermatid, so that described three volumes is reached described second concentration from second filtrator in order to second filtrator that suppresses the enough little filtering holes that described spermatid passes through, the unfiltered fluid that keeps the three volumes that comprises described spermatid and with suspension again.
The described method of G9 ' .G8 ', wherein, 80% of the unfiltered fluid of described approximately second volume flows through second filtrator.
The described method of G10 ' .G8 ', wherein, the unfiltered fluid of described three volumes is enough to avoid described spermatid to be bonded on described second filtrator.
The described method of G11 ' .G8 ', wherein, described second filtrator is the thin filtrator with interior thickness of scope of 50-500 micron.
The described method of G12 ' .G8 ', wherein, described second filtrator is the thin filtrator with interior thickness of scope of 75-250 micron.
The described method of G13 ' .G8 ', wherein, described second filtrator is the thin filtrator with interior thickness of scope of 100-150 micron.
The described method of G14 ' .G1 ', wherein, described first filtrator is the thin filtrator with interior thickness of scope of 50-500 micron.
The described method of G15 ' .G1 ', wherein, described first filtrator is the thin filtrator with interior thickness of scope of 75-250 micron.
The described method of G16 ' .G1 ', wherein, described first filtrator is the thin filtrator with interior thickness of scope of 100-150 micron.
H '. total moisture content control (high heat colouring)
H1 '. a kind of method that is used to handle spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Collect the semen sample that comprises spermatid from buck;
Described semen sample is transported to spermatid treatment plant;
Carrying out initial mass control on seminal fluid checks;
Utilize DNA selectivity fluorescent dye to make that the spermatid in the described semen sample is painted, by described spermatid being exposed to described DNA selectivity fluorescent dye forming coloring mixture, and making described coloring mixture stand approximately at least 40 ℃ temperature and make described DNA selectivity fluorescent dye optionally be bonded on the DNA of spermatid;
Use flow-cytometer according to specific dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid;
Acquisition is suspended in a certain amount of spermatid that has required dna characteristics in the certain volume fluid;
Handle the concentration of spermatid in the described suspending liquid of adjusting to obtain desired concn by carrying out concentration; And
Make described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled.
The described method of H2 ' .H1 ' also comprises from collecting described spermatid the temperature of spermatid being remained in the time of the painted step of beginning in 20-37 ℃ the scope and isolating described spermatid to avoid occurring temperature fluctuation in the described time.
The described method of H3 ' .H2 ', wherein, the step of isolating described spermatid is kept at semen sample in the thermally insulated container during being included in and being transported to treatment plant.
The described method of H4 ' .H1 ', also be included in and described painted spermatid be incorporated in the described flow-cytometer so that under the temperature that described spermatid reached during painted before beginning from separation step before the described spermatid of cooling, described painted spermatid is placed on has the 18-25 ℃ of step in the temperature environment in the scope.
The described method of H5 ' .H1 '; wherein; described sub-cooled step comprises spermatid is cooled under the 0-8 ℃ of temperature in the scope from the temperature that surpasses 20 ℃, and has been cooled to 20 ℃ in the temperature of described spermatid and adds protein source and cryoprotective agent before down in described spermatid.
The described method of H6 ' .H5 ', also comprise use freezer unit able to programme so that: (a) described spermatid is cooled to holding temperature in about 0-8 ℃ scope; (b) make described spermatid under described holding temperature, keep time basic and described cryoprotective agent equilibrium with the permission spermatid less than 60 minutes; (c) under the temperature that under first cooling velocity described spermatid is cooled near critical temperature regime, described critical temperature regime ice crystal form and seepage pressure aspect change damage spermatid, and (d) under second cooling velocity faster than first cooling velocity by described critical temperature regime cryogenin cell.
The described method of H7 ' .H6 ' also is included under described first cooling velocity described spermatid is cooled to-15 ℃ approximately from holding temperature.
The described method of H8 ' .H7 ' also is included under described second cooling velocity described spermatid is cooled to-30 ℃ approximately from about-18 ℃.
The described method of H9 ' .H6 ' also is included under described first cooling velocity described spermatid is cooled to-18 ℃ approximately from holding temperature.
The described method of H10 ' .H6 ' also comprises and uses freezer unit able to programme so that under the cooling velocity in per minute 0.1-0.3 ℃ scope described spermatid is cooled to described holding temperature.
The described method of H11 ' .H10 ' also comprises and uses freezer unit able to programme so that under per minute 1-5 ℃ described first speed described spermatid is cooled to-15 ℃ temperature approximately from described holding temperature.
The described method of H12 ' .H6 ' also comprises and uses freezer unit able to programme so that under per minute 8-12 ℃ described second cooling velocity temperature of described spermatid from about-18 ℃ is cooled at least about-30 ℃.
The described method of H13 ' .H12 ' also comprises and uses freezer unit able to programme so that under per minute 1-5 ℃ described first cooling velocity described spermatid is cooled to temperature at least about-15 ℃ from described holding temperature.
The described method of H14 ' .H6 ' wherein, remained on described holding temperature following 30 minutes with described spermatid.
H15 ' .H1 ' any described method in the H14 ', wherein, described coloring mixture also comprises antioxidant.
The described method of H16 ' .H15 ', wherein, described antioxidant is to choose from the group that comprises acetonate, vitamin K, lipoic acid and combination thereof.
H17 ' .H1 ' or H5 ' any described method in the H16 ', also be included in be incorporated into described painted spermatid in the described flow-cytometer before, described painted spermatid is placed in the environment of the temperature with at least 37 ℃.
H18 ' .H1 ' or H5 ' any described method in the H16 ', also be included in be incorporated into described painted spermatid in the described flow-cytometer before, described painted spermatid is placed in the environment of the temperature with at least 40 ℃.
The described method of H19 ' .H1 ', wherein, the step that obtains a certain amount of spermatid is included in the spermatid alive group that obtains to have described required dna characteristics under the speed of spermatid p.s.s 5,000 at least.
The described method of H20 ' .H19 ', wherein, the described purity of described group is at least 85%.
J '. total moisture content control (not having high heat colouring)
J1 '. a kind of method that is used to handle spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Collect the semen sample that comprises spermatid from buck;
Described semen sample is transported to spermatid treatment plant;
Carrying out initial mass control on seminal fluid checks;
Utilize DNA selectivity fluorescent dye to make that the spermatid in the described semen sample is painted;
Use flow-cytometer letter sorting spermatid to obtain to have the one or more spermatid group of required dna characteristics;
Acquisition is suspended in a certain amount of spermatid that has required dna characteristics in the fluid;
The concentration of regulating a certain amount of spermatid described in the suspending liquid has the desired concn of the spermatid of required dna characteristics with acquisition;
Add cryoprotective agent when described a certain amount of spermatid has above glass transition temperature in the spermatid with described required feature, wherein described spermatid can be subjected to the infringement of cold shock under described glass transition temperature;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described a certain amount of spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
The described method of J2 ' .J1 ' wherein, has at described a certain amount of spermatid and to add described cryoprotective agent when surpassing 20 ℃ temperature.
The described method of J3 ' .J1 ' wherein, sorts in flow-cytometer before the described painted spermatid, described painted spermatid is placed on have in the 20-25 ℃ of temperature environment in the scope.
The described method of J4 ' .J1 ', also comprise and use freezer unit able to programme under the temperature that under first cooling velocity described spermatid is cooled to from holding temperature near critical temperature regime, change infringement spermatid aspect described critical temperature regime ice crystal formation and seepage pressure cools off described a certain amount of spermatid by described critical temperature regime afterwards under than the second fast cooling velocity of described first cooling velocity.
The described method of J5 ' .J1 ' wherein, keeps the step of described a certain amount of spermatid to comprise described spermatid is remained under the described holding temperature time cycle less than 40 minutes.
The described method of J6 ' .J1 ' wherein, keeps the step of described a certain amount of spermatid to comprise described spermatid is remained under the described holding temperature time cycle less than 30 minutes.
J7 ' .J1 ' any described method in the J6 ', wherein, described painted step also comprises in described spermatid and adds antioxidant.
The described method of J8 ' .J7 ', wherein, described antioxidant is to choose from the group that comprises acetonate, vitamin K, lipoic acid and combination thereof.
The described method of J9 ' .J1 ', wherein, the step that obtains a certain amount of spermatid is included in the spermatid alive group that obtains to have described required dna characteristics under the speed of spermatid p.s.s 5,000 at least.
The described method of J10 ' .J9 ', wherein, the described purity of the group of described spermatid is at least 85%.
K '. total moisture content control (cold painted)
K1 '. a kind of method that is used to handle spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Collect the semen sample that comprises spermatid from buck;
Described semen sample is transported to spermatid treatment plant;
Carrying out initial mass control on described semen sample checks;
Before any substantive dilution of carrying out spermatid, described spermatid is cooled to about 0-8 ℃ temperature;
Formation comprises the potpourri of spermatid and DNA selective dye and makes described potpourri stand about 0-8 ℃ temperature so that be that spermatid is painted;
Use flow-cytometer letter sorting spermatid to obtain to have the one or more spermatid group of required dna characteristics;
Acquisition is suspended in a certain amount of spermatid that has required dna characteristics in the fluid;
The concentration of regulating a certain amount of spermatid described in the suspending liquid has the desired concn of the spermatid of required dna characteristics with acquisition;
In described a certain amount of spermatid, add cryoprotective agent;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent are maintained at about under the 0-8 ℃ of holding temperature in the scope about 30 minutes to 3 hours; And
With described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to the temperature that is lower than 40 ℃.
The described method of K2 ' .K1 ' also is included in any time during the described processing to avoid warming up the step of described cell substantially.
The described method of K3 ' .K1 ', wherein, described spermatid being cooled to step under the temperature in about 0-8 ℃ scope comprises that the container that will hold described spermatid is placed in the tank of basic and described pre-cooled spermatid uniform temp and with described tank and is placed in the environment with the temperature that is lower than 8 ℃.
The described method of K4 ' .K3 ', wherein, described cooling step also comprises monitors the temperature of described spermatid and add ice when described spermatid has been cooled to less than 10 ℃ in tank when described spermatid cools off.
The described method of K5 ' .K1 ', wherein, described hold period is in 1-2 hour scope.
The described method of K6 ' .K1 ', wherein, described hold period is in about 90 minutes scope.
The described method of K7 ' .K1 ', wherein, described hold period is in about 30 minutes arrive less than 60 minutes scope.
The described method of K8 ' .K1 ', wherein, the step of the described a certain amount of spermatid of sub-cooled comprises uses freezer unit able to programme under the temperature that under first cooling velocity described spermatid is cooled to from holding temperature near critical temperature regime, change infringement spermatid aspect described critical temperature regime ice crystal formation and seepage pressure cools off described a certain amount of spermatid by described critical temperature regime afterwards under than the second fast cooling velocity of described first cooling velocity.
The described method of K9 ' .K1 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the adding glycerine.
The described method of K10 ' .K1 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the glycerine (v/v) of adding about 7%.
The described method of K11 ' .K1 ', wherein, the step that obtains a certain amount of spermatid is included in the spermatid alive group that obtains to have described required dna characteristics under the speed of spermatid p.s.s 5,000 at least.
The described method of K12 ' .K11 ', wherein, the described purity of the group of described spermatid is at least 85%.
L '. collection system (equipment)
L1 '. a kind of collection system, be used to collect by the drop letter sorting stream of liquid droplets that flow-cytometer sorted, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer produces the stream of liquid droplets that moves along the track that comprises horizontal component, described system comprises and is used for intercepting the capture device of the drop of described stream when described drop when described track moves, and the collection container that is arranged to output the drop that collection intercepts.
The described collection system of L2 ' .L1 ', wherein, described capture device comprises and is provided with to such an extent that cross the shock surface of described track that described drop is suitable for impinging upon on the described shock surface.
The described collection system of L3 ' .L2 ', wherein, described shock surface is set to has upwards the position of component of acceleration at described drop and crosses described track.
The described collection system of L4 ' .L2 ', wherein, at least some described drops comprise particle and described shock surface and be coated with the material that is used for reducing for the damage of described particle with described shock surface bumps the time.
The described collection system of L5 ' .L4 ', wherein, described material comprises one or more materials that choose from the group that comprises yolk, bovine serum albumin and phosphate buffered saline (PBS).
The described collection system of L6 ' .L4 ', wherein, described particle is a spermatid.
The described collection system of L7 ' .L2 ', wherein, described capture device is constituted for the described drop that intercepts is directed to described collection container.
The described collection system of L8 ' .L7 ', wherein, described capture device comprises the guides that is positioned at below the described shock surface, is used for described drop is directed to described collection container downwards.
The described collection system of L9 ' .L7 ', wherein, described capture device comprises limiting described shock surface and having and is used for making that the drop that moves along described track enters into the hollow envelope that described envelope has clashed into the inlet window of described shock surface.
The described collection system of L10 ' .L1 ', wherein, described stream of liquid droplets constitutes that first stream of liquid droplets, described capture device constitute first capture device, described collection container constitutes first collection container and described cell counter also produces second stream of liquid droplets that moves along second track that is different from described first track, and described collection system also comprises second capture device that is used to intercept second drop that moves along second track and is used to collect second collection container by the drop of described second capture device intercepting.
The described collection system of L11 ' .L10 ', wherein, have the window that described second stream is suitable for therefrom passing in described first capture device, and described second capture device is disposed in the drop that the described first capture device back is used for intercepting described second stream that passes described window.
The described collection system of L12 ' .L10 ', wherein, described second capture device is constituted for the described drop that is intercepted in second stream is directed to second collection container.
The described collection system of L13 ' .L1 ', wherein, described drop comprises particle, and described collection system also comprises on the shock surface that is coated in described capture device to reduce when impacting the material for the damage of described particle.
The described collection system of L14 ' .L13 ', wherein, described particle comprises spermatid alive.
The described collection system of L15 ' .L13 ', wherein, described material comprises from by a kind of material that chooses the group that comprises yolk, bovine serum albumin and phosphate buffered saline (PBS).
The described collection system of L16 ' .L1 ' be arranged to output that stream of liquid droplets is directed to the flow-cytometer of described capture device is combined.
M '. collection system (method)
M1 '. a kind ofly be used to collect by the drop letter sorting stream of liquid droplets that flow-cytometer sorted, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer produces the stream of liquid droplets that moves along the track that comprises horizontal component, said method comprising the steps of:
When described drop intercepts described drop when described track moves; And
The drop of described intercepting is collected in first collection container.
The described method of M2 ' .M1 ', wherein, described collection step comprises that the drop with described intercepting is directed in described first collection container.
The described method of M3 ' .M2 ', wherein, described intercepting step is included in described drop to be had upwards the position of component of acceleration and crosses described track shock surface is set.
The described method of M4 ' .M3 ' comprises that also the position of regulating described shock surface is to adapt to different droplet trajectory.
The described method of M5 ' .M1 ', wherein, described flow-cytometer produces first and second stream of liquid droplets that move along first and second tracks separately, each track all has horizontal component, described method also comprises when it intercept described drop in described second stream when described second track moves, and the drop of described intercepting of second stream is collected in second collection container.
The described method of M6 ' .M5 ', wherein, described first and second tracks are arranged in same plane substantially.
The described method of M7 ' .M5 ', wherein, described drop in first-class crosses described first arranged in tracks, first shock surface and is intercepted by have upwards the position of component of acceleration at described drop, and the drop in described second stream crosses described second arranged in tracks, second shock surface and intercepted by have upwards the position of component of acceleration at described drop.
The described method of M8 ' .M7 ', wherein, described second shock surface is disposed in the sea level elevation place that is different from described first shock surface.
