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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2005
Yonggang Jiang, New Milton, GB;
Yonggang Jiang, New Milton, GB;
Genetix Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a holder for biological sample containers such as well plates. The holder comprises a flat vacuum bed surrounded by a seal. A container is placed within the seal and a vacuum is applied, pressing and flattening the lower surface of the sample container against the flat vacuum bed. Samples in all portions of the container may then be imaged without the need to refocus on each portion of the container. For imaging, a sample in a well can be illuminated by a beam of light arranged so that a part or all of the sample is illuminated by direct rays that have not passed through the well plate. The beam is redirected to other parts of the well if a single illumination does not cover the whole well, so that the sample to be imaged using a series of partial images.