Device for placement of effluent
First Claim
1. A device for placement of effluent on a substrate, the device comprisinga substrate positioner configured to support and position the substrate, a deposition conduit having a first opening through which effluent enters the conduit and having an exit end with a second opening through which effluent exits the conduit, and a conduit positioner configured to move the exit end of the deposition conduit between a raised position in which surface tension of the effluent adjacent the second opening prevents the effluent from separating from the exit end of the deposition conduit and a lowered position in close proximity to the substrate so that effluent adjacent the second opening is transferred from the conduit to the substrate as a result of contacting and adhering to the substrate.
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Abstract
A device for placement of effluent comprises a substrate positioner, a deposition conduit, and a conduit positioner. The substrate positioner supports and positions a substrate on which effluent exiting from the deposition conduit is to be deposited. The conduit positioner moves an exit end of the deposition conduit relative to the substrate.
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22 Claims
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1. A device for placement of effluent on a substrate, the device comprising
a substrate positioner configured to support and position the substrate, a deposition conduit having a first opening through which effluent enters the conduit and having an exit end with a second opening through which effluent exits the conduit, and a conduit positioner configured to move the exit end of the deposition conduit between a raised position in which surface tension of the effluent adjacent the second opening prevents the effluent from separating from the exit end of the deposition conduit and a lowered position in close proximity to the substrate so that effluent adjacent the second opening is transferred from the conduit to the substrate as a result of contacting and adhering to the substrate.
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8. A device for placement of effluent on substrate to be subsequently used in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectroscopy (MALDI MS) analysis, the device comprising
a substrate positioner configured to support and position the substrate, a deposition conduit having a first opening through which effluent enters the conduit and having an exit end with a second opening through which effluent exits the conduit, and a conduit positioner configured to move the exit end of the deposition conduit toward the substrate to a position in which a quantity of effluent is transferred away from the exit end and is deposited on the substrate as a result of the quantity of effluent contacting and adhering to the substrate, the exit end of the deposition conduit being exposed to the ambient atmosphere.
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22. An apparatus comprising
a moveable, controllable substrate positioner configured to support and position a substrate, a conduit having a first opening through which effluent enters the conduit and having an exit end with a second opening through which effluent emerges from the conduit, a moveable, controllable conduit positioner configured to support and position the conduit from which a sample of effluent emerges for deposition on the substrate, the sample being transferred away from the exit end and deposited on the substrate as a result of the exit end of the conduit being moved to a position in which the sample contacts and adheres to the substrate, at least one controller coupled to the substrate positioner and the conduit positioner to control the positioning of the substrate positioner and the conduit positioner, and a computer device having a database which is configured to store information about a source from which the sample was taken and information about test results from at least one test of the sample conducted after deposition of the sample on the substrate.
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