Patent ID: 6287871
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A method of simultaneously detecting light emanating from a plurality of discrete areas of a biosensor and passing through a waveguide, said method comprising:simultaneously emanating light from a plurality of discrete areas of a biosensor;segregating the light simultaneously emanating from each discrete area of said plurality of discrete areas of the biosensor from other light simultaneously emanating from other discrete areas of the plurality of discrete areas of the biosensor by concurrently channeling the light from each said discrete area;directing the segregated light simultaneously emanating from each said discrete area of said plurality of discrete areas of the biosensor to a respective photodetector for each said discrete area of said plurality of discrete areas; anddetecting the segregated light simultaneously emanating from each said discrete area of said plurality of discrete areas of the biosensor with said respective photodetector.