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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Steven Lytle, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul Boeschoten, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Gunderson, Bothell, WA (US);
Chris Gnehm, Bothell, WA (US);
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for generating structured illumination images, comprising a housing; imaging optics mounted within the housing, the imaging optics configured to focus illumination from an illumination source such that an in-focus pattern of light corresponding to a pattern on a photomask is projected onto a sample; a reflector mounted within the housing and configured to reflect the illumination to a sample; a filter apparatus, comprising one or more filters mounted within the housing, the filter apparatus configured to allow only emissions from the illuminated sample to pass through to the sensor; and mounting features on the housing, the mounting features configured to allow the apparatus to be installed within an imaging system.