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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Juha Korpinen, Nokia, FI;
Jussi Tarvainen, Tampere, FI;
Inventors:
Juha Korpinen, Nokia, FI;
Jussi Tarvainen, Tampere, FI;
Assignee:
Chip-Man Technologies Oy, Tampere, FI;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/34 (2006.01); G01N 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for imaging cells including a culture chamber, in which a cultivation sub-structure is placed, imaging optics, and actuators for providing the relative movement of the cultivation substructure and the imaging optics in such a way that the imaging optics is used to image different sites in the substructure. The cultivation substructure is isolated as a subchamber of its own that is separate from the culture chamber, and imaging is carried out by moving the imaging optics and the subchamber in relation to each other.