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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
Brian L. Ganz, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David W. Jewell, San Diego, CA (US);
Mandel W. Mickley, Oceanside, CA (US);
John Andrew Moulds, Encinitas, CA (US);
Christopher T. Brovold, Carlsbad, CA (US);
John A. Adams, Escondido, CA (US);
Brian L. Ganz, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David W. Jewell, San Diego, CA (US);
Mandel W. Mickley, Oceanside, CA (US);
John Andrew Moulds, Encinitas, CA (US);
Christopher T. Brovold, Carlsbad, CA (US);
John A. Adams, Escondido, CA (US);
RoboDesign International, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and device for inspecting and classifying a plurality of microscopic crystals. An indexing device sequentially places microscopic crystals in camera-view of a camera. The camera takes images of the microscopic crystals and then transfers the images to a computer where the are received. The computer then classifies the images. The computer is also programmed to control the indexing device and the camera. In a preferred embodiment, the microscopic crystals are protein crystals that have been grown in the wells of micro-well plates. Also, preferably, the computer is programmed to automatically classify the images.