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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Hiroshi Maehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Maehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for handling a minute object such as a cell by using a holographic optical tweezers that comprises a laser light source, holographic platehaving a specified pattern to form a hologram with light emitted from the light source, and a transparent plate that holds a liquid including a minute object, wherein the holographic plateis irradiated with laser light emitted from the laser light source, and the laser light passed through the holographic plateis focused in a sample solutionheld on the transparent plateto form a hologram having a pattern according to the pattern of the holographic platein the sample solution