Patent ID: 11892455
Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 1:
2. The environmental monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the liquid handling subsystem comprises a fluidic station, said fluidic station comprising an integrated seal piercing probe for piercing a seal on wells of said plate; the system further comprising a pipetting probe mounted on a pipette translation stage for translating said pipetting probe in vertical and horizontal directions to access liquids in and/or deliver liquids to said liquid handling subsystem;
wherein the light detection subsystem comprises a light-tight enclosure comprising (i) one or more plate elevators, (ii) a light-tight enclosure top having an imaging aperture and one or more plate introduction apertures positioned above said plate elevators, and (iii) a plate translation stage for translating a plate in one or more horizontal directions and configured to position plates below said imaging aperture; and
wherein the light detection subsystem further comprises an imaging system comprising a light detector mounted on said light-tight enclosure top and coupled to said imaging aperture with a light-tight seal.