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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Joseph H. Jackson, El Granada, CA (US);
Robert M. Gavin, Iii, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard C. Tighe, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Steve Mcnerney, San Jose, CA (US);
Wu Jiang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Todd E. French, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Reginald Tobias, Ware, MA (US);
Joseph H. Jackson, El Granada, CA (US);
Robert M. Gavin, III, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard C. Tighe, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Steve McNerney, San Jose, CA (US);
Wu Jiang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Todd E. French, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Reginald Tobias, Ware, MA (US);
Molecular Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including an LED excitation source and module useful for full plate imaging fluorescence instruments as well as methods for calibrating such instruments. The apparatus may include a light source operative to provide simultaneous illumination of a first wavelength selected to a plurality of samples to excite the fluorescent emission of light of a second wavelength by said plurality of samples wherein the light source is an LED array; and an optical sensor, responsive to light at said second wavelength.