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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2022
Standard Biotools Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhongwei Shen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kyle Wisdom Hukari, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kum Hon Cheang, San Francisco, CA (US);
STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC., South San Franciso, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and associated methods and techniques for illuminating and imaging a device, such as a microfluidic or microarray device, are described herein. An optical source that illuminates the planar surface at an oblique angle can be used with optical components, such as an offset optical shaping rod and a wedge prism, used to provide uniform illumination across the planar surface and allow the illumination to appropriately reach the target illumination area despite the geometric limitations imposed by the presence and position of imaging, microfluidic control, and/or thermal cycling components.