Confocal slide-digitizing apparatus
US10649195B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/54
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A confocal slide-digitizing apparatus (100) includes a slide handling unit (20) and an imaging unit (10), wherein the slide handling unit (20) has a slide supplier unit (90). The imaging unit (10) has a light source (40) to illuminate the sample to be digitized at the imaging position through an objective (18) arranged in a light path that enables confocal imaging of at least a region of the sample and an image recording unit to receive light with information on at least an illuminated region of the sample through the objective (18) and generate a digital image of a section of a given thickness of said illuminated region. Moreover, said slide handling unit (20) and said imaging unit (10) are joined mechanically together in a tiltable manner relative to one another, thereby correcting the light path of said confocal imaging.
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