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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Roche Diagnostics Hematology, Inc., Brighton, MA (US);
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Ertan Ergezen, Boston, MA (US);
Stephen Conroy, Maynard, MA (US);
Rijk Edwin Oosterbroek, Cham, CH;
Claudio Cherubini, Cham, CH;
Roche Diagnostics Hematology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The disclosure features methods, fluid delivery platforms, and apparatus for preparing a sample on a substrate that includes a substrate handler configured to move a substrate between a first position and a second position, and a platform positioned so that when the substrate is in the second position, the platform faces the substrate, where the platform includes a fluid delivery area having a second surface formed from a hydrophilic material for which a water contact angle is 40 degrees or less, and a first surface facing the substrate when the substrate is in the second position, formed from a hydrophobic material for which a water contact angle is 100 degrees or more.