The described method of M9 ' .M1 ', wherein, the step that described drop comprises particle and intercepts described drop comprises uses capture device to intercept described drop, and described method also comprises makes described capture device contact with complex to reduce the damage for described particle.
The described method of M10 ' .M9 ', wherein, described particle comprises spermatid alive.
The described method of M11 ' .M10 ', wherein, described complex comprises a kind of material that chooses from the group that comprises yolk, bovine serum albumin and phosphate buffered saline (PBS).
The described method of M12 ' .M10 ', wherein, make the contacted step of described capture device and complex comprise described capture device be immersed in one period cycle in the described complex that the described cycle is enough to make described complex to be absorbed by described capture device and/or attaches to described capture device.
The described method of M13 ' .M12 ', wherein, the described cycle is in about 30-90 minute scope.
The described method of M14 ' .M13 ', wherein, the described cycle is in about 30-60 minute scope.
The described method of M15 ' .M14 ', wherein, the described cycle is about 60 minutes.
The described method of M16 ' .M10 '-M15 ' wherein, is collected in described drop in the collection container, and described method also comprises makes described collection container contact with complex to reduce the damage for described particle.
The described method of M17 ' .M16 ', wherein, make described collection container and complex contact with reduce step for the damage of described particle comprise make described collection container be used to contact the identical complex of described capture device and contact.
The described method of M18 ' .M16 ', wherein, make described collection container contact and comprise described collection container is immersed in one period cycle in the described complex that to reduce step for the damage of described particle the described cycle is enough to make described complex to be absorbed by described collection container and/or attaches to described collection container with complex.
The described method of M19 ' .M18 ', wherein, the described cycle is in about 30-90 minute scope.
The described method of M20 ' .M18 ', wherein, the described cycle is about 60 minutes.
N '. synergistic combination
A. hyperchannel FCM (have letter sorting strategy)
Na1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Utilize flow cytometry spermatid to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit; And
Change the speed of conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) has the purity of spermatid group of first letter sorting of required dna characteristics; And (2) spermatid amount in the second letter sorting group with described required dna characteristics.
The described method of Na2 ' .Na1 ' also comprises operates described flow cytometry unit concurrently.
The described method of Na3 ' .Na1 ', wherein, described one or more specific dna characteristics comprises whether spermatid comprises X or Y sex chromosome.
B. the hyperchannel FCM that has digital processing
Nb1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Utilize flow cytometry spermatid to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit; And
Utilize one or more analog-digital converter that synchronized sampling is carried out in the time dependent output that comes from each flow cytometry unit and output, wherein said time dependent simulation output and the described specific dna characteristics of corresponding digital information representation that comprises corresponding to the numerical information of described time dependent simulation output is provided.
The described method of Nb2 ' .Nb1 ', wherein, described one or more specific dna characteristics comprises whether spermatid has X or Y sex chromosome.
C. hyperchannel FCM (the high heat colouring of w/)
Nc1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature; And
Utilize flow cytometry spermatid to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit.
The described method of Nc2 ' .Nc1 ', wherein, described dyestuff is that UV excites or the excited by visible light dyestuff.
The described method of Nc3 ' .Nc2 ', wherein, described dyestuff is to choose from the group that is made of NSC 334072, SYBR-14 and its variant, analog or derivant.
Any described method among Nc4 ' .Nc1 '-Nc3 ', wherein, described coloring mixture a kind of like this time cycle of experience, the described time cycle is enough to make described dyestuff bonding DNA so that can sort X and Y spermatid respectively according to fluorescence.
The described method of Nc5 ' .Nc4 ', wherein, the described time cycle is in 1-160 minute scope.
Any described method among Nc6 ' .Nc1 '-Nc5 ', wherein, described coloring mixture also comprises antioxidant.
The described method of Nc7 ' .Nc1 ', wherein, described one or more feature comprises whether spermatid comprises X or Y sex chromosome.
D. hyperchannel (having quick cryopreservation)
Nd1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Utilize flow cytometry spermatid to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Obtain to have a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics from the spermatid group of one or more letter sorting;
Cryoprotective agent is joined described a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
The described method of Nd2 ' .Nd1 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the adding glycerine.
The described method of Nd3 ' .Nd1 ', wherein, described one or more specific dna characteristics comprises whether spermatid has X or Y sex chromosome.
The described method of Nd4 ' .Nd1 ', wherein, the step that described a certain amount of spermatid is cooled to described holding temperature comprises using and selectedly must be in about 90 minutes described a certain amount of spermatid be cooled to the cooling velocity of holding temperature from the temperature that is higher than glass transition temperature that described spermatid can be subjected to the infringement of cold shock under described glass transition temperature.
The described method of Nd5 ' .Nd4 ', wherein, described cooling velocity is per minute 0.1-0.3 ℃ the interior substantially invariable cooling velocity of scope.
The described method of Nd6 ' .Nd1 ', wherein, the step of the described a certain amount of spermatid of sub-cooled is included under first cooling velocity temperature that spermatid is cooled near critical temperature regime, described critical temperature regime ice crystal form and seepage pressure aspect change damage spermatid, and under second cooling velocity faster, spermatid is cooled to be lower than-30 ℃ temperature than first cooling velocity.
The described method of Nd7 ' .Nd1 ' also comprises:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature.
E. letter sorting tactful (having high heat colouring)
Ne1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises that each all comprises one or more first drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop;
Collect described first drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Determine to have in described at least one group the amount of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex; And
To change the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance with respect to the function of the total amount in described first, second and the 3rd drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex as determined amount in described at least one group with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex.
Ne2 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises that each all comprises one or more first drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Determine to have in described at least one group the amount of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex; And
Change the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance with function as determined amount in described at least one group with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex.
F. high heat colouring (the quick cryopreservation of w/)
Nf1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature;
To sort described spermatid in the described coloring mixture based on specific dna characteristics;
Acquisition has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics;
Cryoprotective agent is joined described a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
The described method of Nf2 ' .Nf1 ', wherein, the step that adds cryoprotective agent comprises the adding glycerine.
The described method of Nf3 ' .Nf1 ', wherein, described specific FNA is characterized as spermatid and whether comprises X or Y sex chromosome.
The described method of Nf4 ' .Nf1 ', wherein, the step of cooling off described a certain amount of spermatid comprises uses the selected cooling velocity that must be in about 90 minutes described a certain amount of spermatid be cooled to about 0-8 ℃.
The described method of Nf5 ' .Nf4 ', wherein, described cooling velocity is per minute 0.1-0.3 ℃ the interior substantially invariable cooling velocity of scope.
The described method of Nf6 ' .Nf1 ', wherein, the step of the described a certain amount of spermatid of sub-cooled is included under first cooling velocity temperature that spermatid is cooled near critical temperature regime, described critical temperature regime ice crystal form and seepage pressure aspect change damage spermatid, and spermatid is cooled to be lower than under than the second fast cooling velocity of described first cooling velocity-30 ℃ temperature.
G. Multiple Combination
Ng1 '. (high heat colouring/hyperchannel letter sorting/quick cryopreservation)
A kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature;
Utilize flow cytometry the spermatid in the described coloring mixture to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: sample fluid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Acquisition has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics;
Cryoprotective agent is joined described a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
Ng2 '. (high heat colouring/hyperchannel letter sorting/high-purity letter sorting strategy)
A kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to each in described a plurality of flow cytometries unit and each fluid stream is split into drop, and described drop comprises that each all comprises one or more first drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Utilize drop letter sorting flow cytometry from the described second and the 3rd drop, to sort described first drop, described drop letter sorting flow cytometry comprises: operate described a plurality of flow cytometries unit and share an integrated platform simultaneously, described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Collect described first drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Determine to have in described at least one group the amount of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex; And
To change the speed that fluid is transported to one or more flow cytometries unit with respect to the function of the total amount in described first, second and the 3rd drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex as determined amount in described at least one group with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex.
Ng3 '. (high heat colouring/hyperchannel letter sorting/high-recovery letter sorting strategy)
A kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to each in described a plurality of flow cytometries unit and each fluid stream is split into drop, and described drop comprises that each all comprises one or more first drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Utilize drop letter sorting flow cytometry from described second drop, to sort the described first and the 3rd drop, described drop letter sorting flow cytometry comprises: operate described a plurality of flow cytometries unit and share an integrated platform simultaneously, described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Determine to have in described at least one group the amount of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex; And
Change the speed that fluid is transported to one or more flow cytometries unit with function as determined amount in described at least one group with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex.
Ng4 '. (high heat colouring/hyperchannel letter sorting/letter sorting strategy/quick cryopreservation)
A kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture stand at least 40 ℃ temperature;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to each in described a plurality of flow cytometries unit and each fluid stream is split into drop, and one or more specific dna characteristics of spermatid sorts described drop in the drop according to being included in to utilize flow cytometry, to obtain one or more groups with spermatid of required dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Change the speed of conveyance fluid as at least one function of following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described to have the purity of one or more groups of the spermatid of required dna characteristics; And (2) have a described required dna characteristics in one or more spermatid group spermatid amount has the total amount of the spermatid of described required dna characteristics in respect to described drop;
Add a certain amount of spermatid that cryoprotective agent obtains from described one or more spermatid group with protection;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
O '. T.T. line
O1 '. a kind of method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
Utilize DNA selectivity fluorescent dye to make spermatid painted;
Utilize the electromagnetic radiation irradiation spermatid so that DNA selectivity fluorescent dye sends fluorescence;
The fluorescence that detection is sent by spermatid;
The fluorescence that analysis is sent by spermatid is to determine one or more specific dna characteristics of spermatid;
Based on described one or more specific dna characteristics spermatid is sorted into a plurality of spermatid group;
An acquisition from described a plurality of spermatid group has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics; And
Make described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled;
Wherein, collect the back at spermatid and in less than 12 hours time, finish supercooled step.
The described method of O2 ' .O1 ' wherein, is collected the back at spermatid and finish the supercooled step of described a certain amount of spermatid in less than 8 hours time.
The described method of O3 ' .O1 ' wherein, is collected the back at spermatid and finish the supercooled step of described a certain amount of spermatid in less than 6 hours time.
The described method of O4 ' .O1 ' wherein, is collected the back at spermatid and finish the supercooled step of described a certain amount of spermatid in less than 3 hours time.
The described method of O5 ' .O1 ' wherein, is collected the back at spermatid and finish the supercooled step of described a certain amount of spermatid in less than 2 hours time.
The described method of O6 ' .O1 ' wherein, is collected the back at spermatid and finish the supercooled step of described a certain amount of spermatid in less than 1 hour time.
The described method of O7 ' .O1 ', wherein, described spermatid comprises spermatid alive
The described method of O8 ' .O7 ', wherein, described one or more dna characteristics comprises whether spermatid comprises X or Y sex chromosome.
The described method of O9 ' .O7 ' also is included in after the described a certain amount of spermatid that thaws after the sub-cooled step to use by artificial insemination and comes from the step that described a certain amount of spermatid makes the egg cell fertilization.
The described method of O10 ' .O1 ' comprises that also generation has the spermatid of required feature in a large number and by the commercial distribution system described a large amount of spermatids distributed to animal breeder.
P '. letter sorting speed
P1 '. a kind of method according to chromosome content letter sorting spermatid alive comprises:
(a) DNA selectivity fluorescent dye being joined spermatid alive supplies with;
(b) make the sample fluid comprise described spermatid and sheath fluid flow through and be tending towards making that spermatid turns to the oriented nozzle of required orientation, described sample fluid and sheath fluid leave nozzle with the form of fluid stream, and described fluid stream comprises core stream that is formed by sample fluid and spermatid and the sheath fluid stream that surrounds core stream;
(c) provide acoustic energy for nozzle so that fluid stream splits into stream of liquid droplets in the drop division position in nozzle downstream;
(d) the direct electromagnetic radiation bundle is crossing exciting the fluorescent dye in spermatid with fluid stream in the inquiry position of drop division position upstream, thereby makes spermatid send fluorescence;
(e) utilize the photodetector of the simulating signal that changes in time of the intensity of exporting the detected fluorescent emission of expression to detect the fluorescence that sends;
(f) the described simulating signal that changes is in time carried out electronic processing to determine the chromosome content of a plurality of spermatids;
(g) optionally provide static charge optionally being that drop provides electric charge or electric charge is not provided according to the chromosome content that is included in the spermatid in the drop for fluid stream;
(h) utilize electric field to make drop deflection according to their electric charge, thus make be included in the drop with identical charges spermatid and be included in drop with different electric charges in spermatid separate; And
(i) collect at least one spermatid group that lives with the speed of 5000 spermatids of per second at least.
The described method of P2 ' .P1 ' wherein, is collected at least one group of collecting in the step and is had at least 85% purity.
The described method of P3 ' .P1 ', wherein, described collection step comprises with the speed of 6000 spermatids of per second at least collects at least one spermatid group that lives.
The described method of P4 ' .P1 ', wherein, described collection step comprises with the speed of 7000 spermatids of per second at least collects at least one spermatid group that lives.
The described method of P5 ' .P1 ' also comprises two or more cell count unit of parallel work-flow so that each execution in step (b) to (i) is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) particle; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described particle to described flow cytometry unit.
The described method of P6 ' .P5 ', wherein, operating two or more cell count unit shares the step of an integrated platform simultaneously and comprise: the solid-state laser of operator scheme locking comprises the single bundle of a plurality of electromagnetic pulses with generation, and the peak power of each pulse is all greater than the average power output of described laser instrument; With described single beam splitting is two or more bundles; And described two or more intrafascicular each are directed to the flow cytometry counting unit.
R ' .CSD or slit scanning
A. spermatid
R1 '. a kind of method of analyzing the chromosomal DNA feature of the animal spermatid in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, described method comprises:
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on electromagnetic radiation beam on the fluid stream, described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent, comprise the radiation of sending from the described chromosomal region of the karyological character of representing described zone from spermatid;
Detection comes from least some and the time dependent analog electrical signal that at least some of Radiation Emission that will come from described chromosomal region convert the described chromosomal DNA feature of expression to of the Radiation Emission of described chromosomal region;
The time dependent simulating signal of digitizing ground sampling and the output that comprises with the corresponding numerical information of described time dependent simulating signal is provided;
Analyze described numerical information to extract the information of the derivative characteristic of representing time dependent simulating signal; And
At least some spermatids are classified as having specific chromosomal DNA feature according to described extraction information analysis at least in part.
The described method of R2 ' .R1 ', wherein, described karyological character is represented the sex of spermatid.
The described method of R3 ' .R2 ', wherein, described spermatid is the spermatid of ox.
The described method of R4 ' .R3 ', wherein, described chromosomal region is located in the zone of extending 20% the nuclear that is not more than nuclear length on any side of longitudinal center of nuclear.
The described method of R5 ' .R3 ', wherein, described chromosomal region is located in the zone of the nuclear that extends the 10%-15% that is not more than nuclear length on any side of longitudinal center of nuclear.
The described method of R6 ' .R1 ', wherein, the digitized sampling step comprises the described time dependent simulation output of synchronized sampling.
The described method of R7 ' .R1 ', wherein, described spot width is less than 3.0 microns.
The described method of R8 ' .R7 ', wherein, described spot length is greater than 100 microns.
The described method of R9 ' .R1 ' also is included in described stream and passes before the described light beam and apply acting force they are taken to required orientation on the spermatid in described stream.
The described method of R10 ' .R1 ' also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA feature drop and sorts described cell.
The described method of R11 ' .R1 ' also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA characteristic light and destroys the described cell of letter sorting.
The described method of R12 ' .R1 ' also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA feature fluid and switches the described cell of letter sorting.
