Device for Reading Plates Bearing Biological Reaction Support Microdepositions
AssigneeInodiag
InventorsMichel Delaage, Gilles Nicolai, Jean-Michel Decaudin, Pascal Huguet-Chantome
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Abstract
The invention concerns a device for reading slides bearing fluorescent deposits, such as used in serology or molecular biology analysis. The invention also concerns any apparatus comprising such a device, specific implementing software, as well as the use of said apparatuses and/or devices in analytical or diagnostic methods.
Claims22
Device for reading and/or analyzing slides containing a reactive zone carrying microdeposits of reactive elements, said device comprising a means for positioning a slide, a means for illuminating the reactive zone and a collection optic, wherein:
- the means for illuminating the reactive zone comprises light emitting diodes arranged in illumination channels so as to enable an oblique illumination relative to an optical axis, the optical comprising an axis along which fluorescent light emitted by the microdeposits is captured by the collection optic;
- the device comprises at least two channels of diodes each emitting a specific excitation light;
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- the collection optic contains an objective forming an image of the microdeposits on a sensor.
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