Patent ID: 11860122
Assignee: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
providing a plurality of optical fibers corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of capillaries, each optical fiber comprising a receiving end configured to receive emissions from a respective one of the detection portions, the optical fibers being coupled to a fiber mount such that the receiving ends are fixedly located relative to one another;
producing values of an alignment signal from an optical detector by transferring emissions within the detection portion of at least one of the capillaries through a respective at least one of the optical fiber and to the optical detector;
moving, one or more times to one or more different locations, the capillary mount or the fiber mount; and
at each of the one or more locations, producing a respective value of the alignment signal from the optical detector by transferring emissions within the detection portion of the at least one capillary through the at least one optical fiber to the optical detector;
aligning the capillaries to the receiving ends of the plurality of optical fibers based on the values of the alignment signals.