Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for producing specimens for electron microscopy
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Application No.: US14372277Application Date: 2013-01-14
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Publication No.: US09702795B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Bridget Carragher , Clinton S. Potter , Tilak Jain , Peter Kahn , Peter Wiktor
- Applicant: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , ENGINEERING ARTS LLC , Bridget Carragher , Clinton S. Potter , Tilak Jain , Peter Kahn , Peter Wiktor
- Applicant Address: US CA La Jolla
- Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
- Current Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
- Current Assignee Address: US CA La Jolla
- Agent Hugh Wang; Thomas Fitting
- International Application: PCT/US2013/000019 WO 20130114
- International Announcement: WO2013/109406 WO 20130725
- Main IPC: G01N1/28
- IPC: G01N1/28 ; G01N1/42 ; H01J37/26

Abstract:
The invention provides methods and devices for preparing frozen vitrified samples for transmission electron microscopy. By reducing the volume of sample from microliter scale to picoliter scale, the requirement for blotting of excess fluid is minimized or eliminated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140360286A1 Apparatus and Method for Producing Specimens for Electron Microscopy Public/Granted day:2014-12-11
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