LIGHTING DESIGN OF HIGH QUALITY BIOMEDICAL DEVICES
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1. A method for analyzing a sample comprising:
- (a) pumping excitation light from one or more photo luminescent light pipes together with excitation light from one or more light emitting diodes to produce a beam of excitation light having one or more colors;
(b) directing the beam of excitation light onto the sample; and
(c) directing fluorescence from the sample onto one or more fluorescence detectors.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a plurality of light sources to power a variety of applications including microarray readers, microplate scanners, microfluidic analyzers, sensors, sequencers, Q-PCR and a host of other bioanalytical tools that drive today'"'"'s commercial, academic and clinical biotech labs.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing a sample comprising:
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(a) pumping excitation light from one or more photo luminescent light pipes together with excitation light from one or more light emitting diodes to produce a beam of excitation light having one or more colors; (b) directing the beam of excitation light onto the sample; and (c) directing fluorescence from the sample onto one or more fluorescence detectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A solid-state light engine for adapted to analyze a sample having one or more fluorescent tags comprising:
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at least one light pipe; at least one solid state light source; one or more dichroic mirrors; wherein the at least one solid state light source drives luminescence in the light pipe; and wherein the at least one light pipe, the at least one excitation source, and the one or more dichroic mirrors are used to produce a beam of excitation light having a plurality of colors, wherein the beam of excitation light is adapted to selectively detect the one or more fluorescent tags within the sample. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system adapted to analyze a sample having one or more fluorescent tags comprising:
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a light pipe engine, said light pipe engine comprising at least one light pipe, at least one solid state light source, and at least one or more dichroic mirrors, wherein the at least one solid state light source drives luminescence in the light pipe, wherein the at least one light pipe, the at least one excitation source, and the one or more dichroic mirrors are used to produce a beam of excitation light having a plurality of colors, wherein the beam of excitation light is adapted to selectively detect the one or more fluorescent tags within the sample; at least one filter attached to the light pipe engine that filters the beam of excitation light; and an optical delivery pipe that is adapted to direct the beam of excitation light from the light pipe engine to the sample.
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