Ken E Neumann

US Patent:

20110273706, Nov 10, 2011

Filed:

Feb 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/032303

Inventors:

David Noblett - Naperville IL, US
Robert E. Krug - Naperville IL, US
Steven Liebold - Palatine IL, US
Mark Francis Krol - Painted Post NY, US
David Andrew Pastel - Horseheads NY, US
Ravi Marala - Painted Post NY, US
Ken Neumann - Naperville IL, US
Dawn Neumann - Naperville IL, US

International Classification:

G01N 21/01

US Classification:

356244

Abstract:

The invention is a microplate mounting system for mounting a microplate relative to an optical reader to control an angle of incidence of an interrogation beam at the microplate and includes a reference plane with at least one set of mount features that engage one or both of the bottom of the microplate and the skirt of the and a first 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 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 the engagement between the bottom and/or skirt of the microplate and the at least one set of mount features.