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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Trevor David Shields, Berwick, AU;
Robert John Fahey, Elwood, AU;
Damian J. Verdnik, McKinnon, AU;
Svitlana Y. Berezhna, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Mahmoud Janbakhsh, San Ramon, CA (US);
Koshy T. Chacko, San Jose, CA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott park, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and devices for automatically focusing a microscope on a specimen and collecting a focused image of the specimen are provided. Aspects of the methods include detecting the presence of a substrate in a microscope, determining whether the substrate is in a correct orientation for imaging, focusing the microscope on a specimen that is placed on the substrate, and collecting one or more images of the specimen. Systems and devices for carrying out the subject methods are also provided.