US 11,850,677 B2
Simultaneous pattern-scan placement during sample processing
Ciaran O'Connor, Portland, OR (US); Erik Larsen, Portland, OR (US); and Leif Summerfield, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLC, Omaha, NE (US)
Appl. No. 15/437,804
Filed by Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLC, Omaha, NE (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 10, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/012871
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 21, 2017,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/123551, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/277,349, filed on Jan. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0021885 A1, Jan. 25, 2018
Int. Cl. B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); G01N 21/71 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); B23K 26/361 (2014.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); B23K 26/362 (2014.01); G01N 1/44 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/402 (2014.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (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)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laser ablation system, comprising:
a sample chamber having an interior within which a sample can be accommodated;
a laser configured to generate a laser beam, wherein the laser beam has parameters suitable for ablating or otherwise dissociating a portion of the sample accommodated within the interior of the sample chamber;
at least one scanning component configured to impart relative movement between the sample and the laser beam;
a user interface configured to display imagery of the sample and enable a user to indicate, based on the displayed imagery, a first region-of-interest of the sample where the sample is to be ablated or otherwise dissociated by the laser beam;
a processor configured to execute instructions to control an operation of at least one of the laser and the at least one scanning component to execute a first scan in the first region-of-interest of the sample and, while executing the first scan, enable a user to indicate, based on the displayed imagery, a second region-of-interest of the sample where the sample is to be ablated or otherwise dissociated by the laser beam to establish a second scan, queue the second scan, and execute the second scan following completion of execution of the first scan; and
memory communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to store the instructions.