Methods and systems for aligning dispensing arrays with microfluidic sample arrays
US12070731B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/1037
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of registering a location of a dispenser array in relation to a microfluidic array is provided. One of the dispenser array and the microfluidic array can be movable in relation to the frame, and the other can be fixed relative to the frame. Their relative positions can be identified by a set of coordinates. Identification of a fiducial marker can occur in a manner permitting the fiducial reference to appear in a first position of a field of view of a first camera when the dispenser array or the microfluidic array is in an alignment position. Quantities related to a vector displacement from the alignment position to a fixed position on the microfluidic array or the dispenser array can be identified. Quantities determined can be used to guide positioning of the dispenser array relative to the microfluidic array.
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