AN APPARATUS AND METHOD EMPLOYING INCOHERENT LIGHT EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS PARTICLE DETECTION LIGHT SOURCES IN A FLOW CYTOMETER - Patent 1222451

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EP 1 222 451 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	17.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/29

(21)	Application number: 00973643.0

(22)	Date of filing: 19.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G01N 21/64

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0028/820

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0129/538 (26.04.2001 Gazette 2001/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

20.10.1999 US 160498 P

(71)	Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
	Franklin Lakes,New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HOFFMAN, Robert Livermore, CA 94550 (US) CHASE, Eric Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ruffles, Graham Keith et al
	MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)

(54)	AN APPARATUS AND METHOD EMPLOYING INCOHERENT LIGHT EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS PARTICLE DETECTION LIGHT SOURCES IN A FLOW CYTOMETER