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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Paul Donders, Stoney Creek, CA;
Carlos Zarate, Hamilton, CA;
Pavel A. Fomitchov, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GE Healthcare Niagara Inc., Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A new and improved confocal fluorescence microscope is presented. The new microscope has significant advantages relative to existing implementations of microscope confocal imagers. In common with previous confocal imagers the instant invention has the advantages relative to conventional wide-field and confocal fluorescence imagers, however it addresses the drawbacks of confocal technology in terms of cost and complexity, and provides significant savings in both due to the simplicity of the components and the elimination of the need of, in particular, spatial filters such as pinholes or slits.