Controlled dispensing of samples onto substrates

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9784652
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15050172

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Methods for dispensing a fluid sample on a substrate include obtaining an image of a sample applicator in proximity to the substrate, where the image includes a first image of the sample applicator and a second image of the sample applicator, determining a height of the sample applicator relative to a surface plane of the substrate based on a distance between common portions of the first and second images, and dispensing the fluid sample onto the substrate using the sample applicator, where the dispensing includes: translating the sample applicator, translating the substrate, or translating both the sample applicator and the substrate to effect a relative translation between the sample applicator and the substrate; and maintaining the sample applicator within 2 microns of a target height relative to the surface plane of the substrate during the translating.

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ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS HEMATOLOGY INC9115 HAGUE RD INDIANAPOLIS IN 46256

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Conroy, Stephen Maynard, US 12 71
Zahniser, David Wellesley, US 44 657
Zahniser, Michael Jamaica Plain, US 32 870
Zahniser, Russell Dorchester, US 19 603

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