Patent ID: 7438859
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B01J,B01L,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sample depositing system comprising: an illumination source that forms an illumination beam; a sample transfer device that receives the illumination beam from the illumination source, the sample transfer device including a portion constructed and arranged to move in response to suitable illumination incident on the sample transfer device; a sample material carried by the sample transfer device; and a controller that causes the illumination source to illuminate the sample transfer device and thereby cause the portion of the sample transfer device to move, movement of the portion of the sample transfer device causing at least a portion of the sample material carried by the sample transfer device to be controllably separated from the transfer device and deposited on a work surface, the portion of sample material being deposited without any part of the sample transfer device positioned adjacent the sample material separating from the sample transfer device.