US 12,449,430 B2
Automated positioning and imaging of samples
Rohit Hiwale, Bengaluru (IN); and Anchit Navelkar, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to MORPHLE LABS INC., Lewes, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/607,964
Filed by Rohit Hiwale, Bengaluru (IN)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/055225
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/222218, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201941017443 (IN), filed on May 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299536 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 35/00029 (2013.01) [B01L 9/52 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00039 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A positioning system for a microscope, the positioning system comprising:
a cassette, wherein a sample is to be provided on the cassette;
wherein the cassette comprises a hollow section extending partially or through a thickness of the cassette;
a pusher component comprising a cut-out portion, wherein the cassette is situated within the cut-out portion of the pusher component, and wherein the cassette is movable within the cut-out portion;
a stage, wherein the pusher component is disposed above the stage, wherein when the cassette is situated in the cut-out portion, a bottom surface of the cassette interfaces with a top surface of the stage;
an actuator coupled to the pusher component, wherein upon the actuator being activated, the pusher component causes horizontal movement of the cassette along the top surface of the stage; and
a processing unit configured to send one or more signals to activate the actuator in order to move the pusher component and position a section of the sample for imaging.