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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zonh-Zen Ho, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maven Technologies, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/28 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for imaging biochip spots in which a linearly spaced array of micro-lenses has a set of optical fibers which are associated with each micro-lens to receive and transmit the image magnified by the micro-lens. The micro-lenses are spaced to that of the biochip spots so that the microlens array can be positioned over a selected group of biochip spots, one for each micro-lens. The microlens array can be translated to be over selected groups of biochip spots. A detector and user devise such as a computer and a screen are used to record and view the collected images.