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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Tom Mccollum, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tom McCollum, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C40B 60/12 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 21/253 (2013.01); G01N 21/6452 (2013.01); G01N 35/028 (2013.01); C40B 60/12 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6419 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6421 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0627 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a scanning system for the detection and discrimination of a plurality of targets in each of a plurality of samples, one or more multiband fluorescence detection channels each of which contains a single multiband emission filter and a single detector replaces multiple detection components in scanning heads of the prior art. In certain embodiments, a single multi-emitter light source is used as well, to illuminate each sample with excitation light at a variety of distinct wavelengths in succession.