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US 2018/0025884 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for an imaging system of biological material
OwnerFrederick A. Flitschinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides apparatus for an imaging system comprising a multitude of chemical emitting elements upon a substrate. In some embodiments the substrate may be approximately round with a radius of approximately one inch. Various methods relating to using and producing an imaging system of chemical emitters are disclosed.
Claims17
1) An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a first apparatus comprising a first substrate with a multitude of imaging elements arrayed thereupon, wherein the imaging elements are capable of emitting a chemical droplet from their structure to a surface in a vicinity of the first apparatus, wherein the imaging elements are microscale chemical droplet emitters formed upon the first substrate, and wherein there are more than 1000 imaging elements of the first apparatus;
- a support component for a second substrate to be processed by the imaging apparatus;
- an alignment feature and alignment apparatus to measure the alignment feature;
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- a processor operant to collect data from imaging apparatus components, process the data and control imaging apparatus components based on the data.
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10) An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an array of chemical emitters, wherein the chemical emitters comprise piezoelectric devices on a base layer, a microfluidic chemical processor which feeds material to the chemical emitters, and wherein there are more than 1,000 chemical emitters in the array;
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- electrical circuits connected to each of the chemical emitters, wherein the electrical circuits bias the piezoelectric devices based on data related to an model of a tissue to be formed.
15) A method of forming a tissue comprising:
- placing a substrate within a cleanspace fabricator;
- printing cells upon the substrate to form the tissue, wherein the printing element comprises a piezoelectric crystal to emit chemical droplets containing a cell, and wherein there are more than 1000 chemical emitters in the printing element;
- maintaining a sterile environment around the substrate within the cleanspace fabricator while the cells of the tissue grow.
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