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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Q-linea Ab, Uppsala, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Q-LINEA AB, Uppsala, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01L 3/502723 (2013.01); B01L 9/00 (2013.01); C12M 23/16 (2013.01); C12M 23/26 (2013.01); C12M 41/00 (2013.01); C12Q 1/18 (2013.01); G01N 21/03 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0684 (2013.01); B01L 2300/041 (2013.01); B01L 2300/047 (2013.01); B01L 2300/048 (2013.01); B01L 2300/06 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0819 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01); B01L 2300/123 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B01L 2300/165 (2013.01); B01L 2300/168 (2013.01); B01L 2400/088 (2013.01); G01N 2021/035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sample holder () comprises: an upper layer (); a lower layer (); a middle layer () between the upper and lower layers; and a sample chamber () formed by a through-hole in the middle layer (), covered at its upper extent by a portion of the bottom surface of the upper layer (), and at its lower extent by a portion of the top surface of the lower layer (), wherein at least part of the bottom surface of the upper layer () overlapping a portion of a top periphery of the sample chamber () comprises a hydrophobic surface, wherein the hydrophobic surface is sufficiently hydrophobic that a contact angle of a water droplet on the hydrophobic surface would exceed 110°.