Patent ID: 6483588
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An arrangement for the detection of biomolecular reactions and interactions using the RS screening method, comprising:a specimen plate or microtiter plate for receiving the specimen to be examined; a white light source with subsequently arranged illumination beam path for illuminating the specimen; a splitter plate on which the specimen plate or the microtiter plate is set for generating a detection beam path formed of the measurement beam path and reference beam path; a monochromator which comprises a plurality of interference filters and which is arranged subsequent to the light source in the illumination beam path; a component assembly which collimates the illumination beam path, being formed of optical elements and being arranged between the monochromator and the specimen plate or microtiter plate; a first optical imaging element for spatial separation of the measurement beam path and reference beam path in, or in the vicinity of, an intermediate image plane or aperture diaphragm plane of the detection beam path; and a second optical imaging element for imaging the measurement beam path and the reference beam path at different positions on a spatially resolving detector array of a CCD camera simultaneously and without overlap.