Patent ID: 11954925
Assignee: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for evaluating a fluidic substance, the system comprising:
a sample pipetting device configured to at least partly engage a dispense tip, the sample pipetting device configured to aspirate a fluidic substance into the dispense tip, the dispense tip having at least one reference line;
an image capture unit configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the dispense tip;
at least one computing device configured to:
identify the at least one reference line of the dispense tip from the portion of the image of the dispense tip;
determine at least one characteristic of the at least one reference line; and
compare the at least one characteristic of the at least one reference line to a threshold value, which threshold value is representative of a misalignment of the dispense tip.