Patent ID: 11966037
Assignee: SAMANTREE MEDICAL SA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A sample dish mounted on an imaging system for imaging a sample, the sample dish comprising:
a support member; and
a substantially planar transparent optical interface having a sample side and a mounting side opposite to the sample side, wherein the optical interface is attached to the support member and the support member is disposed at least partially around a periphery of the optical interface,
wherein (i) the imaging system comprises a transparent imaging window, (ii) the mounting side of the optical interface is disposed on the transparent imaging window, (iii) during the imaging the sample is disposed on the sample side of the optical interface such that the sample remains accessible to a user while light is transmitted through the transparent imaging window and the optical interface to and from the sample, and (iv) wherein a thickness of the optical interface is within 10 μm of a standardized thickness for the imaging system such that there is no need to adjust position of a focal plane of the imaging system prior to imaging,
wherein the sample dish is one of a set of sample dishes each comprising a respective support member and a respective substantially planar transparent optical interface having a respective sample side and a respective mounting side opposite to the sample side, wherein (i) the respective optical interface is attached to the respective support member and the respective support member is disposed at least partially around a periphery of the respective optical interface and (ii) a thickness of the respective optical interface is within 10 lam of the standardized thickness.