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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Matias Negatu, San Diego, CA (US);
Alex Nemiroski, San Diego, CA (US);
Drew Ival Frerichs, San Diego, CA (US);
Dale Buermann, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael John Erickstad, San Diego, CA (US);
Rebecca McGinley, San Diego, CA (US);
Harry Scott Rapoport, San Diego, CA (US);
Arnold Oliphant, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Eugene Pogrebinsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A scanning apparatus that can include (a) a scan actuator including a linear actuator and a mount for a removeable vessel, wherein the mount has a mechanical fastener that is configured to engage a complementary mechanical fastener on the removeable vessel, and wherein the linear actuator is configured to translate the mount while the mechanical fastener engages the complementary mechanical fastener on the removeable vessel; (b) a reference surface; and (c) a preload configured to urge the vessel to contact the reference surface, wherein the linear actuator is configured to slide the vessel along the reference surface while the preload urges the vessel to contact the reference surface.