Patent ID: 9612199
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,G02B

Claim:
1. A system for detecting biological sample features comprising: a platform including a set of guides that receive a set of imaging substrates with a set of biological samples; a filter module superior to the platform including an excitation filter, an emission filter, and a dichroic mirror; a first light source, inferior to the platform, configured to transmit light toward a biological sample of the set of biological samples from a first direction; a second light source configured to transmit light through the excitation filter, to be reflected from the dichroic mirror, and to reach the biological sample from a second direction opposed to the first direction; a lens, coupled to a lens selector, that focuses light from the excitation filter onto a target object of the biological sample, and transmits light from the target object, through the dichroic mirror and the emission filter, toward an optical sensor; a platform control module configured to rotate the platform about a first axis perpendicular to a broad surface of the platform and translate the platform along a direction perpendicular to the first axis, into a first configuration that aligns at least one imaging substrate between the first light source and the lens; a filter stage, situated superior to the platform, configured to rotate the filter module about a second axis, parallel to the first axis, into a second configuration that positions the filter module to receive light from the second light source and to transmit light toward the optical sensor; and an optics manipulation module, including a translation stage coupled to an optical shaft concentrically aligned with the lens by way of the lens selector, configured to vertically translate the lens to facilitate focusing of the target object.