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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
David M Heffelfinger, San Pablo, CA (US);
Franklin R Witney, Novato, CA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of imaging fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is provided. The instrument allows the user to simultaneously acquire images from several different colors. This system, used in conjunction with a combinatorial fluorescence approach, is able to create a FISH karyotype with each chromosome being painted with a different color. The optical system is continuously tunable over the detection wavelengths. In one embodiment of the system the sample is simultaneously irradiated in more than one wavelength band and the detection system uses a common path interferometer to scan through the detection wavelengths.