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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2024
Applicant:
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Uwe Horchner, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/704 (2023.01); G02B 3/10 (2006.01); G02B 7/38 (2021.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/701 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/704 (2023.01); G02B 3/10 (2013.01); G02B 7/38 (2013.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/701 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein pertain to systems and methods for imaging. An imaging system may include a castellated optical element, a CMOS image sensor, and color filtering elements. The CMOS image sensor may include focus areas, a line-scan area, a 2D imaging area, and look-ahead gaps. The imaging system may be configured scan and capture bi-directionally, forward-focused brightfield and fluorescence images of one or more slides comprising at least one biological material.