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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. 18, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1998
Timothy M Woudenberg, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Kevin S Bodner, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles R Connell, Redwood City, CA (US);
John Shigeura, Fremont, CA (US);
David H Tracy, Norwalk, CT (US);
Eugene F Young, Wilton, CT (US);
Perkin-Elmer Corporation Applied Biosystems Division, Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided which includes a sample holder for holding a reaction chamber which includes an optical interface, a fiber optic cable for delivering an excitation beam to a sample housed within the reaction chamber and for receiving light emitted by the sample, and a lens co-axially disposed with the fiber optic cable and positioned outside the reaction chamber for focusing the excitation beam through the optical interface and within a volume of the sample and for collecting and transmitting to the fiber optic cable light emitted within the volume of the sample.