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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2017
Applicants:

Miguel Rodriguez, Berlin, DE;

Eric Cheng, Berlin, DE;

Inventors:

Miguel Rodriguez, Berlin, DE;

Eric Cheng, Berlin, DE;

Assignee:

SCIENION AG, Berlin, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); C12Q 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/10 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B01L 3/0268 (2013.01); B41J 2/04561 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); C12Q 3/00 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); G01N 33/4833 (2013.01); G01N 35/1009 (2013.01); G01N 35/1016 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0036 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00367 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00369 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00468 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00648 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00693 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0663 (2013.01); G01F 25/0092 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1481 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1493 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1034 (2013.01); G01N 2035/1062 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of depositing single particles onto a target includes loading a particle suspension to a droplet dispenser having a suspension reservoir and a nozzle section, detecting particles in the nozzle section, testing a single particle condition of the droplet dispenser, and determining whether an ejection region of the nozzle section includes one single particle. The method further includes operating the droplet dispenser for dispensing a droplet such that the droplet is dispensed onto the target if the single particle condition is fulfilled, or the droplet is dispensed into a collection reservoir if the single particle condition is not fulfilled. The step of testing the single particle condition further includes determining whether a sedimentation region adjacent to the ejection region is free of particles. A dispenser for performing the method is also provided.


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