An electromagnetic wave detecting device comprising: an emission unit configured to emit electromagnetic waves having coherence; an electromagnetic wave modulating unit configured to modulate one or both of a phase and an amplitude of the emitted electromagnetic waves and to change a state of the modulation relative to an imaging target; and a post-modulation electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit configured to detect an intensity of post-modulation electromagnetic waves, which are the modulated electromagnetic waves acquired by modulating the electromagnetic waves emitted from the emission unit using the imaging target and the electromagnetic wave modulating unit, using one pixel.

Systems and methods taught herein enable simultaneous forward and side detection of light originating within a microfluidic channel disposed in a substrate. At least a portion of the microfluidic channel is located in the substrate relative to a first side surface of the substrate to enable simultaneous detection paths with respect to extinction (i.e., 0°) and side detection (i.e., 90°). The location of the microfluidic channel as taught herein enables a maximal half-angle for a ray of light passing from a center of the portion of the microfluidic channel through the first side surface to be in a range from 25 to 90 degrees in some embodiments. By placing at least the portion of the microfluidic channel proximate to the side surface of the substrate, a significantly greater proportion of light emitted or scattered from a particle within the microfluidic channel can be collected and imaged on a detector as compared to conventional particle processing chips.

A particle sorting apparatus for separating particles according to the sizes of the particles, and includes a microchannel device, a computation unit that determines a condition for controlling the microchannel device using a trained model obtained through machine learning of control condition data and separation result data that have been obtained by separating particles while controlling the microchannel device, and a control unit that controls the microchannel device based on the condition.

An electromagnetic wave detecting device comprising: an emission unit configured to emit electromagnetic waves having coherence; an electromagnetic wave modulating unit configured to modulate one or both of a phase and an amplitude of the emitted electromagnetic waves and to change a state of the modulation relative to an imaging target; and a post-modulation electromagnetic wave intensity detecting unit configured to detect an intensity of post-modulation electromagnetic waves, which are the modulated electromagnetic waves acquired by modulating the electromagnetic waves emitted from the emission unit using the imaging target and the electromagnetic wave modulating unit, using one pixel.

A screening method is provided. Cells secreting target antibodies are screened by mixing candidate cells labeled with a first fluorescent molecule, a capture antigen and a labeled antibody against a target antibody and incubating, labeling using a high content cell imager and sorting using flow cytometry so as to screen cells secreting target antibodies. The screening method disclosed in the present application can automatically complete the labeling and sorting of target candidate cells in high throughput by labeling with a fluorescent molecule in combination with high-content cell imager and flow cytometer, so as to provide sufficient quantity of cells for subsequent amplification to obtain their antibody sequences and screen affinity antibodies. This method greatly improves the screening efficiency.

The current invention relates to the method and apparatus to magnetically separate biological entities with magnetic labels from a fluid sample. The claimed magnetic separation device removes biological entities with magnetic labels from its fluidic solution by using a soft-magnetic center pole with two soft-magnetic side poles. The claimed device further includes processes to dissociate entities conglomerate after magnetic separation.

Methods and systems for sorting particles are provided. Methods and systems for sorting cell beads are provided. In some cases, cell beads may be sorted from particles unoccupied with cell derivatives. In some cases, singularly occupied cell beads may be sorted from unoccupied particles and multiply occupied cell beads.

To provide a microchip that is easily handled.

Provided is a microchip having a plate shape and including: a sample liquid inlet into which a sample liquid is introduced; a main flow path through which the sample liquid introduced from the sample liquid inlet flows; and a sorting flow path into which a target sample is sorted from the sample liquid, in which the sample liquid inlet and a terminal end of the sorting flow path are formed on a same side surface. Furthermore, a sample sorting kit including the microchip is also provided. Moreover, a microparticle sorting device on which the microchip is mounted is also provided.

In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a channel, a camera, and a processor. The channel contains a fluid and an object. The fluid is to move the object through the channel. The camera system is to capture video images of the object in the channel. The processor is to track movement of the object in the channel via the video images based on known flow dynamics of the channel.

A device (100) for visualization of one or more components in a blood sample is disclosed. In one aspect, the device (100) includes an imaging module (110), wherein the imaging module (110) includes a controllable illumination source (102) capable of emitting light in plurality of discrete angles; a tube lens (105); one or more objective lens (104); and an image capturing module (106). Additionally, the device (100) includes a channel (103) configured to carry the blood sample, wherein the channel (103) is capable of sorting the one or more components in the blood sample.