Whole slide fluorescence scanner

US9488816B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Leica Biosystems Imaging, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peyman Najmabadi · San Diego, US
• Gregory Crandall · San Marcos, US
• Aaron Stearrett · Port Orchard, US
• Dirk G. Soenksen · Carlsbad, US
• Christopher Adam Lee · Vista, US
• Cynthia Perz · Vista, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A system for creating a contiguous digital image of a fluorescence microscope sample. In an embodiment, the system comprises a both a macro camera and a time delay integration (TDI) line scan camera. The system may also comprise a motorized stage, an illumination module, a light source, an excitation filter, an objective lens, an emission filter, and at least one processor configured to assemble a plurality of digital images of portions of the fluorescence microscope sample, generated by the TDI line scan camera, into a contiguous digital image of at least a portion of the fluorescence microscope sample.