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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2021
Nearfield Instruments B.v., Rotterdam, NL;
Hamed Sadeghian Marnani, Rotterdam, NL;
Wouter Arie De Zeeuw, Breda, NL;
Nearfield Instruments B.V., Rotterdam, NL;
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure pertain to a probe cassette for holding a probe, e.g. an atomic force microscopy, at a predefined holding position for automated pickup. The probe cassette comprises a main bodyincluding a support facefor supporting the probe; and one or more physical confinement elementsformed or affixed along said support face, said one or more physical confinement elements providing a plurality of engagement faces disposed along a perimeter of the predefined holding position, said engagement faces extending in a direction out of the support face, so as to define a pocketfor holding the probe, wherein the pocket is dimensioned to restrict a lateral shift of the probe in any direction along the support face.
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