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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2005
Thomas M. Baer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael G. Youngquist, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brian W. Donovan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan E. Wessel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Norbert H. Leclerc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael A. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
George M. Dawson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Craig S. Barker, San Carlos, CA (US);
Thomas M. Baer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael G. Youngquist, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brian W. Donovan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan E. Wessel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Norbert H. Leclerc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael A. Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
George M. Dawson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Craig S. Barker, San Carlos, CA (US);
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automated laser microdissection are disclosed including automatic slide detection, position detection of cutting and capture lasers, focus optimization for cutting and capture lasers, energy and duration optimization for cutting and capture lasers, inspection and second phase capture and/or ablation in a quality control station and tracking information for linking substrate carrier or output microdissected regions with input sample or slide.