The described method of R13 ' .R1 ', wherein, described derivative characteristic is included in the gradient of a bit locating time dependent simulating signal of described signal with respect to threshold value.
B. general particle
R14 '. a kind of method of analyzing the particle in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described method comprises:
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on electromagnetic radiation beam on the fluid stream, described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described particle is suitable for passing described spot, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from particle;
Detect and convert at least some of Radiation Emission the time dependent analog electrical signal of expression particle characteristic to;
The time dependent simulating signal of digitizing ground sampling and the output that comprises with the corresponding numerical information of described time dependent simulating signal is provided;
Analyze described numerical information to extract the information of the derivative characteristic of representing time dependent simulating signal; And
At least some particles are classified as having special characteristic according to described extraction information analysis at least in part.
The described method of R15 ' .R14 ', wherein, the digitized sampling step comprises the described time dependent simulation output of synchronized sampling.
The described method of R16 ' .R14 ' also comprises according to described classification drop and sorts described particle.
The described method of R17 ' .R14 ' also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA characteristic light and destroys the described spermatid of letter sorting.
The described method of R18 ' .R14 ' also comprises according to described chromosomal DNA feature fluid and switches the described spermatid of letter sorting.
The described method of R19 ' .R14 ', wherein, described derivative characteristic is included in the gradient of a bit locating time dependent simulating signal of described signal with respect to threshold value.
S '. pulsed laser FCM equipment
S1 '. a kind of flow cytometry equipment comprises:
Be used for comprising the flow channel of the fluid stream of sample particle by particle inquiry location guide;
Be used to send the laser instrument of a plurality of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) pulse, wherein each pulse all has the peak power of the average power that surpasses described laser instrument, and described pulse edge course of the beam is directed into particle inquiry position from described laser instrument;
Be used to produce the timing circuit that pulse arrives the timing signal indication of inquiry position;
The time that is suitable for detecting EMR from the inquiry position and is used to export the intensity of the EMR that is detected changes the detecting device of simulating signal indication;
The time that is suitable for receiving as input changes simulating signal and is suitable for sampling the analog-digital converter of described simulating signal with generation digitizing output; And
Be used for coming from the electronic processors of the digitizing output of analog-digital converter as the Functional Analysis of time limited signal.
The described equipment of S2 ' .S1 ', wherein, described laser instrument is used for launching the EMR pulse with 1-100 psec width under the pulsed frequency at about 50-150MHz under the power of about 100-500 psec.
The described equipment of S3 ' .S2 ', wherein, described laser instrument is used for launching the EMR pulse with 5-20 psec width under the pulsed frequency of about 70-100MHz.
The described equipment of S4 ' .S1 ', wherein, described timing circuit comprises the sensor that is suitable for sensing and the corresponding light of EMR pulse, described light comprises scattered light that is produced by each laser pulse and 21 interactions of fluid stream or the light that comprises the EMR pulse.
The described equipment of S5 ' .S1 ', wherein, described timing circuit comprises and is used to trigger described laser instrument with exomonental clock.
The described equipment of S6 ' .S1 ', wherein, described detecting device is suitable for detecting the fluorescent emission by the excitation energy excitation of described pulse.
The described equipment of S7 ' .S1 ', wherein, described laser instrument comprises the mode locking solid-state laser.
The described equipment of S8 ' .S1 ', wherein, described laser instrument comprises Q-switched laser device.
The described equipment of S9 ' .S1 ', wherein, described laser instrument comprises cavity dumped laser.
The described equipment of S10 ' .S1 ', wherein, described detecting device is a photomultiplier tube.
The described equipment of S11 ' .S9 ', wherein, described photomultiplier tube has the response time less than 2 nanoseconds.
The described equipment of S12 ' .S1 ', wherein, described electronic processors is used for handling digitizing output as pulse waveform.
The described equipment of S13 ' .S12 ', wherein, described electronic processors is used at least one from the following feature of digitizing output extraction: critical gradient difference; Pulse rise time; Peak value of pulse; And pulse area.
T '. the pulsed laser method
T1 '. a kind of being used for analyzed the method that is included in fluid stream particle when it flows through the inquiry position, said method comprising the steps of:
Send a plurality of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) pulse from laser instrument, wherein the peak power of each pulse all surpasses the average power of described laser instrument;
By will come to the inquiry position and off and on irradiation of fluid stream and be contained in wherein particle of described pulse steering in the laser instrument along beam path;
Detection comes from the EMR that inquires the position;
Generation is from the time change simulating signal indication of the intensity of the EMR of detection;
Produce the timing signal indication that pulse arrives described inquiry position;
To change analog signal conversion the time is digital signal; And
Analyze described digital signal to determine the feature of the particle in the fluid stream.
The described method of T2 ' .T1 ', wherein, the step that will change analog signal conversion the time and be digital signal be included in with the synchronous described simulating signal of time down-sampling of pulse irradiation fluid stream.
The described method of T3 ' .T1 ', wherein, the step of irradiation of fluid stream causes exciting of the fluorophore relevant with described particle, and will to change analog signal conversion the time be that the step of digital signal is included in after the irradiation of inquiry position the described simulating signal of schedule time down-sampling that the fluorescence lifetime at described fluorophore fails.
The described method of T4 ' .T1 ', wherein, each pulse all comprises the sufficient power that makes that described fluorophore is saturated.
The described method of T5 ' .T1 ' wherein, detects the step that comes from the light of inquiring the position and comprises that the use photomultiplier tube detects the fluorescent emission that comes from the fluorophore relevant with described particle.
The described method of T6 ' .T1 ', wherein, the step of sending pulse of electromagnetic radiation comprises the step of the pulse between emission 50-150 p.s. 1,000,000, wherein each pulse has the width between the 1-100 psec.
The described method of T7 ' .T1 ', wherein, the step that produces timing signal comprises sensing because described pulse is flowed the scattered light that interaction produces with described fluid.
The described method of T8 ' .T1 ', wherein, the step that the step that produces timing signal comprises the step of clocking and send a plurality of EMR pulses from laser instrument comprises uses described clock signal to send pulse to trigger described laser instrument.
The described method of T9 ' .T1 ', wherein, the method for analyzing described digital signal comprises as pulse waveform analyzes digital signal.
The described method of T10 ' .T1 ', wherein, the method for analyzing described digital signal also comprises at least one that extracts in the following feature from described signal: critical gradient difference; Pulse rise time; Peak value of pulse; And pulse area.
The described method of T11 ' .T1 ', wherein, described particle comprises spermatid.
U ' .[keeps]
V ' .CV optimization
V1 '. a kind of assessment is to the program of the painted set condition of the cell group that is used to sort, and described group comprises the cell of the first kind and second type, and described program comprises:
(a) under one group of painted condition, utilize fluorescent dye to make that the part of cell group is painted;
(b) make painted cellular exposure under electromagnetic radiation during with the inquiry position of speed R by flow cytometry when painted cell;
(c) the fluorescent emission feature of definite cell that exposes;
(d) fluorescent characteristics of utilize determining becomes the subgroup of two or more cells with the cytological classification that exposes, and one of them subgroup is the concentrated subgroup of first cell type;
(e) the change coefficient of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell of definite concentrated subgroup is to provide the indication facing to the letter sorting efficient of vitta spare; And
(f) determine under the situation that cell is colored to change any painted condition or the painted cell speed R by the inquiry position of flow cytometry to improve letter sorting efficient.
The described program of V2 ' .V1 ', wherein, described part comprises that first and described one group of painted condition comprise first group of painted condition, and described program also is included in the second portion of painted described cell group under the second group of painted condition that is different from first group of painted condition and the second portion execution in step (b) by described cell group to (e).
The described program of V3 ' .V2 ', wherein, painted second portion after having determined the change coefficient for first.
The described program of V4 ' .V2 ', wherein, described second group of painted condition causes being different from first group of painted condition owing to following at least one: the concentration of (1) fluorescent dye; (2) be used for the length in the painted cycle of cytochrome; And (3) are being used for the temperature of cell during painted cycle of cytochrome.
The described program of V5 ' .V2 ' also is included in the third part of painted described cell group under the 3rd group of painted condition that is different from first and second groups of painted conditions and the third part execution in step (b) by described cell group to (e).
The described program of V6 ' .V5 ' also is included in the 4th part of painted described cell group under the 4th group of painted condition that is different from first, second and the 3rd group of painted condition and the 4th part execution in step (b) by described cell group arrives (e).
The described program of V7 ' .V6 ' also is included in the 5th part of painted described cell group under the 5th group of painted condition that is different from first, second, third and the 4th group of painted condition and the 5th part execution in step (b) by described cell group to (e).
The described program of V8 ' .V2 ', thus also comprise according to described and determine that optionally change first group of condition in the painted condition obtains second group of painted condition.
The described program of V9 ' .V2 ' wherein, is applied to remainder painted of described cell group as the painted condition of determining by execution in step on second portion (7) of improvement.
The described program of V10 ' .V2 ', wherein, many parts cell is colored in step (a), each part all is colored under the painted condition group of uniqueness, wherein, for each part execution in step (b) arrives (e), step (f) comprises uses various change coefficients to be identified for the painted condition group of other cell in the painted described group.
The described program of V11 ' .V1 ', wherein, described cell is a spermatid.
The described program of V12 ' .V11 ', wherein, described first cell type comprises the spermatid that carries X chromosome.
The described program of V13 ' .V1 ', wherein, step (a) comprises the painted described cell with Hoechst33342.
The described program of V14 ' .V1 ', wherein, described fluorescent emission feature comprises the feature of passing the corresponding fluorescent pulse waveform of motion of inquiry position with cell, and the following at least one item of described character representation: (1) total fluorescence intensity; And (2) peak fluorescence intensity.
The described program of V15 ' .V1 ', also be included in step (f) and determine before to come from whether step (e) variable coefficient is equal to or less than that the predetermined change that changes coefficient and use all painted at every turn different cell different painted condition group repeating steps of portion (a) to (e) to determine lies in step (e) or less than predetermined change coefficient, and step (f) comprises if the change coefficient that comes from step (e) for each painted condition all is equal to or less than the predetermined coefficient that changes, determines to use painted described other cell of painted condition.
V16 '. a kind of program of assessing the painted set condition of the cell group that is used to sort, the described cell that comprises the first kind and second type, described program comprises:
(a) under one group of painted condition, utilize fluorescent dye to make that the part of cell group is painted;
(b) paintedly carefully be exposed under the electromagnetic radiation when painted cell makes during with the inquiry position of speed R by flow cytometry;
(c) the fluorescent emission feature of definite cell that exposes;
(d) fluorescent characteristics of utilize determining becomes the son of two or more cells with the cytological classification that exposes, and one of them subgroup is the concentrated subgroup of first cell type;
(e) the change coefficient of the fluorescent emission feature of the cell of definite concentrated subgroup is to provide the indication to painted letter sorting efficient;
(f) determine under the situation that cell is colored to change the speed R of inquiry position of any painted condition or painted cell general formula cytometer to improve letter sorting efficient; And
(g) improved painted condition is applied to the remainder of described cell group.
The described program of V17 ' .V16 ' also is included in the flow-cytometer the described cell mass remainder of letter sorting to obtain the concentrated sample group of first cell type;
The described program of V18 ' .V16 ', wherein, described part comprises that a first and a described set condition comprise first group of painted condition, described program also be included in the second portion that is different from painted described cell group under two groups of painted conditions of first group of painted condition and by described cell group two part execution in step (b) to (e).
The described program of V19 ' .V18 ', wherein, second portion after having determined the change coefficient for first.
The described program of V20 ' .V18 ', wherein, described second group of painted condition causes being different from first group of painted condition owing to following at least one: the concentration of (1) fluorescent dye; (2) be used for the length in the painted cycle of cytochrome; And (3) are being used for the temperature of cell during painted cycle of cytochrome.
The described program of V21 ' .V18 ' also is included in the third part of painted described cell group under the 3rd group of painted condition that is different from first and second groups of painted conditions and the third part execution in step (b) by described cell group to (f).
The described program of V22 ' .V21 ' also is included in the 4th part of painted described cell group under the 4th group of painted condition that is different from first, second and the 3rd group of painted condition and the 4th part execution in step (b) by described cell group arrives (f).
The described program of V23 ' .V22 ' also is included in the 5th part of painted described cell group under the 5th group of painted condition that is different from first, second, third and the 4th group of painted condition and the 5th part execution in step (b) by described cell group to (f).
The described program of V24 ' .V18 ', in step (g) before, also be included in one group of painted condition selecting as in the step (g), described painted condition produces the change coefficient level that is used for the fluorescent emission feature, and described change coefficient level is equal to or less than the predetermined coefficient that changes.
The described program of V25 ' .V24 ', wherein, the predetermined coefficient that changes is about 1.3% or littler.
The described program of V26 ' .V16 ', also being included in step (f) determines to come from the change coefficient of step (e) before and whether is equal to or less than the predetermined change coefficient that changes coefficient and use the different painted condition group repeating step (a) to (e) of each all painted different cells parts to determine is equal to or less than predetermined change coefficient in step (e), and step (f) comprises if come from the change coefficient of step (e) for each painted condition and all is equal to or less than the predetermined coefficient that changes, and determines to use painted described other cell of described painted condition.
The described program of V27 ' .V16 ', wherein, described cell is a spermatid.
The described program of V28 ' .V27 ', wherein, described first cell type comprises the spermatid that carries X chromosome.
The described program of V29 ' .V16 ', wherein, step (a) comprises the painted described cell with Hoechst33342.
The described program of V30 ' .V1 ', wherein, described fluorescent emission feature comprises the feature of passing the corresponding fluorescent pulse waveform of motion of inquiry position with cell, and the following at least one item of described character representation: (1) total fluorescence intensity; And (2) peak fluorescence intensity.
W '. use the auto-calibration of external exposure sensor
W1 '. be used for the equipment of auto-calibration drop letter sorting flow-cytometer, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer optionally applies or does not apply in one group of one or more electric charge one to a plurality of drops when at drop division position division continuous fluid stream, and statically described drop is sorted in two or more individual droplets streams, depend on the electric charge of the desired volume of described drop for each drop selection, the drippage delay of the estimated value that the time between the moment that the particle that is comprised in the fluid stream continuous according to expression is detected in the inquiry position and the described particle arrival drop division position of flow-cytometer clears up is set, and described equipment comprises:
(a) the external exposure sensor in inquiry downstream, position is used for shining the drop of a described individual droplets stream, detects any fluorescent emission of being sent by the particle that is included in the described drop, and produces the output signal of the fluorescent emission that expression detected; And
(b) be used to regulate following at least one control device: (1) drippage postpones setting with analyzing described output signal and robotization; And the amplitude of electric charge in (2) described electric charge group.
The described equipment of W2 ' .W1 ', wherein, described control device is as the fluorescent emission that is detected and should regulate described drippage delay setting by the function of difference between the fluorescent emission of the drop generation with desired volume.
The described equipment of W3 ' .W1 ', wherein, the amplitude that described control device is regulated electric charge in the described electric charge group as the function that changes in the average peak intensity for the fluorescent emission that drop detected that comprises fluorescent grain.
The described equipment of W4 ' .W1 ', wherein, described external exposure sensor comprises light source, two tropism's light filters, lens combination and photodetector.
The described equipment of W5 ' .W4 ', wherein, described external exposure sensor comprises that also the light that is used for coming from light source is directed to the fiber optic cable that described sensor shines the position of described drop.
The described equipment of W6 ' .W5 ', wherein, by the deflecting plate generation electric field of a pair of charging, and described external exposure sensor is arranged for shining described drop when described drop passes between described deflecting plate.
