Sample processing improvements for microscopy
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprisinga two-dimensional arrangement of light sensitive elements exposed at a sensor surface of an imaging sensor,a second surface to be moved into a predefined position relative to the imaging surface to form a sample space that is between the sensor surface and the second surface and contains at least part of a sample, anda mechanism configured to cause mixing of the sample by moving the second surface toward and away from the sensor surface repeatedly.
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Abstract
Among other things, a first surface is configured to receive a sample and is to be used in a microscopy device. There is a second surface to be moved into a predefined position relative to the first surface to form a sample space that is between the first surface and the second surface and contains at least part of the sample. There is a mechanism configured to move the second surface from an initial position into the predefined position to form the sample space. When the sample is in place on the first surface, the motion of the second surface includes a trajectory that is not solely a linear motion of the second surface towards the first surface.
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1. An apparatus comprising
a two-dimensional arrangement of light sensitive elements exposed at a sensor surface of an imaging sensor, a second surface to be moved into a predefined position relative to the imaging surface to form a sample space that is between the sensor surface and the second surface and contains at least part of a sample, and a mechanism configured to cause mixing of the sample by moving the second surface toward and away from the sensor surface repeatedly.
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13. A method comprising
repeatedly moving a first surface toward and away from a sensor surface of an imaging sensor, then moving the first surface to a predetermined position relative to the sensor surface, and using the imaging sensor to capture an image of a sample in a space between the first surface and the sensor surface when the first surface is at the predetermined position.
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