Abstract: An inkjet device for controlled positioning of a droplet of a substance onto a substrate includes a print head having a nozzle configured to eject the droplet. A camera is configured to detect and generate images of the droplet after ejection of the droplet from the nozzle. If the droplet volume, velocity, flight path, viscosity or surface tension start to deviate from preset values, a computer is configured to correct for this in a closed loop manner. If the droplet fails to eject, the computer is configured to stop the inkjet device and an operator can maintain the print head. The computer is configured to determine viscosity and surface tension of the droplet from characteristics of the droplet identified from the droplet images, and the computer is configured to control the positioning of the droplet onto the substrate during the printing process based on the determined viscosity and surface tension.

Abstract: A cooling device comprising at least one transducer (1) having a membrane adapted to generate pressure waves at a working frequency, characterized by a first and a second cavity (3, 4), said transducer being arranged between said first and second cavities, such that said membrane forms an fluid tight seal between said cavities, each cavity having at least one opening (7, 8) adapted to emit a pulsating net output fluid flow, wherein said cavities and openings are formed such that, at said working frequency, a first harmonic fluid flow emitted by said opening(s) (7) of a first one of said cavities is in anti-phase with a second harmonic fluid flow emitted by said opening(s) (8) of a second one of said cavities, so that a sum of harmonic fluid flow from said openings is essentially zero. With this design, sound reproduction at the working frequency is largely cancelled due to the counter phase of the outlets resulting in a close to zero far-field volume velocity.

Abstract: The invention provides an ink jet device (10) for producing a biological assay-substrate by releasing a plurality of substances onto the substrate, the device comprising printing means (20), detection means (30,32,45,45?), filling means and cleaning means (120), and wherein the ink jet device further comprises control means for an automated production such that the production of the biological assay substrate is error tolerant for a multitude of error sources.

Abstract: The invention provides an ink jet device for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substance onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head with a nozzle designed to eject the droplet, the device further comprising at least one acoustic sensor arranged for detecting the landing of the droplet on the substrate. A feedback loop stops the printing process the moment the landing of a droplet is not detected within a predetermined delay time.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substance onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head comprising a nozzle provided to eject the droplet, the inkjet device further comprising a control camera arranged such that after ejection of the droplet out of the nozzle, the droplet is detected by the control camera. In case either the droplet volume or velocity or flight path or viscosity or surface tension start to deviate from preset values, the software can correct for this in a closed loop manner. If the droplet is not ejected at all, the control software stops the printer and an operator can maintain the print head.