Abstract

Archetype of reliable cell sorter had been established in 1965 by coupling capillary sheath flow [1] and electric separation [2] technologies. Recently, performance improvement toward high-speed and high-precision sorting is an important issue for the progress of single-cell analytical technologies. For example, realization of high-speed sorting for circulating-tumor cells from blood samples will highly facilitate an innovative cancer medical technology. Now we have developed a world’s top high-speed cell sorting methodology by utilizing femtosecond laser (fs-laser).

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