Patent ID: 11896979
Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An instrument comprising:
a light detection system having a housing, the light detection system comprising:
a CCD sensor and an optical lens system, wherein the light detection system is configured for positioning above a single well at a time in a multi-well plate to conduct an electrochemiluminescence analysis of the single well, wherein an area of the CCD sensor is approximately 1× to 2× of an area of the single well, and
a cooling element to cool the CCD sensor,
wherein the instrument further comprises a heat removal system comprising:
a first fan disposed in the light detection system and configured to pull heated air from the light detection system, and
a second fan connected to a cover manifold and oriented toward the top of the light detection system to pull the heated air into the cover manifold and out of the instrument.