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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Cellomics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Dirk John Vandenberg, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Monica Jo Tomaszewski, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Keith Rao Heffley, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Steven Roland Auger, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cellomics, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 21/08 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); G02B 6/0061 (2013.01); G02B 21/08 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 27/0927 (2013.01); G02B 27/0994 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of delivering a precisely sized, homogeneous field of light within an optical system. The apparatus operates equally well over UV, visible, and NIR wavelengths, over a wide range of input beam divergence and regardless of heterogeneity. A tapered or contoured homogenizing rod that creates an evenly distributed illumination at a target area of specific size.