Scanning apparatus and methods for detecting chemical and biological analytes

US11680950B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matias Negatu · Vancouver, US
• Alex Nemiroski · San Diego, US
• Drew Ival Frerichs · San Diego, US
• Dale Buermann · San Diego, US
• Michael John Erickstad · San Diego, US
• Rebecca McGinley · San Diego, US
• Harry Scott Rapoport · San Diego, US
• Arnold Oliphant · Sunnyvale, US
• Eugene Pogrebinsky · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/0475
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A scanning apparatus that can include (a) a scan actuator including a linear actuator and a mount for a removeable vessel, wherein the mount has a mechanical fastener that is configured to engage a complementary mechanical fastener on the removeable vessel, and wherein the linear actuator is configured to translate the mount while the mechanical fastener engages the complementary mechanical fastener on the removeable vessel; (b) a reference surface; and (c) a preload configured to urge the vessel to contact the reference surface, wherein the linear actuator is configured to slide the vessel along the reference surface while the preload urges the vessel to contact the reference surface.