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Method for dispensing a liquid sample by means of a dispensing apparatus

US12222361B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

cytena GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andre Gross · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Julian RIBA · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Jonas SCHÖNDUBE · Freiburg (Elbe), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2015/1006
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for dispensing a liquid sample by means of a dispensing apparatus in which it is determined whether a particle condition is satisfied, wherein the determination comprises checking whether at least one target particle present in a liquid of the liquid sample is contained in a monitoring region of the dispensing apparatus, wherein the monitoring region comprises a discharge region and a buffer region, wherein the buffer region is a region from which the at least one target particle is movable into the discharge region during a time delay between the determination of whether the particle condition is satisfied and an output operation of the dispensing apparatus. The method is characterised in that it is determined that the particle condition is satisfied when the at least one target particle is arranged in the buffer region and no target particle is arranged in the discharge region, and that the liquid sample is dispensed onto a target particle carrier if the particle condition is satisfied.

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