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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Solentim Ltd, Wimborne, GB;
Inventors:
Aaron Figg, Wimborne, GB;
Yonggang Jiang, Wimborne, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/36 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12Q 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 41/48 (2013.01); C12M 41/36 (2013.01); C12M 47/04 (2013.01); C12Q 3/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00127 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus comprising a receptacle to receive a sample. A sample dispenser dispenses the sample into the receptacle and an image capture device captures an image of the sample in the receptacle. Processing circuitry processes the image to determine whether the receptacle contains zero cells, exactly one cell, or more than one cell. In response to the processor determining that the receptacle contains zero cells, the processing circuitry causes the sample dispenser to dispense a further sample into the receptacle.