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Photolithographed micro-mirror well for 3D tomogram imaging of individual cells

US8339704B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Kevin T. Seale · Nashville, US
Ronald S. Reiserer · Nashville, US
John P. Wikswo · Brentwood, US
Sandra J. Rosenthal · Nashville, US
Jeffrey S. Chamberlain · Ann Arbor, US
Charles Wright · Salisbury, US
Dmitry A. Markov · Nashville, US
Chris Janetopoulos · Nashville, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 20, 2011
Grant date	Dec 25, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/693
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A micro-mirror well. In one embodiment the micro-mirror well includes a plurality of planar mirrors arranged around an axis of symmetry and inclined to form a pyramid well, where each of the plurality of planar mirrors is capable of reflecting light emitting from an object of interest placed inside the pyramid well.

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