FOCUS-ACTIVATED ACOUSTIC EJECTION
    42.
    发明申请
    FOCUS-ACTIVATED ACOUSTIC EJECTION 有权
    焦点激发声音喷射

    公开(公告)号:US20140092156A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-03

    申请号:US14016909

    申请日:2013-09-03

    申请人: Labcyte Inc.

    发明人: Richard N. Ellson

    IPC分类号: B41J29/38

    摘要: To ejecting a droplet from a reservoir, the reservoir holding a fluid is moved with respect to an acoustic ejector. As the reservoir and ejector move closer together, the acoustic ejector sends one or more interrogation pulses towards the reservoir. Based on the interrogation pulses, the system determines when the movement of the reservoir has placed a free surface of the fluid in a position where a droplet can be ejected.

    摘要翻译: 为了从储存器喷射液滴,保持流体的储存器相对于声学喷射器移动。 当储存器和喷射器靠近在一起时,声学喷射器向贮存器发送一个或多个询问脉冲。 基于询问脉冲,系统确定储存器的运动何时将流体的自由表面放置在可以喷射液滴的位置。

    Acoustic fluid height monitoring using dynamic surface perturbations
    43.
    发明授权
    Acoustic fluid height monitoring using dynamic surface perturbations 有权
    使用动态表面扰动的声流体高度监测

    公开(公告)号:US08503266B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-06

    申请号:US13338017

    申请日:2011-12-27

    IPC分类号: G01S15/00 G01S15/88

    摘要: A method of determining the volume or height of fluid in a reservoir is provided. A first burst of focused acoustic energy is used to raise temporarily a protuberance on a free surface of the fluid. A second burst of acoustic energy is directed to the free surface of the fluid. Echoes from the second burst of acoustic energy are detected. The detected echoes are employed to compute the height of the fluid.

    摘要翻译: 提供了确定储存器中的流体的体积或高度的方法。 聚焦声能的第一次爆发用于临时提高流体自由表面上的突起。 声能的第二次突发被引导到流体的自由表面。 检测到来自第二阵阵声能的回波。 使用检测到的回波来计算流体的高度。

    Fluid containers with reservoirs in their closures and methods of use
    46.
    发明授权
    Fluid containers with reservoirs in their closures and methods of use 有权
    在其封闭件中具有储存器的流体容器和使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US08252603B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-28

    申请号:US12944384

    申请日:2010-11-11

    IPC分类号: G01N1/00 B65D51/28 B65D25/04

    摘要: Fluid containers are disclosed which have fluid reservoirs in their closures. These reservoirs are advantageous to hold sacrificial fluid which lessens the loss of the fluid of interest to the outside through evaporation. The reservoirs may have openings to the inside or outside of the container, or to both. Reservoirs with openings to the outside serve to reduce evaporative loss by raising the partial pressure of fluid in the vicinity of the contact between the closure and the remainder of the container. The reservoirs may be refillable without opening the container. In one embodiment a fluid reservoir allows the zone of contact between the closure and the remainder of the container to be immersed in fluid, so that gases seeking to escape the interior of the container must pass through fluid.

    摘要翻译: 公开了在其封闭件中具有流体储存器的流体容器。 这些储存器有利于保持牺牲流体,其通过蒸发减少感兴趣的流体的损失。 储存器可以具有到容器的内部或外部的开口,或者具有到两者的开口。 具有向外部开口的容器用于通过提高封闭件和容器的其余部分之间的接触附近的流体的分压来减少蒸发损失。 储存器可以在不打开容器的情况下重新填充。 在一个实施例中,流体储存器允许封闭件和容器的其余部分之间的接触区浸没在流体中,使得试图逃离容器内部的气体必须通过流体。

    Droplet dispensation from a reservoir with reduction in uncontrolled electrostatic charge
    49.
    发明授权
    Droplet dispensation from a reservoir with reduction in uncontrolled electrostatic charge 有权
    来自储存器的液滴分配,减少不受控制的静电电荷

    公开(公告)号:US07070260B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-04

    申请号:US10340557

    申请日:2003-01-09

    IPC分类号: B41J2/06

    摘要: Devices and methods are provided for reducing the uncontrolled electrostatic charges that can alter the volume and/or trajectory of a droplet, which is typically ejected through the application of focused acoustic radiation. Also provided are reservoirs and substrates, e.g., well plates formed from a material that is at least partially nonmetallic or polymeric and either has an electrical resistivity of no more than about 1011 ohm-cm, has a surface electrical resistivity of no more than about 1012 ohm/sq, or both.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于减少不受控制的静电电荷的装置和方法,所述静电电荷可以改变液滴的体积和/或轨迹,所述液滴和/或轨迹通常通过聚焦声辐射的应用而被喷射。 还提供了储存器和基底,例如,由至少部分非金属或聚合物材料形成的并且具有不大于约10欧姆 - 厘米的电阻率的材料形成的孔板具有表面 电阻率不超过约10欧姆/平方或两者。