Device and method for optical measurement of chemical and/or biological samples

US7474777B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Evotec OAI AG · DE

Inventors

• Achim Kirsch · Hamburg, DE
• Roland Stange · Hamburg, DE
• Jurgen Muller · Wulfen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/0096
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical measurement device for measurement of chemical and/or biological samples comprises an illumination means (16) for illuminating the sample (20) to be measured. Further, an optics means (22) is provided for imaging a sample area in an image field (10). A first partial area (12) of the image field is covered by a first detector (28), and a second partial area (14) of the image field (10) is covered by a second detector (34). Thus, it is possible to change between two measurement methods without switching or to perform two measurements on a sample at the same time.