US 11,933,704 B2
Digital dispense system
James D. Anderson, Jr., Lexington, KY (US); John Glenn Edelen, Lexington, KY (US); Manish Giri, Lexington, KY (US); Michael A. Marra, III, Lexington, KY (US); and Sam Norasak, Lexington, KY (US)
Assigned to Funai Electric Co., Ltd., (JP)
Filed by Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,370.
Application 17/820,370 is a division of application No. 16/558,141, filed on Sep. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,474,007.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,290, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397496 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 1/31 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/31 (2013.01) [B01L 9/523 (2013.01); B41M 5/007 (2013.01); B01L 2300/041 (2013.01); B01L 2300/06 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0609 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0809 (2013.01); G01N 2001/317 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A digital dispense system for preparing samples for analysis, comprising
a fluid droplet ejection system housed in a housing unit, the fluid droplet ejection system including:
a fluid droplet ejection head and fluid cartridge containing one or more fluids to be dispensed,
a cartridge translation mechanism configured for moving the fluid droplet ejection head and fluid cartridge back and forth over a sample holder in an x direction; and
a sample tray translation mechanism configured for moving a sample tray back and forth beneath the fluid droplet ejection head and fluid cartridge in a y direction orthogonal to the x direction, wherein the sample tray further comprises a biasing means configured to bias the glass slides or micro-well plate in the sample tray to a predetermined location.