Scanner photometer and methods
First Claim
1. A photometric scanning system comprising a photometer and a scanning rail carriage, said photometer operatively supported by said scanning rail carriage for reversible travel with respect to a scanning region within which an optical target is positionable, said photometer comprising:
- (a). a first fluorophore excitation source;
(b). a second fluorophore excitation source;
(c). an objective lens, characterized by an optical path, through which excitation energy from said first and said second fluorophore excitation sources pass; and
,(d). a first emission detector for detecting both a first fluorophore emission originating from excitation of a first fluorophore and a second fluorophore emission originating from excitation of a second fluorophore.
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Abstract
A scanning photometer and attendant methods are provided. The scanning photometer is generally characterized by first and second fluorophore excitation sources, an objective lens, and a common emission detector for the detection of first and second fluorophore emission originating from the excitation of the fluorophores via passage of excitation energy, via an optical path of the objective lens, from the excitation sources. Excitation energy and emission energy conditioning elements are likewise provided, operatively interposed before or after the objective lens as the case may be.
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10 Claims
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1. A photometric scanning system comprising a photometer and a scanning rail carriage, said photometer operatively supported by said scanning rail carriage for reversible travel with respect to a scanning region within which an optical target is positionable, said photometer comprising:
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(a). a first fluorophore excitation source; (b). a second fluorophore excitation source; (c). an objective lens, characterized by an optical path, through which excitation energy from said first and said second fluorophore excitation sources pass; and
,(d). a first emission detector for detecting both a first fluorophore emission originating from excitation of a first fluorophore and a second fluorophore emission originating from excitation of a second fluorophore. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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