The described equipment of W7 ' .W6 ', wherein, described external exposure sensor is arranged for shining described drop by the hole in the electrical isolation support when described drop passes the electric field that is produced by one or more deflecting plate, and described support is used to support at least one deflecting plate.
The described equipment of W8 ' .W4 ', wherein, described light source is used at inquiry position irradiation particle.
The described equipment of W9 ' .W1 ', also comprise the described external exposure sensor that is used for the remainder of described two or more individual droplets streams of the paragraph (a) of W1 ', described control device is used for analyzing and comes from described external exposure signal of sensor and robotization ground is regulated following at least one: (1) postpones setting as the drippage of the function of difference between the fluorescent emission that is detected and the fluorescent emission that should be produced by the drop with desired volume; And (2) conduct is the amplitude that comprises electric charge in the described electric charge group of joint of the function that changes in the average peak intensity of the fluorescent emission that drop detected of fluorescent grain.
The described equipment of W10 ' .W9 ', wherein, by the deflecting plate generation electric field of a pair of charging, and described external exposure sensor is arranged for shining described drop when described drop passes between described deflecting plate.
The described equipment of W11 ' .W10 ', wherein, described external exposure sensor is arranged for shining described drop by the hole in the electrical isolation support when described drop passes the electric field that is produced by one or more deflecting plate, and described support is used to support at least one deflecting plate.
The described equipment of W12 ' .W1 ', wherein, described control device is used for the phase place of drop charge is remained in optimum phase about 36 degree up and down that form about drop.
The described equipment of W13 ' .W12 ', wherein, described control device is used for the phase place of drop charge is remained in optimum phase about 10.8 degree up and down that form about drop.
X '. automatized calibration method
X1 '. being used for continuously, the method for the suitable letter sorting of verification flow-cytometer scale is equipped with, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer optionally applies or does not apply in one group of one or more electric charge one to a plurality of drops when being made of continuous fluid stream in drop division position, and statically institute's drop is sorted in two or more individual droplets streams, the desired volume that depends on described drop is the electric charge that every drop is selected, the drippage of the estimated value that the time between the moment that the particle that is comprised in the fluid stream continuous according to expression is detected in the inquiry position and the described particle arrival drop branch position of flow-cytometer disappears postpones setting, and described method comprises:
(a) shine drop in the described individual droplets stream by pass lens combination along forward direction guiding irradiation beam along the beam axis, send any fluorescent emission by the particle that is included in the described drop thereby produce;
(b) the described lens combination of use is collected some fluorescent lights and is guided described fluorescent light along side backward, beam axis edge;
(c) detect in the collected fluorescent light at least some and produce the defeated signal of the light that expression detected; And
Analyze described output signal and regulate following at least one control device according to described analysis automatedly: (1) drippage postpones to set; And the amplitude of electric charge in (2) described electric charge group.
The described method of X2 ' .X1 ', wherein, described regulating step comprises as the fluorescence that is detected to be sent out and should regulate described delay by the function of difference between the fluorescent emission of the drop generation with desired volume and set.
The described method of X3 ' .X1 ', wherein, described regulating step comprises the amplitude of regulating lotus in the described electric charge group as for the function that changes in the average peak intensity that comprises the fluorescent emission that the fluorescent grain drop detected.
The described method of X4 ' .X1 ', wherein, described irradiating step comprises the position of using fiber optic cable will be directed to contiguous described letter sorting stream of liquid droplets from the light of light source.
The described method of X5 ' .X1 ', wherein, the deflecting plate by a pair of charging produces electric field, and penetrates step and comprise shine described drop between described deflecting plate when described drop passes.
The described method of X6 ' .X5 ', wherein, at least one deflecting plate is by electrical isolation support supporting, and irradiating step be included in described drop when passing described electric field by described of the irradiation of the hole in the support.
The described method of X7 ' .X1 ' also comprises and uses light source at inquiry position irradiation particle.
The described method of X8 ' .X1 ', also comprise the step (a)-(c) of carrying out the remainder be used for described two or more individual droplets streams, and step (d) comprises also and analyzes each output signal and robotization ground is regulated following at least one: (1) postpones setting as the drippage of the function of difference between the fluorescent emission that is detected and the fluorescent emission that should be produced by the drop with desired volume; (2) conduct is the amplitude that comprises electric charge in the described electric charge group of joint of the function that changes in the average peak intensity of the fluorescent emission that drop detected of fluorescent grain.
The described method of X9 ' .X8 ', wherein, the deflecting plate by a pair of charging produces electric field, and irradiating step comprises shine described drop between described deflecting plate when described drop passes.
The described method of X10 ' .X9 ', wherein, at least one deflecting plate is by electrical isolation support supporting, and irradiating step is included in described drop and shines described drop by the hole in the support when passing described electric field.
Y '. test stream calibration steps
Y1 '. be used for the method for the suitable letter sorting of verification flow-cytometer scale continuously, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer optionally applies or does not apply in one group of one or more electric charge one to a plurality of drops when being made of continuous fluid stream in drop division position, and statically described drop is sorted in two or more individual droplets streams, depend on the electric charge of the desired volume of described drop for each drop selection, the drippage delay of the estimated value that the time between the moment that the particle that is comprised in the fluid stream continuous according to expression is detected in the inquiry position and the described particle arrival drop division position of flow-cytometer clears up is set, and described method comprises:
Select to estimate that its possibility that comprises described particle is zero drop substantially;
Apply an electric charge of described electric charge group to selected drop, so that form the test stream beyond the selected drop;
Shine the drop in the described test stream; And
Detection is sent by any particle in the selected drop or any light of scattering.
The described method of Y2 ' .Y1 ' also comprises: surpass threshold level if detect the light that detects in the step, regulate described drippage and postpone to set;
The described method of Y3 ' .Y2 ' wherein, is automatically carried out described regulating step.
The described method of Y4 ' .Y1 ', wherein, the electric charge that applies in described charge step is a neutral charge.
The described method of Y5 ' .Y1 ' wherein, uses the external exposure sensor to carry out irradiating step and detection step.
Z '. the letter sorting corrective system
Z1 '. a kind of drop letter sorting flow-cytometer institute sorting system corrective system that is used for comprises:
Charge member, being used for when described drop is made of the continuous fluid stream of drop division position optionally, each drop to stream of liquid droplets applies an electric charge that comes from one group of electric charge;
The a pair of charging deflecting plate in charge member downstream is arranged for making drop to pass between the described deflecting plate so that sort described drop according to its electric charge;
And remove damaged system system, comprise at least one in the following element: (1) is used for removing from charge member the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing; And (2) are used for removing from deflecting plate the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing.
The described system of Z2 ' .Z1 ', wherein, the damaged system turnkey of described removing is drawn together element (1) and element (2).
The described system of Z3 ' .Z1 ', wherein, the damaged system of described removing system is suitable for automatically being started by processor when described processor is determined to come from the damaged thing that departs from drop and hindered the drop letter sorting.
The described system of Z4 ' .Z1 ', wherein, the damaged system turnkey of described removing is drawn together element (1), and the air system that optionally starts of element (1) comprises the vacuum passage of the opening with contiguous described charge member so that damaged thing vacuum is inhaled from described charge member.
The described system of Z5 ' .Z1 ', wherein, the damaged system turnkey of described removing is drawn together element (2), and the air system that optionally starts of element (2) comprises the air flue with opening, carries pressurized air so that with the damaged thing described deflecting plate that blows off by described air flue.
Z6 '. a kind of method of operating drop letter sorting flow-cytometer system, described method comprises:
Use charge member will come from each drop in the stream of liquid droplets that a electric charge in one group of electric charge optionally puts on the drop that constitutes as the continuous fluid stream by drop division position;
Make described drop pass between a pair of charging deflecting plate in charge member downstream so that sort described drop according to its electric charge;
Use processor to judge whether damaged thing hinders the drop letter sorting; And
If processor is judged damaged thing and is hindered the drop letter sorting, then use under the control of processor and remove the described damaged thing of damaged system system removal, the damaged system turnkey of described removing is drawn together at least one in the following element: (1) is used for removing from charge member the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing; And (2) are used for removing from deflecting plate the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing.
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1. flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises particle and have feature B with feature A, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Control sorting system to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
2. the method for the granulate mixture of a particle that utilizes flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make fluid form fluid stream and classify according to the particle in the described characteristic use flow cytometry fluid flow;
In fluid stream, sort particle according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy so that at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided; And
According at least one speed that changes the letter sorting strategy or change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
3. system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises particle and have feature B with feature A, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises described particle;
Be used to receive described fluid stream, form drop that comprises described particle and the flow cytometry equipment that described drop is sorted into different groups according to the letter sorting strategy; Described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more particles with feature A respectively, all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and all comprise one or more particles with feature A respectively and have the 3rd drop of one or more particles of feature B respectively; And
Control flow cytometry equipment to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
4. a letter sorting comprises the particle with feature A and has the method for granulate mixture of the particle of feature B, and described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid stream of described particle;
Formation comprises the drop of described particle;
According to letter sorting strategy described drop is sorted into different groups, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more particles with feature A respectively, all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and all comprise one or more particles with feature A respectively and have the 3rd drop of one or more particles of feature B respectively; And
According at least one speed that changes the letter sorting strategy or change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
5. system that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the variable-ratio fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises X and Y spermatid;
Flow cytometry equipment, this flow cytometry equipment is used for (1) and receives described fluid stream and form the drop that comprises described particle, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, second drop that all comprises one or more Y spermatid respectively, and a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively, (2) sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop, (3) collect described first drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided, and (4) determine the amount of the X spermatid in described at least one group; And
Control device, this control device changes speed that fluid be transported to flow cytometry equipment according to the amount of determined X spermatid described at least one group with respect to the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop in response to the instruction that receives from flow cytometry equipment.
6. method that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described fluid stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively respectively;
Sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop;
Collect described first drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided;
Determine the amount of the X spermatid in described at least one group, collected; And
Change the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance according to the amount of the determined X spermatid of in described at least one group, collecting with respect to the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop.
7. system that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the variable-ratio fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises X and Y spermatid;
Flow cytometry equipment, this flow cytometry equipment is used for (1) and receives described fluid stream and form the drop that comprises described particle, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, second drop that all comprises one or more Y spermatid respectively, and a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively, (2) sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop, (3) collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided, and (4) determine the amount of the Y spermatid at least one group; And
Control device, this control device changes the speed that fluid is transported to flow cytometry equipment in response to the instruction that receives from flow cytometry equipment according to the amount of determined Y spermatid described at least one group.
8. method that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described fluid stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively respectively;
Sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided;
Determine the amount of the Y spermatid in described at least one group, collected; And
Amount according to the determined Y spermatid of collecting in described at least one group changes the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance.
9. method of utilizing flow cytometry letter sorting X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described fluid stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively respectively;
Sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided.
10. flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises particle and have feature B with feature A, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described time dependent simulation output corresponding digital information, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
Digital signal processor, this digital signal processor is analyzed and breakdown figures information, and provides the letter sorting signal according to numerical information analyzed and classification for described sorting system.
11. the method for the granulate mixture of a particle that utilizes flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make fluid form fluid stream and detect according to the particle in the described characteristic use flow cytometry fluid flow;
In fluid stream, sort particle according to the letter sorting strategy, so that at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided;
The simulation output that will come from described flow cytometry system converts corresponding digital information to, wherein simulation output representation feature A or feature B; And
Analyze and breakdown figures information and sort particle according to the numerical information of analyzed and classification.
12. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described time dependent simulation output corresponding digital information, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
Digital signal processor, this digital signal processor are determined the background characteristics of described time dependent simulation output from described numerical information;
Detect the waveform pulse of representing by described numerical information according to determined background characteristics; And
Provide the letter sorting signal according to the waveform pulse that is detected for described sorting system.
13. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described time dependent simulation output corresponding digital information, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B; And
Digital signal processor, this digital signal processor produces the initial identification parameter from numerical information, according to initial identification parameter recognition numerical information, and provides the letter sorting signal according to the numerical information that recognizes for described sorting system.
14. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the fluid delivery system of the fluid that comprises described particle; With the flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry;
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comprises a series of waveform pulses that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described waveform pulse corresponding digital information, wherein said waveform pulse and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B; And
Analyze numerical information and according to the digital signal processor of analyzed respective digital information letter sorting signal.
15. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described time dependent simulation output corresponding digital information, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
Extract feature and provide the digital signal processor that sorts signal from numerical information according to the described sorting system that is characterized as that is extracted.
16. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comprises waveform pulse that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described waveform pulse corresponding digital information, wherein said waveform pulse and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
Digital signal processor, this digital signal processor be with the form discriminating digit information of representation feature A or feature B, and provide the letter sorting signal according to the numerical information that recognizes for described sorting system.
17. one or more feature according to particle sorts the system that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, described system comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising described particle is transported to primary importance and makes fluid stream split into the flow cytometry equipment of drop in the second place, and described flow cytometry equipment utilization flow cytometry is classified to particle according to described feature and sorted described drop according to the classification that is included in the particle in the drop;
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises condenser lens, described optical system is used for passing described condenser lens so that described cell passes beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, causes coming from being transmitted on backward the direction along described beam axis guiding of electromagnetic radiation of cell.
18. one or more feature according to particle sorts the method that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, described method comprises:
(a) the fluid stream that will comprise described particle is transported to primary importance and makes fluid stream split into drop in the second place;
(b) utilize flow cytometry particle to be classified and sort described drop according to the classification that is included in the particle in the drop according to described feature,
Described flow cytometry comprises along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream and passes described condenser lens so that described cell passes beam, causes coming from being transmitted on backward the direction along described beam axis guiding of electromagnetic radiation of cell.
19. an equipment that utilizes the chromosomal DNA feature that the animal spermatid is classified comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance and is used for flowing at described fluid and applies acting force they are taken to the nozzle system of required orientation on spermatid before reaching described primary importance;
The external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system be used for along the beam axis that intersects at described primary importance and described fluid stream on direction forward to become the incident angle direct electromagnetic radiation bundle of non-zero so that described cell passes beam with described fluid stream, cause coming from being transmitted on backward the direction of electromagnetic radiation of cell along described beam axis guiding;
Can detect at least some of described emission and at least some of described emission be converted to the photodetector of the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression; And
Be used to the processor handling described electric signal and classify according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
20. a method of utilizing the chromosomal DNA feature that the animal spermatid is classified, described method comprises the following steps:
(a) the fluid stream that will comprise spermatid is transported to primary importance and flows at described fluid and applies acting force they are taken to required orientation on spermatid before reaching described primary importance;
(b) along the beam axis that intersects at described primary importance and described fluid stream on direction forward to become the incident angle direct electromagnetic radiation bundle of non-zero so that described cell passes beam with described fluid stream, cause coming from being transmitted on backward the direction of electromagnetic radiation of cell along described beam axis guiding;
(c) detect at least some of described emission and convert at least some of described emission the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to; And
(d) handle described electric signal and classify according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
21. an equipment that is used for analyzing at the dna characteristics of the cell of fluid stream, described each cell is included in the DNA zone that has certain-length on the fluid stream flow direction, and described equipment comprises:
Be used for along the beam axis on direction forward the direct electromagnetic radiation bundle so that the external exposure optical system that beam and described fluid stream intersects;
Described optical system is included in the condenser lens on the described beam axis, described condenser lens is used for the form of basic elliptical spot beam focusing being flowed at fluid, and described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone, described cell is suitable for passing described spot, cause coming from being transmitted on backward the direction of electromagnetic radiation of cell, comprise from representing the described DNA zone emission of described dna characteristics along described beam axis guiding;
At least some of described emission that photodetector in the condenser lens back, described photodetector are used to detect at least some of the described emission that comes from described DNA zone and will come from described DNA zone convert the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to; And
Be used to handle described electric signal, determine described dna characteristics and the system of classifying according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
22. the equipment of the chromosomal DNA feature of the animal spermatid of an analysis in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, described equipment comprises:
Be used for electromagnetic radiation beam being focused on the optical system that fluid flows with the form of basic elliptical spot, described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent, comprise from the described chromosomal region emission of the karyological character of representing described zone from spermatid;
At least some of described emission that photodetector, described photodetector are used to detect at least some of the described emission that comes from described chromosomal region and will come from described chromosomal region convert the electric signal of the described karyological character of expression to; And
Be used to handle described electric signal, determine described karyological character and the processor of spermatid being classified according to described karyological character.
