Patent ID: 6630063
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
A capillary electrophoresis system, comprising:a plurality of capillaries positioned in parallel to each other forming a plane, wherein the capillaries are configured to allow samples to migrate therethrough; a light source configured to illuminate the capillaries and the samples therein, to thereby cause the samples to emit light; and a lens configured to receive the light emitted by the samples, wherein the lens is positioned directly over a first group of the capillaries and obliquely over a second group of the capillaries, wherein each of the first and second groups of capillaries comprises at least one of the capillaries, and wherein the light source is further configured to illuminate the second group of capillaries more than the first group of the capillaries such that amount of light received by the lens from the first group of capillaries is substantially identical to amount of light received from the second group of capillaries when an identical amount of the samples is migrating through the first and second groups of capillaries.