Microscope with multiple image sensors for fluorescence imaging of multiple locations and/or wavelengths
US9846300B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/141
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A miniaturized microscope provides the combined capability for simultaneous or sequential fluorescence imaging at two different wavelengths and/or at two different object planes within a sample to which a cannula is attached. The microscope includes an illumination input connector for connecting one or more illumination sources, a connector for connecting the microscope to the cannula, a pair of optical image sensors for imaging the two different object planes and/or wavelengths and a pair of optical splitters: one for separating the illumination from light returning from the sample and the other for splitting the light returning from the sample into two images and providing the two images to their corresponding image sensor.
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