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Light detection device

US6930314B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 2001
Grant dateAug 16, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/6456
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for optical illumination and/or detection with improved flexibility and/or read speed. The apparatus and methods may include mechanisms for selecting and switching between multiple excitation wavelengths and/or simultaneously reading from a plurality of sample sites. The apparatus and methods may be used with microplates, PCR plates, cell culture plates, biochips, chromatography plates, microscope slides, and other substrates for high-throughput screening, genomics, SNPs analysis, pharmaceutical research and development, life sciences research, and other applications.

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