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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Fei Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/30 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/30 (2013.01); G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G01N 35/0092 (2013.01); G01N 35/00594 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a system and method for detecting whether a biological event has occurred in a cellular sample, and then activating a fluidics system to fix the cell at the point in time with the event occurred. In one example, a sample preparation system includes a camera linked to a confocal microscope that is interrogating a cellular sample. Once a detectable event, such as a binding event, has occurred, the sample preparation system releases a fixative to fix the cell at the point in time when the event was detected.