Patent ID: 8614789
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: B01L,G01N

Abstract:
1. A microplate mounting system to mount a microplate relative to an optical reader to control an angle of incidence of an interrogation beam at the microplate comprising: a nest for receiving a well plate; a microplate with a bottom and a skirt; a reference plane with at least one set of mount features; and a positioning mechanism that provides a reversible and predetermined separation in the z direction between a plane formed by the bottom of the microplate and the optical reader to control the angle of incidence of the interrogation beam at the microplate by reversibly controlling the relative positioning of the microplate in the z direction through an engagement between one or both of the bottom of the microplate and the skirt of the microplate and one of the at least one set of mount features so that the microplate is no longer constrained by the nest in a vertical direction.