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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Timothy D. Harris, Toms River, NJ (US);

Richard L. Hansen, Pennington, NJ (US);

William Karsh, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Neal A. Nicklaus, East Windsor, NJ (US);

Jay K. Trautman, Pennington, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Timothy D. Harris, Toms River, NJ (US);

Richard L. Hansen, Pennington, NJ (US);

William Karsh, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Neal A. Nicklaus, East Windsor, NJ (US);

Jay K. Trautman, Pennington, NJ (US);

Assignee:

GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp., Piscataway, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for screening large numbers of chemical compounds and performing a wide variety of fluorescent assays, including live cell assays. The methods utilize a laser linescan confocal microscope with high speed, high resolution and multi-wavelength capabilities and real time data-processing. Imaging may be done at video-rates and with use of ultraviolet illumination.


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