Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Douglas A. Petty
  • Patent number: 6809804
    Abstract: A system and method for use with a flow cytometer to improve event reading and data processing capabilities of the flow cytometer, while also providing efficient system configuration assessment capabilities. The system and method enables the flow cytometer to capture and sample an entire waveform representative of an event being read, and provides improved processing and analysis of the sampled data in a real time or near real-time basis. The system and method further enable the flow cytometer to assess its configuration and provide assessment results to an operator in an efficient and effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Dwayne Yount, Scott Brown, Sreedhar Payavala, Willem Stokdijk, Perry Hopkins, Steven Helms