US 12,332,110 B2
Method and apparatus for determining a mass of a droplet from sample data collected from a liquid droplet dispensation system
Richard David Koval, North Bend, OH (US); Guyrandy Jean-Gilles, Cincinnati, OH (US); Andrew Davison Gilpin, Mason, OH (US); Michael Anthony Geren, Mason, OH (US); Raymond Giles Dillingham, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Timothy James Barry, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Brighton Technologies, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by BRIGHTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,913.
Application 17/673,913 is a continuation of application No. 16/517,501, filed on Jul. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,255,715.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,061, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0170776 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01G 9/00 (2006.01); G01P 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 9/00 (2013.01) [G01P 3/36 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a liquid droplet dispensation system comprising a reservoir, the method comprising:
dispensing a first droplet of a first fluid sample from the reservoir at a first pressure;
measuring a first velocity of the first droplet during dispensation at the first pressure;
measuring a first mass of the first droplet;
dispensing a second droplet of the first fluid sample from the reservoir at a second pressure;
measuring a second velocity of the second droplet during dispensation at the second pressure;
measuring a second mass of the second droplet;
dispensing a droplet of a second fluid sample from the reservoir at a third pressure;
measuring a third velocity of the droplet of the second fluid sample during dispensation at the third pressure; and
determining a mass of the droplet of the second fluid sample based upon the first velocity, the first pressure, the first mass, the second velocity, the second pressure, the second mass, the third pressure, and the third velocity.