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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Paul R. Selvin, Urbana, IL (US);
Sang Hak Lee, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Paul R. Selvin, Urbana, IL (US);
Sang Hak Lee, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/34 (2006.01); G02B 27/32 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/34 (2013.01); G02B 27/32 (2013.01); G02B 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved microscope stage mount with built-in fiduciary markers is used for fluorescence microscopy, and comprises: (a) an optically-transparent glass plate adapted for specimen mounting and microscope viewing and comprising a specimen mounting area; and (b) a defined and ordered, two-dimensional microscopic array of fiduciary markers, wherein the markers are polymeric pillars affixed to the plate about the specimen mounting area, wherein the markers provide a three-dimensional spatial reference for the specimen.