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

Claim 17:
18. 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 (i) 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, (ii) the optical interface is flexible, and (iii) a surface of the sample side of the optical interface varies in height by less than 10 μm across an area corresponding to a field of view of the imaging system,
wherein (a) the imaging system comprises a transparent imaging window, (b) the mounting side of the optical interface is disposed on the transparent imaging window and wherein the optical interface has conformed to the transparent imaging window such that the optical interface is in contact with the transparent imaging window, (c) 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 (d) wherein a thickness of the optical interface is within 30 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.