Patent ID: 9193996
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: B01L,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A detection apparatus, comprising (a) a carriage comprising a plurality of microfluorometers, wherein the plurality of microfluorometers form a read head, wherein the microfluorometers are permanently fixed in the read head such that the microfluorometers are not independently moveable with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the common plane, wherein the read head comprises a co-molded assembly of the plurality of microfluorometers, wherein each of the microfluorometers comprises an objective having a field diameter of at least 1 mm, wherein the plurality of microfluorometers is positioned to simultaneously acquire a plurality of wide-field images in a common plane, and wherein each of the wide-field images is from a different area of the common plane; (b) a translation stage configured to move the carriage in at least one direction parallel to the common plane; and (c) a sample stage configured to hold a substrate in the common plane.