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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
David Cox, Foster City, CA (US);
Marc Haberstroh, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Kinney, Hayward, CA (US);
Albert Carrillo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jon Hoshizaki, Cupertino, CA (US);
Maryam Shariati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Howard King, Berkeley, CA (US);
Joe Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew Chan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Cox, Foster City, CA (US);
Marc Haberstroh, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick Kinney, Hayward, CA (US);
Albert Carrillo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jon Hoshizaki, Cupertino, CA (US);
Maryam Shariati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Howard King, Berkeley, CA (US);
Joe Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew Chan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a sequencing system capable of rapidly imaging samples at multiple wavelengths are provided herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a fast-indexing filter wheel having a plurality of excitation and emission filters capable of being rapidly rotated into and out of communication with an excitation source (e.g., an arc lamp, a laser. For example, the filter wheel can be configured to index in an amount of time falling within a range of about 40 ms to about 60 ms, preferably 50 ms. The system can also be configured to account for vibrations resulting from the quick starts and stops of the fast-indexing filter wheel as well as vibrations resulting from other sources. Various methods of rapidly imaging a sample at multiple wavelengths are also provided herein.