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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:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Ewoniuk, Tucson, AZ (US);

Dylan Miller, Tucson, AZ (US);

Kevin Talucci, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/10 (2006.01); G01F 22/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01F 15/075 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/1016 (2013.01); B01L 3/0241 (2013.01); G01F 15/075 (2013.01); G01F 22/00 (2013.01); G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G01N 15/1459 (2013.01); G01N 35/00663 (2013.01); G01N 35/00722 (2013.01); G01N 35/1002 (2013.01); B01L 2200/061 (2013.01); B01L 2200/14 (2013.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1075 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1493 (2013.01); G01N 2035/009 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00673 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for dispense characterization is disclosed. According to particular embodiments of the dispense characterization system and method, volumes of dispensed liquids can be determined. In more particular embodiments, additional characteristics and combinations of characteristics of a liquid dispensing event can be determined. Examples of additional characteristics that can be determined include the shape of the dispensing event, the velocity of the dispensing event, and the trajectory of the dispensing event. The dispense characterization system and method can be employed in automated biological sample analysis systems, and are particularly suited for monitoring liquid reagent dispensing events that deliver liquid reagents to a surface of a microscope slide holding a biological sample.


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