23. the method for the dna characteristics of the analysis cell in fluid stream, each cell are included in the DNA zone that has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, described method comprises:
Along the beam axis on direction forward the direct electromagnetic radiation bundle so that beam and described fluid stream intersect;
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on described electromagnetic radiation beam on the fluid stream, and described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone, described cell is suitable for passing described spot, causes coming from being transmitted on backward the direction along described beam axis guiding of electromagnetic radiation of cell;
Detect described emission and with described emission convert to the expression described dna characteristics electric signal; And
Handle described electric signal, comprise distinguishing coming from from the electric signal of the emission in the DNA zone of sperm head and coming from from the electric signal of the emission in other zone of spermatid, and
Classify according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
24. the method for the chromosomal DNA feature of the animal spermatid of an analysis in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the direction of fluid stream, described method comprises:
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on electromagnetic radiation beam on the fluid stream, described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis that extends with the right angle substantially with respect to the direction of fluid stream with along the direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent, comprise from the described chromosomal region emission of the karyological character of representing described zone from spermatid;
Detection comes from least some and the electric signal that at least some of emission that will come from described chromosomal region convert the described karyological character of expression to of the emission of described chromosomal region; And
Handle described electric signal, comprise and determine described karyological character; With
According to described karyological character spermatid is classified.
25. the equipment of spermatid being classified and sorting according to the chromosomal DNA feature of cell, described equipment comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance and is used to make fluid stream to split into the nozzle system of drop in the second place, described nozzle system comprises nozzle, described nozzle has an inside surface, and this inside surface is constructed to be permeable to apply acting force they are taken to required orientation on cell before cell arrives described primary importance;
Optical system, described optical system are used for the direct electromagnetic radiation bundle and intersect in described primary importance and fluid stream, so that the cell in the fluid stream passes described beam, cause electromagnetic radiation to be launched from cell;
Only one is used to detect at least some of described emission and converts at least some of described emission the photodetector of electric signal to; And
Be used for classifying and being used for sorting the system of described drop according to the classification that is comprised in the cell of drop according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
26. one kind is used in according to the nozzle in the flow cytometry equipment of the animal spermatid of chromosome composition letter sorting in fluid stream, described nozzle comprises:
Nozzle body with nozzle bore that inside surface and described fluid stream is suitable for flowing through;
The described inside surface of described nozzle comprises first, second and the 3rd axial conical region that is used for increasing gradually in the speed that makes described fluid flow on the downstream direction of described nozzle bore, in the described zone at least two have the directed in different directions basic oval-shaped shape of cross section that is, on described fluid stream, to apply torsion, to be tending towards taking spermatid to required orientation.
27. one kind is used in the method for flow cytometry equipment for animal spermatid orientation, described method comprises:
The fluid that will comprise spermatid is incorporated in the fluid stream;
Guide the fluid flow that comprises described spermatid to cross nozzle under the pressure in 20 to 40psi scope, described nozzle has one or more and is used for conical region in the speed that increases described fluid stream on the downstream direction of nozzle bore, the diameter of described nozzle bore is in 50 to 70 microns scope, one or more of described conical region has the basic oval-shaped shape of cross section that is, on described fluid stream, to apply torsion with the speed of 30000 to 50000 spermatids of per second during by described hole, to be tending towards taking spermatid to required orientation when cell.
28. the nozzle in the flow cytometry equipment that is used in the particle of analysis in fluid stream, described fluid stream comprises that the sheath of the core stream that comprises described particle flows, and described nozzle comprises:
Nozzle, described nozzle have for the inside surface of described fluid current limit flow path and are used to make the hole of fluid stream from the nozzle discharge; And
The baffle plate that is arranged in described flow path in upstream, described hole in nozzle, described baffle plate are used at fluid stream deflection fluid stream when described flow path moves,
The inside surface of baffle plate and nozzle is constructed such that particle is in required orientation when leaving the hole.
29. one kind is used in the method for flow cytometry equipment for grain orientation, described method comprises:
Make fluid stream flow through nozzle, this fluid stream has the core stream of the sample fluid that comprises described particle and surrounds the sheath stream of the sheath fluid of described core stream, and described nozzle has upstream portion from nozzle to the tapered substantially inside surface in the hole of the downstream end that is positioned at nozzle; And
Deflection core stream when core stream flows through nozzle is so that the particle in the core stream is subjected to hydrokinetic effect and is tending towards making particle to present required orientation.
30. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
Based on one or more specific dna characteristics spermatid is sorted among in a plurality of spermatid group one;
An acquisition from described a plurality of spermatid group has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics, and the spermatid of described amount is comprised in a certain amount of collection fluid;
Make described a certain amount of collection fluid be subjected to first centrifuging and handle, to form the supernatant liquor of the first spermatid ball and the covering first spermatid ball;
The ball of winning is separated with supernatant liquor;
Make the centrifuging that supernatant liquor stands to add, to be formed on the second spermatid ball that is retained in after first centrifuging in the supernatant liquor; And
A certain amount of suspension is again joined the first and second spermatid balls, and with the suspending liquid of the spermatid that obtains to have required dna characteristics, the amount of described suspension again is chosen to obtain the spermatid of the desired concn in suspending liquid.
31. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Utilize flow cytometry spermatid to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is used for based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply source of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input media of the operation of control module; (5) be used to receive and handle the information that comes from the unit so that the common processor that can assess with respect to the operation of another unit a unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit; And
According to the speed of at least one change in the following factors to one or more flow cytometry unit conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) has the purity of the first letter sorting spermatid group of required dna characteristics; And the amount of (2) spermatid in the second letter sorting group with described required dna characteristics.
32. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Utilize flow cytometry spermatid to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is used for based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply source of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input media of the operation of control module; (5) be used to receive and handle information, the common processor that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit; And
Utilize one or more analog-digital converter that synchronized sampling is carried out in the time dependent output that comes from each flow cytometry unit, and provide the output, wherein said time dependent simulation output and the described specific dna characteristics of corresponding digital information representation that comprise corresponding to the numerical information of described time dependent simulation output.
33. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Utilize flow cytometry spermatid to be sorted in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry comprises: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is used for based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply source of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input media of the operation of control module; (5) be used to receive and handle information, the common processor that comes from the unit so that a unit is assessed with respect to the operation of another unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Obtain to have a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics from one or more letter sorting spermatid group;
Cryoprotective agent is joined described a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described substantially holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
34. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
Utilize DNA selectivity fluorescent dye to make spermatid painted;
Utilize the electromagnetic radiation irradiation spermatid, so that DNA selectivity fluorescent dye sends fluorescence;
The fluorescence that detection is sent by spermatid;
The fluorescence that analysis is sent by spermatid is to determine one or more specific dna characteristics of spermatid;
Based on described one or more specific dna characteristics spermatid is sorted into a plurality of spermatid group;
An acquisition from described a plurality of spermatid group has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics; And
Make described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled;
Wherein, after collecting spermatid, in less than about 12 hours time, finish supercooled step.
35. the method according to chromosome composition letter sorting spermatid alive comprises:
(a) DNA selectivity fluorescent dye being joined spermatid alive supplies with;
(b) make the sample fluid comprise described spermatid and sheath fluid flow through and be tending towards making that spermatid turns to the oriented nozzle of required orientation, described sample fluid and sheath fluid leave nozzle with the form of fluid stream, and described fluid stream comprises core stream that is formed by sample fluid and spermatid and the sheath fluid stream that surrounds core stream;
(c) for nozzle provides acoustic energy, so that fluid stream splits into stream of liquid droplets in the drop division position in nozzle downstream;
(d) the direct electromagnetic radiation bundle is crossing with fluid stream in the inquiry position of drop division position upstream, exciting the fluorescent dye in spermatid, thereby makes spermatid send fluorescence;
(e) utilize photodetector to detect the fluorescence that sends, the simulating signal that this photodetector output changes is in time represented the intensity of detected fluorescent emission;
(f) the described simulating signal that changes is in time carried out electronic processing, to determine the chromosome composition of a plurality of spermatids;
(g) according to the chromosome composition that is included in the spermatid in the drop optionally for fluid stream applies static charge, optionally being that drop applies electric charge or do not apply electric charge;
(h) utilize electric field to make drop deflection according to the electric charge of drop, thus make be included in the drop with identical charges spermatid and be included in drop with different electric charges in spermatid separate; And
(i) collect at least one spermatid group that lives with the speed of 5000 spermatids of per second at least.
36. the program that a painted set condition of the cell group that is used to sort is assessed, described group comprises the cell of the first kind and second type, and described program comprises:
(a) under one group of painted condition, utilize fluorescent dye to make that the part of cell group is painted;
(b) make painted cellular exposure under electromagnetic radiation during with the inquiry position of speed R by flow cytometry when painted cell;
(c) the fluorescent emission feature of definite cell that exposes;
(d) fluorescent characteristics of utilize determining becomes the subgroup of two or more cells with the cytological classification that exposes, and one of them subgroup is the enrichment subgroup of first cell type;
(e) determine the variation factor of fluorescent emission feature of the cell of enrichment subgroup, so that the indication facing to the letter sorting efficient of vitta spare to be provided; And
(f) determine whether to change the speed R of the inquiry position that any painted condition that cell will be colored or the cell that is colored will be by flow cytometry, to improve letter sorting efficient.
37. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
A certain amount of spermatid that the letter sorting spermatid has required feature with acquisition, described a certain amount of spermatid that is sorted is comprised in the fluid of first volume that wherein has spermatid first concentration; And
Make spermatid stand concentration step, the concentration of wherein said spermatid is increased to second concentration greater than described first concentration;
Wherein, described concentration step comprises makes at least a portion of fluid of described first volume flow through first filtrator in the pressure differential on first filtrator under less than 20 inches of mercury, described filtrator has enough little filtering holes to stop described spermatid to pass through, and maintenance comprises the unfiltered fluid of second volume of described spermatid.
38. a multi-channel system that particle is sorted according to one or more feature of particle, described system comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit, each flow cytometry unit comes the expectation group of the particle in the granulate mixture is sorted by the fluid stream that utilizes the electromagnetic radiation beam inquiry to comprise described particle;
An integrated platform is shared in described unit, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) particle; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of the information that comes from the unit; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described particle to described flow cytometry unit.
39. a multi-channel method that particle is sorted according to one or more feature of particle, described method comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit is provided;
Operate described flow cytometry unit to carry out a plurality of flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises that forming independent fluid flows, each fluid stream comprises granulate mixture, and by utilizing electromagnetic radiation beam to inquire that described fluid stream comes the expectation group of the particle in the granulate mixture is sorted; And
Share at least one in the following elements when carrying out described operation: (1) is used for the public pellet supply of described fluid stream; (2) be used for the common source of the electromagnetic radiation of described electromagnetic radiation beam; (3) public operation control input; (4) be used to receive and handle the common processor of the information that comes from the unit; (5) be used to transport fluid into the public system that described fluid flows; And (6) are used for the public housing of described flow cytometry unit.
40. a multi-channel system of particle being classified according to one or more feature of particle, described system comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit, each flow cytometry unit comes the particle in the granulate mixture is classified by the fluid stream that utilizes the electromagnetic radiation beam inquiry to comprise described particle;
An integrated platform is shared in described unit, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) particle; (2) public housing; (3) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (4) be used to receive and handle the common processor of the information that comes from the unit; And (5) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described particle to described flow cytometry unit.
41. a multi-channel method of particle being classified according to one or more feature of particle, described method comprises:
A plurality of flow cytometries unit is provided;
Operate described flow cytometry unit to carry out a plurality of flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises that forming the fluid that separates flows, each fluid stream all comprises granulate mixture, and by utilizing electromagnetic radiation beam to inquire that described fluid stream comes the particle in the described granulate mixture is classified; And
In the shared following element at least one is to carry out described operation: (1) is used for the public supply of the particle of described fluid stream; (2) public operation control input; (3) be used to receive and handle the common processor of the information that comes from the unit; (4) be used to transport fluid into the public system that described fluid flows; And (5) are used for the public housing of described flow cytometry unit.
42. use the method for the system's letter sorting particle that comprises three or more flow cytometry unit, each described unit all is used for coming from the required group of granulate mixture letter sorting particle by the fluid stream that uses the light beam inquiry to comprise described particle, described method comprises:
Produce single laser beam;
Described single laser beam splitting is three or more light beam and described light beam being directed in the optical system of flow cytometry unit; And
Operation flow cytometry unit is with the letter sorting particle.
43. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to sorting strategy letter sorting particle, comprising the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided:
Control sorting system to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
44. the method for the granulate mixture of a particle that utilizes flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make fluid form fluid stream and classify according to the particle in the described characteristic use flow cytometry fluid flow;
In fluid stream, sort particle according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy, comprise the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided; And
According at least one speed that changes the letter sorting strategy or change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
45. a system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises described particle;
Be used to receive described fluid stream, form drop that comprises described particle and the flow cytometry equipment that described drop is sorted into different groups according to the letter sorting strategy; Described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more particles with feature A respectively, all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and all comprise one or more particles with feature A respectively and have the 3rd drop of one or more particles of feature B respectively; And
Control sorting system according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment and change the control device that its letter sorting strategy or control fluid delivery system change the speed of conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
46. a letter sorting comprises the particle with feature A and has the method for granulate mixture of the particle of feature B that described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid stream of described particle;
Formation comprises the drop of described particle;
According to letter sorting strategy described drop is sorted into different groups, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more particles with feature A respectively, all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and all comprise one or more particles with feature A respectively and have the 3rd drop of one or more particles of feature B respectively; And
According at least one speed that changes the letter sorting strategy or change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
47. a system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the variable-ratio fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises described particle;
Be used to receive described fluid stream, form drop that comprises described particle and the flow cytometry equipment that described drop is sorted into different groups according to the letter sorting strategy; Described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more particles with feature A respectively, all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and all comprise one or more particles with feature A respectively and have the 3rd drop of one or more particles of feature B respectively; And
Control fluid delivery system to change from the control device of the speed of fluid delivery system conveyance fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
48. a method that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid stream of described particle;
Formation comprises the drop of described particle;
According to letter sorting strategy described drop is sorted into different groups, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more particles with feature A respectively, all comprises second drop of one or more particles with feature B and all comprise one or more particles with feature A respectively and have the 3rd drop of one or more particles of feature B respectively; And
According to the speed of at least one the change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one drop group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one drop group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
49. a system that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the variable-ratio fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises X and Y spermatid;
Flow cytometry equipment, this flow cytometry equipment is used for (1) and receives described fluid stream and form the drop that comprises described particle, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, second drop that all comprises one or more Y spermatid respectively, and a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively, (2) sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop, (3) collect described first drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided, and (4) determine the amount of the X spermatid in described at least one group; And
Control device, this control device changes speed that fluid be transported to flow cytometry equipment according to the amount of determined X spermatid described at least one group with respect to the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop in response to the instruction that receives from flow cytometry equipment.
