Sample plate support of adjustable angular orientation
US7516934B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2300/0829
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A platform that supports a sample plate such as a microtiter plate, a multi-well plate of any size, or a glass slide with sample spots distributed over its surface, and presents the plate for assay detection by a movable scanning head that has a field depth on the millimeter scale is leveled or otherwise adjusted in a planar orientation by an apparatus that includes a rocker plate, position sensors, and motorized risers arranged on the apparatus to provide the rocker plate with tilting capability along either or both or two orthogonal axes.
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