Method and device for handling objects
AssigneeCarl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH
InventorsBernd Sägmüller, Yilmaz Niyaz, Thomas Staltmeier
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Abstract
In relation with a laser-induced transport process of an object from a carrier to a collecting device, the invention provides a collecting medium in the collecting device in a liquid state. Prior to the laser-induced transport process, the object is separated from a mass on the carrier by laser irradiation. After the laser-induced transport process, the object, thus selected and separated, is transferred together with the collecting medium to a destination, for example, a container, for further treatment. To this end, a manipulation system for liquids is provided, the system permitting manipulation of the collecting medium with the object contained therein with a high degree of reliability and a high throughput.
Claims22
A method for handling objects, which comprises:
- locating an object on a carrier;
- and
- transporting the object by a laser-induced transport process from the carrier to a collecting medium that is in a liquid state and that is held in the form of a drop on a collecting device by at least one of adhesion and surface tension.
A device for handling objects located on a carrier, comprising:
- a collecting device having a tip configured to hold a collecting medium in a liquid state in the form of a drop by at least one of adhesion and surface tension and to receive objects located on the carrier;
- a holding device shaped to hold the carrier;
- and
- a laser configuration operable to carry out a laser-induced transport process of the objects on the carrier from the carrier to said drop of said collecting medium.
A method for handling objects, which comprises:
- locating an object on a carrier;
- holding a liquid collecting medium in the form of a drop on an object collecting device by at least one of adhesion and surface tension;
- transporting the object from the carrier to the liquid collecting medium by separating the object from a mass located on the carrier with laser irradiation;
- and
- following the laser-induced transport of the object, transferring the drop of collecting medium with the object to a target location by dispensing the drop of collecting medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.