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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:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Guy G. Kennedy, Underhill, VT (US);
David M. Warshaw, South Burlington, VT (US);
Inventors:
Guy G. Kennedy, Underhill, VT (US);
David M. Warshaw, South Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/04 (2006.01); G02B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A launch system and method for microscopy having an optical fiber positioned proximate a sample slide with an optical fiber mounting element so as to deliver an EMR from the optical fiber into a first sample slide and to a surface of a second sample slide at a critical angle for total internal reflection at an interface of the surface of the second sample slide and a sample positioned proximate to the surface of the second sample slide.