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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Steve Swihart, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Evan Thrush, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Yochanan Uri, Givat Ela, IL;
Boaz Ran, Kidron, IL;
Itay Barak, Haifa, IT;
Kevin McDonald, Novato, CA (US);
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, methods, and kits for contact imaging are provided. A contact imaging device includes an imaging sensor, a fixed fiber faceplate mechanically coupled to the imaging sensor, and an optical filtering layer mechanically coupled to the fixed fiber faceplate. The optical filtering layer can include an interference filter, an absorptive filter, and/or a removable fiber faceplate. The contact imaging device can be used to image fluorescent samples by filtering out excitation light on the basis of wavelength and/or angle of incidence.