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US 2019/0094509 A1Published application
Microscopy imaging
AssigneeAlentic Microscience Inc.
InventorsAlan Marc Fine, Peter Hodges Gregson
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Abstract
Among other things, an imaging device has a photosensitive array of pixels, and a surface associated with the array is configured to receive a specimen with at least a part of the specimen at a distance from the surface equivalent to less than about half of an average width of the pixels.
Claims27
1-8. (canceled)
An apparatus comprising
- a housing,
- a lid hinged to the housing,
- the housing and the lid enclosing a space,
- within the enclosed space and facing the lid, a sensor having an array of photosensitive elements exposed at a surface, the surface being configured to receive a specimen within a near field distance of the photosensitive elements,
- the hinged lid configured to give access to the space to permit placement of the specimen on the surface of the sensor, and
- on the lid and facing the sensor, a light source containing an array of LEDs, the array being configured to be controlled singly or in groups to illuminate the specimen at different wavelengths and positions relative to the surface of the sensor.
3 more elements
A method comprising
- opening a hinged lid associated with the housing,
- placing a specimen on a surface of an array of photosensitive elements within a near field distance of the photosensitive elements,
- closing the hinged lid,
- controlling an array of LEDs to illuminate the specimen, and
- capturing an image of the specimen formed at the array of photosensitive elements by the illumination of the array of LEDs.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising
- a sensor having an array of light-sensitive elements exposed at a surface of the sensor configured to receive, within a near field distance of the surface of the sensor, a specimen to be analyzed,
- an adhesive layer on the surface of the sensor and configured to adhere to elements of the sensor.
An apparatus comprising
- a sensor having an array of light-sensitive elements exposed at a surface of the sensor configured to receive, within a near field distance of the surface of the sensor, a specimen to be analyzed,
- a layer of light-transmissive material on the surface containing elements that are responsive to light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.