50. a method that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described fluid stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively respectively;
Sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop;
Collect described first drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided;
Determine the amount of the X spermatid in described at least one group, collected; And
Change the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance according to the amount of the determined X spermatid of in described at least one group, collecting with respect to the total amount of the X cell in described first, second and the 3rd drop.
51. be used to sort the system of X and Y spermatid, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the variable-ratio fluid delivery system of the fluid stream that comprises X and Y spermatid;
Flow cytometry equipment, this flow cytometry equipment is used for (1) and receives described fluid stream and form the drop that comprises described particle, described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, second drop that all comprises one or more Y spermatid respectively, and a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively, (2) sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop, (3) collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided, and (4) determine the amount of the Y spermatid in described at least one group; And
Control device, this control device changes the speed that fluid is transported to flow cytometry equipment in response to the instruction that receives from flow cytometry equipment according to the amount of determined Y spermatid described at least one group.
52. a method that is used to sort X and Y spermatid, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise X and Y spermatid is transported to primary importance and makes described fluid stream split into drop in the second place, and described drop comprises first drop that all comprises one or more X spermatid respectively, a plurality of the 3rd drops that all comprise second drop of one or more Y spermatid and all comprise one or more X spermatid and one or more Y spermatid respectively respectively;
Sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop so that at least one group of X spermatid to be provided;
Determine the amount of the Y spermatid in described at least one group, collected; And
Amount according to the determined Y spermatid of collecting in described at least one group changes the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance.
53. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And the sorting system that comprises laser instrument, this laser instrument is used for comprising the group of required particle according to described classification and according to the selected particle of the described fluid stream of letter sorting strategy fusing so that at least one to be provided, and it is characterized in that:
Control laser instrument to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And the amount that (2) unfused in described at least one group has the particle of feature A or a unfused particle with feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
54. use flow cytometry system sorts the method for the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry to the particle classification in the described fluid stream according to described feature;
Sort particle in the described fluid stream according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy by melting selected particle, comprise the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided; And
According at least one speed that changes the letter sorting strategy or change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And the amount that (2) unfused in described at least one group has the particle of feature A or a unfused particle with feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
55. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And the sorting system that comprises laser instrument, this laser instrument is used for comprising the group of required particle according to described classification and according to the selected particle of the described fluid stream of letter sorting strategy fusing so that at least one to be provided, and it is characterized in that:
Control the control device of laser instrument with the speed that changes conveyance fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And the amount that (2) unfused in described at least one group has the particle of feature A or a unfused particle with feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
56. use flow cytometry system sorts the method for the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry to the particle classification in the described fluid stream according to described feature;
Sort particle in the described fluid stream according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy by melting selected particle, comprise the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided; And
According to the speed of at least one the change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And the amount that (2) unfused in described at least one group has the particle of feature A or a unfused particle with feature B is with respect to the particle with feature A in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B.
57. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for sorting selected particle, switching sorting system with the fluid that at least one group that comprises required particle is provided at described fluid stream according to described classification and according to the letter sorting strategy, it is characterized in that:
Control fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment and switch sorting system to change its letter sorting strategy or the control fluid delivery system control device with the speed that changes conveyance fluid, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
58. use flow cytometry system sorts the method for the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry that the particle in the described stream is classified according to described feature;
According to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy particle,, at least one comprises the group of required particle so that being provided by making selected particle turn to sort in the described fluid stream; And
According at least one speed that changes the letter sorting strategy or change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
59. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for it is characterized in that according to describedly being sorted in the selected particle of described fluid stream letter sorting, switching sorting system with the fluid that at least one group that comprises required particle is provided:
Control the control device of fluid delivery system with the speed that changes conveyance fluid according in the following factors at least one in response to the information that receives from flow cytometry equipment, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
60. use flow cytometry system sorts the method for the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make described fluid formation fluid stream and use flow cytometry to the particle classification in the described fluid stream according to described feature;
According to the particle of described classification,, at least one comprises the group of required particle so that being provided by making selected particle turn to sort in the described fluid stream; And
According to the speed of at least one the change conveyance fluid in the following factors, these factors comprise: (1) described at least one group is about particle with feature A or the purity with particle of feature B; And (2) in described at least one group the particle with feature A or the amount of particle with feature B with respect to the particle in described fluid stream or have the total amount of the particle of feature B with feature A.
61. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described time dependent simulation output corresponding digital information, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
Digital signal processor, this digital signal processor is analyzed and breakdown figures information, and provides the letter sorting signal according to numerical information analyzed and classification for described sorting system.
62. the method for the granulate mixture of a particle that utilizes flow cytometry system letter sorting to comprise to have feature A and particle with feature B, described method comprises:
Conveying comprises the fluid of described particle;
Make fluid form fluid stream and according to the particle in the described characteristic use Flow cytometry fluid stream;
So that being provided, at least one comprises the group of required particle according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle in fluid stream;
The simulation output that will come from described flow cytometry converts corresponding digital information to, wherein simulation output representation feature A or feature B; And
Analyze and breakdown figures information and sort particle according to the numerical information of analyzed and classification
63. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And be used for it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, so that the sorting system of at least one group that comprises required particle to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described time dependent simulation output corresponding digital information, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
Digital signal processor, this digital signal processor are determined the background characteristics of described time dependent simulation output from described numerical information;
Detect the waveform pulse of representing by described numerical information according to determined background characteristics; And
Provide the letter sorting signal according to detected waveform pulse for described sorting system.
64. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And, it is characterized in that according to described classification and according to sorting strategy letter sorting particle, comprising the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided:
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described time dependent simulation output corresponding digital information, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B; And
Digital signal processor, this digital information processor produces the initial identification parameter from numerical information, according to initial identification parameter recognition numerical information, and provides the letter sorting signal according to the numerical information that recognizes for described sorting system.
65. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises:
Be used to carry the fluid delivery system of the fluid that comprises described particle; With the flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry;
Analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comprises a series of waveform pulses that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises with described waveform pulse corresponding digital information, wherein said waveform pulse and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B; And
Digital signal processor, this digital signal processor are analyzed numerical information and are sorted signal according to analyzed corresponding digital information.
66. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, it is characterized in that:
One analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises corresponding to the numerical information of described time dependent simulation output, wherein said time dependent simulation output and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
One digital signal processor, this digital signal processor extracts feature from numerical information, and provides letter sorting signal according to the feature that is extracted for described sorting system.
67. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, it is characterized in that:
One analog-digital converter, this analog-digital converter carries out synchronized sampling to the time dependent simulation output that comprises waveform pulse that comes from described flow cytometry equipment, and provide the output that comprises corresponding to the numerical information of described waveform pulse, wherein said waveform pulse and corresponding digital information representation feature A or feature B;
One digital signal processor, this digital signal processor be with the form discriminating digit information of representation feature A or feature B, and provide letter sorting signal according to the numerical information that is identified for described sorting system.
68. an equipment that is used in combination with the continuous fluid stream that is split into drop in the division position, described equipment comprises:
Be arranged on the side of described fluid stream to shine the light source of described fluid stream;
Be arranged on the opposite side of described fluid stream, be suitable for along the linear photosensor element arrays of the axes orientation that is basically parallel to described fluid stream, described photoarray is suitable for detecting and passes described fluid light stream, that come from described light source, and described photoarray is suitable for providing the output signal corresponding to detected light;
Be used to receive output signal and control device with the corresponding position signalling in position of described division position is provided.
69. a flow cytometry system that is used to sort the granulate mixture of the particle that comprises the particle with feature A and have feature B, described system comprises: the fluid delivery system that is used to carry the fluid that comprises described particle; The flow cytometry equipment that is used to receive described fluid, makes it form fluid stream and particle be classified according to described characteristic use flow cytometry; And comprise the sorting system of the group of required particle so that at least one to be provided according to described classification and according to letter sorting strategy letter sorting particle, it is characterized in that:
Be arranged in the second place on the side of described fluid stream and sentence the light source of the described fluid stream of irradiation;
Be arranged in second place place on the opposite side of described fluid stream, be suitable for along the linear photosensor element arrays of the axes orientation that is basically parallel to described fluid stream, described photoarray is suitable for detecting and passes described fluid light stream, that come from described light source, and described photoarray is suitable for providing the output signal corresponding to the light that is detected;
Be used to receive the control device of output signal of the position of the expression second place, described control device changes the operation of described transducer according to output signal.
70. one or more feature according to particle sorts the equipment that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, described equipment comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising described particle is transported to primary importance, make fluid stream split into the flow cytometry equipment of drop in the second place, described flow cytometry equipment can utilize flow cytometry work according to described feature particle is classified, and sorts described drop according to the classification that is included in the particle in the drop;
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis.
71. one or more feature according to particle sorts the method that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, described method comprises:
The fluid stream that will comprise described particle is transported to primary importance, makes fluid stream split into drop in the second place;
Utilize flow cytometry particle to be classified, sort described drop according to the classification that is included in the particle in the drop according to described feature,
Described flow cytometry comprises: pass a condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis.
72. one or more feature according to particle sorts the equipment that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, described equipment comprises:
Flow cytometry equipment, the fluid stream that this flow cytometry equipment is used for comprising described particle is transported to primary importance, according to described feature particle is classified, according to described classification with described particle sorting at least one group that comprises required particle; And
Be used for melting the laser instrument of the particle of described fluid stream,
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis.
73. one or more feature according to particle sorts the method that is included in the particle in the fluid stream, described method comprises:
Use flow cytometry to handle, sort described particle according to the classification of described particle to classify according to the particle in the described feature fluid flow; And
Melt the particle in the described fluid stream,
Described flow cytometry is handled the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that comprises along intersecting with fluid stream and is passed described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis.
74. one kind according to the chromosomal DNA feature to the system that spermatid sorts, comprising:
Flow cytometry equipment, the fluid stream that this flow cytometry equipment is used for comprising described cell is transported to primary importance, and make described fluid stream be split into drop at second place place, described flow cytometry equipment is used for according to dna characteristics described cell being classified, sort described drop according to the cytological classification that is included in the drop
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis.
75. a method that the animal spermatid is sorted by the chromosomal DNA feature, described method comprises the following steps:
(a) the fluid stream that will comprise described cell is transported to primary importance, makes described fluid stream be split into drop at second place place;
(b) pass condenser lens so that described cell passes beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and described fluid stream, the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis;
(c) detect at least some of described radiation, convert at least some of described radiation the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to;
(d) handle described electric signal, classify according to described dna characteristics pair cell; And
(e) sort described drop according to the cytological classification that is included in the described drop.
76. the equipment by chromosomal DNA tagsort animal spermatid, described equipment comprises:
The fluid stream that nozzle system, this nozzle system are used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance, is used for flowing at fluid applying acting force they are taken to required orientation on spermatid before reaching described primary importance;
The external exposure optical system, the direct electromagnetic radiation beam is so that described cell passes beam to described external exposure optical system on direction forward along the beam axis that intersects in described primary importance, with the incident angle of non-zero and described fluid stream, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis;
Photodetector, described photodetector is used to detect at least some of described radiation, at least some of described radiation is converted to the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression; And
Be used to handle described electric signal and according to the processor of described dna characteristics pair cell classification.
77. a method of the animal spermatid being classified by the chromosomal DNA feature, described method comprises the following steps:
(a) the fluid stream that is used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance, flows at fluid and applies acting force they are taken to required orientation on spermatid before reaching described primary importance;
(b) the direct electromagnetic radiation beam is so that described cell passes beam on direction forward along the beam axis that intersects in described primary importance, with the incident angle of non-zero and described fluid stream, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis;
(c) detect at least some of described radiation, convert at least some of described radiation the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression to; And
(d) handle described electric signal, classify according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
78. one kind is used for the equipment that analysis package is contained in the particle of fluid stream, comprises:
External exposure optical system, this external exposure optical system are used for along beam axis direct electromagnetic radiation beam on direction forward, and described beam axis intersects with described fluid stream under the incident angle that the longitudinal axis with respect to described fluid stream tilts;
Described external exposure optical system comprise on the described beam axis thread path, be used for beam of electromagnetic radiation being focused on condenser lens on the fluid stream with the form of spot, described particle is suitable for passing described spot, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis; And
At the photodetector of condenser lens back, described photodetector is used to detect at least some of radiation, converts at least some of described radiation to pending electric signal to obtain the information relevant with described particle.
79. one kind is used for the method that analysis package is contained in the particle of fluid stream, comprises:
Along beam axis direct electromagnetic radiation beam on direction forward, described beam axis intersects with described fluid stream under the incident angle that the longitudinal axis with respect to described fluid stream tilts;
With the form of spot beam of electromagnetic radiation is focused on the fluid stream, described particle is suitable for passing described spot, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis;
Detect at least some of radiation, convert at least some of described radiation the electric signal of expression particle characteristic to; And
Handle described electric signal to obtain the information relevant with described feature.
80. the equipment of the dna characteristics of the analysis cell in fluid stream, described each cell are included in the DNA zone that has certain-length on the flow direction of fluid stream, described equipment comprises:
Be used for along the beam axis on direction forward the direct electromagnetic radiation beam so that the external exposure optical system that beam and described fluid stream intersects;
Described optical system is included in the condenser lens on the described beam axis, described condenser lens with the form of basic elliptical spot with beam focusing on fluid stream, described spot has along with the length of the vertically extending major axis of flow direction of fluid stream be basically parallel to the width of the minor axis that the flow direction of fluid stream extends, the width of beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone, described cell is suitable for passing described spot, the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis, comprises from representing the described DNA zone emission of described dna characteristics;
Photodetector in the condenser lens back, described photodetector are used to detect at least some of the Radiation Emission that comes from described DNA zone and convert thereof into the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression; And
Be used to handle described electric signal, the described dna characteristics of identification and according to the system of described dna characteristics pair cell classification.
81. the equipment of the chromosomal DNA feature of the animal spermatid of an analysis in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the flow direction of fluid stream, described equipment comprises:
Be used for beam of electromagnetic radiation being focused on the optical system that fluid flows with the form of basic elliptical spot, described spot has the length of the major axis that extends along the flow direction that is basically perpendicular to fluid stream and the width of the minor axis that extends along the flow direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause sending electromagnetic radiation, comprise from the described chromosomal region of representing regional karyological character and sending from spermatid;
At least some of radiation that photodetector, described photodetector are used to detect at least some of the radiation that comes from described chromosomal region and will come from described chromosomal region convert the electric signal of the described karyological character of expression to; And
Be used to handle described electric signal, the described karyological character of identification and according to the processor of described karyological character to the spermatid classification.
82. the method for the dna characteristics of the analysis cell in fluid stream, each cell are included in the DNA zone that has certain-length on the flow direction of fluid stream, described method comprises:
Along the beam axis on direction forward the direct electromagnetic radiation beam so that beam and described fluid stream intersect;
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on described beam of electromagnetic radiation on the fluid stream, described spot has the length of the major axis that extends along the flow direction perpendicular to fluid stream and the width of the minor axis that extends along the flow direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length in described DNA zone, described cell is suitable for passing described spot, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis;
Detecting described radiation changes, and described radiation is converted to the electric signal of the described dna characteristics of expression; And
Handle described electric signal, comprise differentiation from the electric signal of the radiation in the DNA zone of sperm head with from the electric signal of other regional radiation of spermatid, and
According to described dna characteristics pair cell classification.
