US Patent Issued to STANDARD BIOTOOLS CANADA on Nov. 3 for "Autofocus sample imaging apparatus and method" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,705, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to STANDARD BIOTOOLS CANADA INC. (Markham, Canada).

"Autofocus sample imaging apparatus and method" was invented by Daaf Sandkuijl (Markham, Canada), Alexander V. Loboda (Thornhill, Canada), Adam Carew (Toronto) and Khashayar Askarpour (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "We describe in this application systems and methods for autofocusing in imaging mass spectrometry. The present application describes improvements over current IMS and IMC apparatus and methods through an autofocus component including a plurality of apertures in the autofocus system, such as a plurality of apertures arran...