US 12,280,444 B2
Simultaneous pattern-scan placement during sample processing
Ciaran J. O'Connor, Bozeman, MT (US); Erik B. Larsen, Bozeman, MT (US); and Leif C. Summerfield, Bozeman, MT (US)
Assigned to Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLC, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLC, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/525,021.
Application 18/525,021 is a continuation of application No. 15/437,804, granted, now 11,850,677, previously published as PCT/US2017/012871, filed on Jan. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/277,349, filed on Jan. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0207969 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/361 (2014.01); B23K 26/362 (2014.01); B23K 26/402 (2014.01); G01N 1/14 (2006.01); G01N 1/44 (2006.01); G01N 21/71 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 26/032 (2013.01) [B23K 26/0622 (2015.10); B23K 26/082 (2015.10); B23K 26/0861 (2013.01); B23K 26/0876 (2013.01); B23K 26/123 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/361 (2015.10); B23K 26/362 (2013.01); G01N 1/44 (2013.01); G01N 21/718 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); B23K 26/402 (2013.01); B23K 2103/30 (2018.08); B23K 2103/50 (2018.08); G02B 21/0016 (2013.01); G02B 26/105 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01); H01J 49/04 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method for use with a laser ablation system having a sample chamber accommodating a sample within an interior thereof, a laser configured to generate a laser beam having parameters suitable for ablating or otherwise dissociating a portion of the sample within the sample chamber, and at least one scanning component configured to impart relative movement between the sample and the laser beam, the method comprising:
processing image data, representative of obtained imagery of the sample, to generate location data, the location data associating at least one location within the obtained imagery with at least one corresponding spatial location within the interior of the sample chamber;
controlling an operation of at least one selected from the group consisting of the laser and the at least one scanning component to execute a first scan in a first region-of-interest of the sample where the sample is to be ablated or otherwise dissociated by the laser beam; and
while controlling an operation of at least one of the laser and a motion stage to execute the first scan, generating and storing scan data defining a second scan to be executed in a second region-of-interest of the sample where the sample is to be ablated or otherwise dissociated by the laser beam.