83. the method for the chromosomal DNA feature of the animal spermatid of an analysis in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the flow direction of fluid stream, described method comprises:
Be used for beam of electromagnetic radiation being focused on fluid stream with the form of basic elliptical spot, described spot has the length of the major axis that extends along the flow direction that is basically perpendicular to fluid stream and the width of the minor axis that extends along the flow direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause spermatid to send electromagnetic radiation, comprise the radiation of sending from the described chromosomal region of representing regional karyological character;
Detection comes from least some of radiation of described chromosomal region, and at least some of radiation that will come from described chromosomal region convert the electric signal of the described karyological character of expression to;
Handle described electric signal, comprise the described karyological character of identification; With
According to described karyological character spermatid is classified.
84. the equipment of spermatid being classified and sorting according to the chromosomal DNA feature of cell, described equipment comprises:
The fluid stream that is used for comprising spermatid is transported to primary importance, make fluid stream split into the nozzle system of drop in the second place, described nozzle system comprises nozzle, described nozzle has the inside surface of such structure, that is, can before arriving described primary importance, on cell, apply acting force they are taken to required orientation;
Optical system, described optical system direct electromagnetic radiation beam is in described primary importance and fluid stream intersects so that the cell in the fluid stream passes described beam, causes cell to send electromagnetic radiation;
Only one is used to detect at least some of described radiation and converts at least some of described radiation the photodetector of electric signal to; And
Classify and sort the system of described drop according to the classification that is comprised in the cell in the drop according to described dna characteristics pair cell.
85. one kind is used in by the nozzle in the flow cytometry equipment of chromosome composition letter sorting animal spermatid in fluid stream, described nozzle comprises:
Nozzle body with hole that inside surface and described fluid stream is suitable for flowing through;
The described inside surface of described nozzle comprises first, second and the 3rd axial conical region that is used for increasing gradually in the speed that makes described fluid flow on the downstream direction of described nozzle bore, in the described zone at least two have directed in different directions basic for oval-shaped shape of cross section on described fluid stream, to apply torsion, in order to spermatid is taken to required orientation.
86. one kind is used in the method for flow cytometry equipment for animal spermatid orientation, described method comprises:
The fluid that will comprise spermatid is incorporated in the fluid stream;
Under 20 to 40psi pressure, guide the fluid flow that comprises described spermatid to cross nozzle, described nozzle has one or more and is used for conical region in the speed that increases described fluid stream on the downstream direction of nozzle bore, the diameter of described nozzle bore is in 50 to 70 microns scope, one or more has the basic oval-shaped shape of cross section that is in the described zone, thereby when spermatid applies torsion with the speed of 30000 to 50000 spermatids of per second during by described hole on described fluid stream, in order to spermatid is taken to required orientation.
87. an equipment that is used to use flow cytometry letter sorting particle comprises:
Be used for carrying the nozzle system of the fluid stream that comprises described particle along the non-vertical track that makes progress, by nozzle bore;
Optical system, described optical system direct electromagnetic radiation beam intersects in described primary importance and fluid stream, causes particle to send electromagnetic radiation;
Be used to detect at least some of described radiation and convert at least some of described radiation the photodetector of the electric signal of the described particle characteristic of expression to;
Be used to handle described electric signal and according to the processor of the described particle of described tagsort; And
Be used for sorting the sorting system of described particle according to the classification of described particle.
88. a method of using flow cytometry letter sorting particle comprises:
Be transported to primary importance along the non-vertical track that makes progress, the fluid stream that will comprise described particle by nozzle bore;
The direct electromagnetic radiation beam intersects in described primary importance and fluid stream, causes sending in the particle electromagnetic radiation;
Detect at least some of described radiation, convert at least some of described radiation the electric signal of the described particle characteristic of expression to;
Handle described electric signal and according to the described particle of described tagsort; And
Sort described particle according to the classification of described particle.
89. a method of using flow cytometry from the potpourri of cell, to separate required cell group, but described group has the light detected characteristics, and described method comprises:
Guide the fluid stream that comprises described cell to pass through nozzle bore with the cell speed of 30000 to 50000 cells of about per second under about pressure of 20 to 40psi, the diameter of described nozzle bore is in about 50 to 70 microns scope;
Make described fluid stream under about frequency of 20 to 100KHz, be split into drop; And
Use flow cytometry to sort described drop so that from the potpourri of cell, separate described required cell group.
90. one kind comprises that processing wherein has the trade method of the seminal fluid of cell, described method comprises:
Obtain the supply of seminal fluid;
Use programmable machine to carry out a plurality of integrated flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises: (a) accept the described supply of seminal fluid; (b) form a plurality of streams that comprise described cell; And (c) with described cell sorting to first group of cell with have in second group of cell of feature B with feature A; And
Distribute first or second group to be used for commercial use.
91. one kind comprises that processing wherein has the trade method of the semen sample of cell, described method comprises:
Obtain the supply of seminal fluid;
Use programmable machine to carry out a plurality of integrated flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises: (a) accept the described supply of seminal fluid; And (b) from the initial part of described supply with described cell sorting in different groups, described group comprises first group that comprises the cell with feature A and comprises second group of the cell with feature B; And
Only when the initial cell that sorts from described initial part satisfies or surpasses preset standard, just from the remainder of described supply with described cell sorting to not on the same group in, described group comprises second group that comprises first group of cell with feature A and comprise cell with feature B.
92. one kind comprises that processing wherein has the trade method of the semen sample of cell, described method comprises:
Obtain the supply of seminal fluid;
Use machine to carry out a plurality of integrated flow cytometry operations, described operation comprises: (a) accept the described supply of seminal fluid; And (b) from the first of described supply with described cell sorting in different groups, described group comprises first group that comprises the cell with feature A and comprises second group of the cell with feature B, from the second portion of described supply with described cell sorting in different groups, described group comprises first group that comprises the cell with feature A and comprises second group of the cell with feature B
One of group of one of group of first and second portion is mixed mutually to obtain to mix group.
93. a drop EVAC (Evacuation Network Computer Model) that is used for according to chromosomal DNA feature letter sorting spermatid comprises:
Flow cytometry equipment, the fluid stream that is used for comprising described cell is transported to primary importance, the stream part that makes selected fluid flow is come from drop and disturbs the drop of fluid stream to impact at second place place, thereby selected part and the cell and the described fluid stream that are contained in wherein are separated, described flow cytometry equipment is used for according to classify described cell and sort described fluid stream part according to the classification of the cell that is included in described fluid stream part of described dna characteristics
Described flow cytometry equipment comprises the external exposure optical system, described external exposure optical system comprises that condenser lens, described optical system can pass described condenser lens so that described cell passes light beam along the beam axis guided laser bundle on direction forward that intersects at described primary importance and fluid stream, and the emission that causes coming from the electromagnetic radiation of cell guides on direction backward along described beam axis.
94. the method for a cryopreservation spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Cryoprotective agent is joined in a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and described cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time substantially less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
95. the method for a cryopreservation spermatid may further comprise the steps:
A certain amount of spermatid is cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
In described a certain amount of spermatid, add cryoprotective agent; And
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time substantially less than 60 minutes.
96. the nozzle in the flow cytometry equipment that is used in the particle in the analysing fluid stream, described fluid stream comprises that the sheath of the core stream that comprises described particle flows, and described nozzle comprises:
Nozzle, described nozzle have for the inside surface of described fluid current limit flow path and are used to make the hole of fluid stream from the nozzle discharge; And
Baffle plate in nozzle, be positioned at upstream, described hole in described flow path, described baffle plate are used for making the deflection of fluid stream at fluid stream when described flow path moves,
The inside surface of described baffle plate and nozzle is configured to make particle to be in required orientation when leaving described hole.
97. one kind is used in the method for flow cytometry equipment for grain orientation, described method comprises:
The fluid stream of the sheath stream of the sheath fluid that makes core stream with the sample fluid that comprises described particle and surround described core stream flows through nozzle, and described nozzle has the inside surface that reduces gradually to the hole of the downstream end that is positioned at nozzle from the upstream portion of nozzle; And
Deflection core stream is so that the particle in the core stream is subjected to hydrokinetic effect when core stream flows through nozzle, and this hydrodynamic force is used to make particle to present required orientation.
98. the nozzle system in the flow-cytometer that is used in the particle in the analysing fluid stream, described fluid stream comprises that the sheath of the core stream that comprises described particle flows, and described nozzle system comprises:
Nozzle, this nozzle has longitudinal axis, limit described fluid stream flow path inside surface and be arranged in described nozzle downstream end be used to make described fluid stream from hole that described nozzle is discharged, the shaped design of described inside surface becomes to limit at least one and reverses the zone, this reverses the zone and comprises having substantially and be the axial taper region of oval-shaped xsect, is used for crossing towards described orifice flow when described fluid stream making particle be in required orientation when reversing the zone; And
Conduit from the sources of particles to the nozzle, described conduit are positioned in the position of the longitudinal axis that departs from described nozzle described core stream are incorporated in the nozzle.
99. one kind is used for comprising in the method for flow-cytometer for grain orientation:
Make sheath stream flow through nozzle, described nozzle has longitudinal axis and at least one and reverses the zone, and the described zone of reversing comprises having basic nozzle shaft for oval-shaped xsect to taper region; And
The core fluid stream that will comprise particle in the position of departing from described longitudinal axis is incorporated in the sheath fluid stream, reverses the zone so that sheath fluid stream and core fluid stream flow through at least one.
100. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
Based on one or more specific dna characteristics spermatid is sorted among in a plurality of spermatid group one;
An acquisition from described a plurality of spermatid group has spermatid required dna characteristics, a certain amount of, and described a certain amount of spermatid is comprised in a certain amount of collection fluid;
Described quantitative collection fluid is carried out first centrifugal treating, with first ball that forms spermatid and the supernatant liquor that covers first ball;
The ball of winning is separated with supernatant liquor;
The centrifugal treating that supernatant liquor is added is to be formed on second ball that is retained in the spermatid in the supernatant liquor after first centrifugal treating; And
A certain amount of suspension is again joined the suspending liquid of first and second balls with the spermatid that obtains to have required dna characteristics, and the amount of selecting described a certain amount of suspension again is to form the spermatid of desired concn in suspending liquid.
101. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
A certain amount of spermatid that the letter sorting spermatid has required feature with acquisition, described a certain amount of spermatid that is sorted is comprised in the fluid of first volume that wherein has spermatid first concentration; And
Spermatid is carried out concentration step, and the concentration of wherein said spermatid is increased to second concentration greater than described first concentration;
Wherein, described concentration step comprises makes at least a portion of fluid of described first volume flow through first filtrator, wherein act on pressure differential on first filtrator less than about 20 inches of mercury, described filtrator has enough little filtering holes to stop described spermatid to pass through, and maintenance comprises the unfiltered fluid of second volume of described spermatid.
102. a method that is used to handle spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Collect the semen sample that comprises spermatid from buck;
Described semen sample is transported to the spermatid treatment facility;
Carrying out initial mass control on seminal fluid checks;
By described spermatid being exposed to the DNA selectivity fluorescent dye on the DNA that optionally is bonded in spermatid, with DNA selectivity fluorescent dye is that spermatid in the described semen sample is painted to form coloring mixture, makes described coloring mixture stand approximately temperature at least about 40 ℃;
Use flow-cytometer according to specific dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid;
Acquisition is suspended in the certain volume fluid, that have required dna characteristics, a certain amount of spermatid;
Handle the concentration of spermatid in the described suspending liquid of adjusting to obtain desired concn by carrying out concentration; And
Make described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled.
103. a method that is used to handle spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Collect the semen sample that comprises spermatid from buck;
Described semen sample is transported to the spermatid treatment facility;
Carrying out initial mass control on seminal fluid checks;
Make that with DNA selectivity fluorescent dye the spermatid in the described semen sample is painted;
Use flow-cytometer letter sorting spermatid to have one or more groups of the spermatid of required dna characteristics with acquisition;
Acquisition is suspended in the fluid, have required dna characteristics, a certain amount of spermatid;
The concentration of regulating described a certain amount of spermatid has the desired concn of the spermatid of required dna characteristics with acquisition in suspending liquid;
Add cryoprotective agent when described a certain amount of spermatid has temperature above glass transition temperature in the spermatid with described required feature, wherein described spermatid can be subjected to the infringement of cold shock when being lower than described glass transition temperature;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described a certain amount of spermatid and described cryoprotective agent in about 0-8 ℃ temperature range, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to the temperature that is lower than-40 ℃.
104. a method that is used to handle spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Collect the semen sample that comprises spermatid from buck;
Described semen sample is transported to the spermatid treatment facility;
Carrying out initial mass control on described semen sample checks;
Before spermatid being carried out any substantive dilution, described spermatid is cooled to about 0-8 ℃ temperature;
Formation comprises the potpourri of the solution that contains spermatid and DNA selective dye, makes described potpourri be under about 0-8 ℃ the temperature and thinks that spermatid is painted;
Use flow-cytometer letter sorting spermatid to have one or more groups of the spermatid of required dna characteristics with acquisition;
Acquisition is suspended in the fluid, that have required dna characteristics, a certain amount of spermatid;
The concentration of regulating described a certain amount of spermatid has the desired concn of the spermatid of required dna characteristics with acquisition in suspending liquid;
In described a certain amount of spermatid, add cryoprotective agent;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be maintained at about under 0-8 ℃ the holding temperature about 30 minutes to 3 hours; And
With described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to the temperature that is lower than 40 ℃.
105. collection system, be used to collect by the drop letter sorting stream of liquid droplets that flow-cytometer sorted, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer produces the stream of liquid droplets that moves along the track with horizontal component, described system comprises the capture device that is used for intercepting when described track moves when described drop the drop of described stream of liquid droplets, and the collection container that is arranged to be used to collect the drop that is intercepted.
106. a method that is used to collect by the drop letter sorting stream of liquid droplets that flow-cytometer sorted, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer produces the stream of liquid droplets that moves along the track with horizontal component, said method comprising the steps of:
When described drop intercepts described drop when described track moves; And
The drop of described intercepting is collected in first collection container.
107. a method of handling the animal spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Utilizing flow cytometry to handle is sorted to spermatid in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry is handled and comprised: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit; And
Change to carry the speed of sample fluid according in the following factors at least one: (1) has the purity of group of first letter sorting of the spermatid of required dna characteristics; And (2) spermatid amount in the second letter sorting group with described required dna characteristics.
108. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Utilizing flow cytometry to handle is sorted to spermatid in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry is handled and comprised: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit; And
Utilize one or more analog-digital converter that synchronized sampling is carried out in the time dependent output that comes from each flow cytometry unit, the output, wherein said time dependent simulation output and the described specific dna characteristics of corresponding digital information representation that comprise corresponding to the numerical information of described time dependent simulation output are provided.
109. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture be in the temperature at least about 40 ℃; And
Utilizing flow cytometry to handle is sorted to spermatid in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry is handled and comprised: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit.
110. a method of handling the animal spermatid may further comprise the steps:
Utilizing flow cytometry to handle is sorted to spermatid in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry is handled and comprised: the sample fluid that will comprise spermatid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Obtain to have required dna characteristics, a certain amount of spermatid from the spermatid group of one or more letter sorting;
Cryoprotective agent is joined in described a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time substantially less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
111. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, makes coloring mixture be in temperature at least about 40 ℃;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to primary importance, make described fluid stream split into drop in the second place, described drop comprises that each all comprises one or more first drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Sort described first drop from the described second and the 3rd drop;
Collect described first drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Discern the amount that has the chromosomal spermatid of required sex in described at least one group; And
According to the amount with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex relevant, that in described at least one group, discerned of the total amount with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex in described first, second and the 3rd drop, the change fluid is transported to the speed of described primary importance.
112. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, makes coloring mixture be in the temperature at least about 40 ℃;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to primary importance, make described fluid stream split into drop in the second place, described drop comprises that each all comprises one or more first drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Sort the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Discern the amount that has the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex in described at least one group; And
According to the amount of being discerned in described at least one group, change the speed that fluid is transported to described primary importance with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex.
113. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, makes coloring mixture be in the temperature at least about 40 ℃;
Sort described spermatid in the described coloring mixture based on specific dna characteristics;
Acquisition has spermatid required dna characteristics, a certain amount of;
Cryoprotective agent is joined described a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
114. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture be in the temperature at least about 40 ℃;
Utilizing flow cytometry to handle is sorted to the spermatid in the described coloring mixture in the different spermatid groups based on one or more specific dna characteristics, described flow cytometry is handled and comprised: sample fluid is transported to a plurality of flow cytometries unit, and each flow cytometry unit is based on described one or more dna characteristics letter sorting spermatid; Operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Acquisition has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics;
Cryoprotective agent is joined described a certain amount of spermatid;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
115. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture be in the temperature at least about 40 ℃;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to each in described a plurality of flow cytometries unit, utilize the flow cytometry unit that each fluid stream is split into drop, described drop comprises that each all comprises first drop that one or more has the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Utilize drop letter sorting flow cytometry to handle described first drop of letter sorting from the described second and the 3rd drop, described drop letter sorting flow cytometry is handled and comprised: operate described a plurality of flow cytometries unit and share an integrated platform simultaneously, described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Collect described first drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Discern the amount that has the chromosomal spermatid of required sex in described at least one group; And
Change the speed that fluid is transported to one or more flow cytometries unit according to the amount of being discerned in described at least one group relevant with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex with total amount in described first, second and the 3rd drop with the chromosomal spermatid of required sex.
116. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture be in the temperature at least about 40 ℃;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to each in described a plurality of flow cytometries unit, utilize the flow cytometry unit that each fluid stream is split into drop, described drop comprises that each all comprises first drop that one or more has the chromosomal spermatid of required sex, each all comprises one or more second drop with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex and each and all comprises one or more and have the chromosomal spermatid of required sex and one or more has the 3rd drop of the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex;
Utilize drop letter sorting flow cytometry to handle letter sorting the described first and the 3rd drop from described second drop, described drop letter sorting flow cytometry is handled and comprised: operate described a plurality of flow cytometries unit and share an integrated platform simultaneously, described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
Collect the described first and the 3rd drop and have the group of the chromosomal spermatid of required sex so that at least one to be provided;
Discern the amount that has the chromosomal spermatid of required sex in described at least one group; And
Change the speed that fluid is transported to one or more flow cytometries unit according to the amount of being discerned in described at least one group with the chromosomal spermatid of non-required sex.
117. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Formation comprises the coloring mixture of spermatid and DNA selectivity fluorescent dye, and makes coloring mixture be in the temperature at least about 40 ℃;
The fluid stream that will comprise the described coloring mixture of spermatid is transported to each in described a plurality of flow cytometries unit, utilize the flow cytometry unit that each fluid stream is split into drop, one or more specific dna characteristics of spermatid sorts described drop in the drop according to being included in to utilize the flow cytometry processing, to obtain one or more groups with spermatid of required dna characteristics, described flow cytometry is handled and comprised: operating said unit is shared an integrated platform simultaneously, and described integrated platform comprises at least one in the following elements: the public supply of (1) spermatid; (2) common source of electromagnetic radiation; (3) public housing; (4) be used for the public input that control module is operated; (5) be used to receive and handle the common processor of information that comes from the unit to allow a unit operation relevant with another unit is assessed; And (6) are used for and will comprise the common fluid induction system of the FLUID TRANSPORTATION of described spermatid to described flow cytometry unit;
At least one changes the speed of conveyance fluid according to following factors: (1) described to have the purity of one or more groups of the spermatid of required dna characteristics; And the relevant spermatid amount that in one or more spermatid group, has described required dna characteristics of the total amount of spermatid that has described required dna characteristics in (2) and the described drop;
Add a certain amount of spermatid that cryoprotective agent obtains from described one or more spermatid group with protection;
Described a certain amount of spermatid and cryoprotective agent be cooled to about 0-8 ℃ holding temperature;
Make described spermatid and described cryoprotective agent under described holding temperature, keep time less than 60 minutes; And
With the temperature of described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled to-40 ℃.
118. a method of handling the animal spermatid comprises the following steps:
Collect spermatid from buck;
Utilize DNA selectivity fluorescent dye to make spermatid painted;
Utilize the electromagnetic radiation irradiation spermatid so that DNA selectivity fluorescent dye sends fluorescence;
The fluorescence that detection is sent by spermatid;
The fluorescence that analysis is sent by spermatid is to determine one or more specific dna characteristics of spermatid;
Based on described one or more specific dna characteristics spermatid is sorted into a plurality of spermatid group;
An acquisition from described a plurality of spermatid group has a certain amount of spermatid of required dna characteristics; And
Make described a certain amount of spermatid sub-cooled;
Wherein, collect the back at spermatid and in less than about 12 hours time, finish supercooled step.
119. the method according to chromosome composition letter sorting spermatid alive comprises:
(a) DNA selectivity fluorescent dye being joined spermatid alive supplies with;
(b) make the sample fluid comprise described spermatid and sheath fluid flow through and be used to make that spermatid turns to the oriented nozzle of required orientation, described sample fluid and sheath fluid leave nozzle with the form of fluid stream, and described fluid stream comprises core stream that is formed by sample fluid and spermatid and the sheath fluid stream that surrounds core stream;
(c) provide acoustic energy for nozzle so that fluid stream splits into stream of liquid droplets in the drop division position in nozzle downstream;
(d) the direct electromagnetic radiation beam is crossing exciting the fluorescent dye in spermatid with fluid stream in the inquiry position of drop division position upstream, thereby makes spermatid send fluorescence;
(e) utilize the photodetector of the simulating signal that changes in time of the intensity of exporting the detected fluorescent emission of expression to detect the fluorescence that sends;
(f) the described simulating signal that changes is in time carried out electronic processing to determine the chromosome composition of a plurality of spermatids;
(g) optionally provide static charge optionally being that drop provides electric charge or electric charge is not provided according to the chromosome composition that is included in the spermatid in the drop for fluid stream;
(h) utilize electric field to make drop deflection according to their electric charge, thus make be included in the drop with identical charges spermatid and be included in drop with different electric charges in spermatid separate; And
(i) collect at least one spermatid group that lives with the speed of 5000 spermatids of per second at least.
120. the method for the chromosomal DNA feature of the animal spermatid of an analysis in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described each spermatid has the head of band nuclear, described nuclear comprises and comprises at least one chromosomal local chromosomal region, described nuclear has certain-length on the flow direction of fluid stream, described method comprises:
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on beam of electromagnetic radiation on the fluid stream, described spot has the length of the major axis that extends along the flow direction of basic vertical fluid stream and the width of the minor axis that extends along the flow direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described spermatid is suitable for passing described spot, cause electromagnetic radiation to be sent, comprise the radiation of sending from the described chromosomal region of the karyological character of representing described zone from spermatid;
Detection comes from least some of radiation of described chromosomal region, and at least some of radiation that will come from described chromosomal region convert the time dependent analog electrical signal of the described chromosomal DNA feature of expression to;
Sampling time dependent simulating signal in digitizing ground provides the output that comprises with the corresponding numerical information of described time dependent simulating signal;
Analyze described numerical information to extract the information of the derivative characteristic of representing time dependent simulating signal; And
According to described extraction information, at least some spermatids are classified at least in part by having specific chromosomal DNA feature.
121. the method for the particle of an analysis in having the fluid stream of flow direction, described method comprises:
Form with basic elliptical spot focuses on beam of electromagnetic radiation on the fluid stream, described spot has the width of the minor axis that extends along the length of the major axis of the flow direction that is basically perpendicular to fluid stream with along the flow direction that is basically parallel to fluid stream, the width of beam spot is less than the length of described nuclear, described particle is suitable for passing described spot, causes electromagnetic radiation to be sent from particle;
Detect at least some of radiation and convert thereof into the time dependent analog electrical signal of representing particle characteristic;
Sampling time dependent simulating signal in digitizing ground provides the output that comprises with the corresponding numerical information of described time dependent simulating signal;
Analyze described numerical information to extract the information of the derivative characteristic of representing time dependent simulating signal; And
According to described extraction information, at least some particles are classified at least in part by having special characteristic.
122. a flow cytometry equipment comprises:
Be used to guide the fluid flow that comprises the sample particle to cross the flow channel of particle inquiry position;
Be used to send the laser instrument of a plurality of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) pulse, wherein each pulse all has the peak power of the average power that surpasses described laser instrument, and described pulse edge course of the beam is directed into particle inquiry position from described laser instrument;
Be used to produce the timing circuit that indicating impulse arrives the timing signal of inquiry position;
Be suitable for from the inquiry position, detecting EMR and be used to export the detecting device of simulating signal intensity, that change in time of the EMR that expression detects;
Be suitable for receiving the simulating signal that changes in time as input, the described simulating signal that is suitable for sampling to produce the analog-digital converter of digitizing output; And
Be used to analyze the electronic processors of digitizing output relevant with timing signal, that come from analog-digital converter.
123. one kind is used for analyzing the method that is included in fluid stream particle when it flows through the inquiry position, said method comprising the steps of:
Send a plurality of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) pulse from laser instrument, wherein the peak power of each pulse all surpasses the average power of described laser instrument;
By will come to the inquiry position and off and on irradiation of fluid stream and be contained in wherein particle of described pulse steering in the laser instrument along course of the beam;
Detection comes from the EMR that inquires the position;
Produce simulating signal intensity, that change in time of the EMR of expression detection;
Produce the timing signal that indicating impulse arrives described inquiry position;
With the analog signal conversion that changes in time is digital signal; And
Analyze described digital signal to determine the feature of the particle in the fluid stream.
124. an assessment is to the program of the painted set condition of the cell group that is used to sort, described group comprises the cell of the first kind and second type, and described program comprises:
(a) under one group of painted condition, utilize fluorescent dye to make that the part of cell group is painted;
(b) make painted cellular exposure under electromagnetic radiation during with the inquiry position of a speed (R) by flow cytometry when painted cell;
(c) the fluorescent emission feature of definite cell that exposes;
(d) fluorescent characteristics of utilize determining becomes the subgroup of two or more cells with the cytological classification that exposes, and one of them subgroup is the enrichment subgroup of first kind cell;
(e) determine that the change coefficient of fluorescent emission feature of cell of enrichment subgroup is to provide the indication facing to the letter sorting efficient of vitta spare; And
(f) judge whether to change the painted painted condition of any pair cell or the painted cell speed (R) by the inquiry position of flow cytometry to improve letter sorting efficient.
125. an assessment is to the program of the painted set condition of the cell group that is used to sort, described group comprises the cell of the first kind and second type, and described program comprises:
(a) under one group of painted condition, utilize fluorescent dye to make that the part of cell group is painted;
(b) make painted cellular exposure under electromagnetic radiation during with the inquiry position of speed (R) by flow cytometry when painted cell;
(c) the fluorescent emission feature of definite cell that exposes;
(d) fluorescent characteristics of utilize determining becomes the subgroup of two or more cells with the cytological classification that exposes, and one of them subgroup is the enrichment subgroup of first kind cell;
(e) determine that the change coefficient of fluorescent emission feature of cell of enrichment subgroup is to provide the indication facing to the letter sorting efficient of vitta spare;
(f) determine whether to change painted any painted condition of pair cell or the painted cell speed (R) by the inquiry position of flow cytometry to improve letter sorting efficient; And
(g) the painted condition that will change is applied to the remainder of described cell group.
126. equipment that is used for auto-calibration drop letter sorting flow-cytometer, when dividing drop by continuous fluid stream in drop division position, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer optionally applies or does not apply in one group of one or more electric charge one to a plurality of drops, statically described drop is sorted in two or more individual droplets streams, depend on that required drop composition is each drop selection electric charge, the drippage that detects the estimated value of the time period between the moment of the particle that is comprised in the fluid stream and moment that described particle arrives drop division position based on the inquiry position that is illustrated in flow-cytometer postpones to set, and described equipment comprises:
(a) the external exposure sensor in inquiry downstream, position is used for shining the drop of one of described individual droplets stream, detects any fluorescent emission of being sent by the particle that is included in the described drop, produces the output signal of the fluorescent emission that expression detected; And
(b) be used to regulate following at least one control device: (1) drippage postpones setting with analyzing described output signal, robotization; And the amplitude of electric charge in (2) described electric charge group.
127. one kind is used for the method for the suitable letter sorting of verification flow-cytometer scale continuously, described drop sorts flow-cytometer and optionally applies or do not apply in one group of one or more electric charge one to a plurality of drops when forming drop in drop division position by continuous fluid stream, statically described drop is sorted in two or more individual droplets streams, depend on that described required drop composition is each drop selection electric charge, the drippage that detects the estimated value of the time period between the moment of the particle that is comprised in the fluid stream and moment that described particle arrives drop division position based on the inquiry position that is illustrated in flow-cytometer postpones to set, and described method comprises:
(a) shine drop in one of described individual droplets stream by pass lens combination along forward direction guiding irradiation beam along the beam axis, thereby produce the fluorescent emission of sending by any particle that is included in the described drop;
(b) the described lens combination of use is collected some of described fluorescent light, guides described fluorescent light along the beam axis on direction backward;
(c) detect in the collected fluorescent light at least some and produce the output signal of the light that expression detected; And
Analyze described output signal, regulate following at least one according to described analysis automatedly: (1) drippage postpones to set; And the amplitude of electric charge in (2) described electric charge group.
128. one kind is used for the method for the suitable letter sorting of verification flow-cytometer scale continuously, when forming drop by continuous fluid stream in drop division position, described drop letter sorting flow-cytometer optionally applies or does not apply in one group of one or more electric charge one to a plurality of drops, statically described drop is sorted in two or more individual droplets streams, the composition that depends on required drop is selected electric charge for each drop, the drippage that detects the estimated value of the time period between the moment of the particle that is comprised in the fluid stream and moment that described particle arrives drop division position based on the inquiry position that is illustrated in flow-cytometer postpones to set, and described method comprises:
It is zero drop substantially that selection is assessed as the possibility that comprises described particle;
Apply an electric charge of described electric charge group to selected drop, so that form test stream from selected drop;
Shine the drop in the described test stream; And
Detection is sent by any particle in the selected drop or any light of scattering.
129. a sorting system corrective system that is used for drop letter sorting flow-cytometer comprises:
Charge member, being used for when the continuous fluid stream in drop division position forms drop optionally, each drop to stream of liquid droplets applies an electric charge that comes from one group of electric charge;
The a pair of charging deflecting plate in charge member downstream is arranged for making drop to pass between the described deflecting plate so that sort described drop according to its electric charge;
And remove damaged system system, comprise at least one in the following element: (1) is used for removing from charge member the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing; And (2) are used for removing from deflecting plate the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing.
130. a method of operating drop letter sorting flow-cytometer system, described method comprises:
When the continuous fluid stream in drop division position forms drop, use charge member will come from a electric charge in one group of electric charge and optionally put on each drop in the stream of liquid droplets;
Make described drop pass between a pair of charging deflecting plate in charge member downstream so that sort described drop according to its electric charge;
Use processor to judge whether damaged thing hinders the drop letter sorting; And
If processor is judged damaged thing and is hindered the drop letter sorting, then use under the control of processor and remove the described damaged thing of damaged system system removal, the damaged system turnkey of described removing is drawn together at least one in the following element: (1) is used for removing from charge member the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing; And (2) are used for removing from deflecting plate the air system that optionally starts of damaged thing.
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