Daniel Lapen,David Zahniser,Mark Licari,Brian J. McKeen,Eric D. Yeaton,Dennis Poole,Stephen Conroy
申请号:
US14782282
公开号:
US09891147B2
申请日:
2014.04.04
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
The apparatus disclosed herein features a substrate arm and gripper, a platform having a top surface located opposite the substrate when the substrate arm is in a specimen processing position and featuring at least one fluid port located on a surface of the platform facing the substrate and at least one vacuum port located on the surface of the platform facing the substrate, and during operation, the apparatus is configured to (a) dispense a first quantity of fluid from the at least one fluid port to fill a separation between the substrate and the platform, (b) dispense an additional quantity of fluid from the at least one fluid port into the separation to displace a portion of the first quantity of fluid, and (c) remove the portion of the first quantity of fluid from the separation through the at least one vacuum port.