Patent ID: 6364516
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An electrophoretic sample light assembly in combination with a plurality of capillary tubes arranged for electrophorescing samples, the light assembly configured to illuminate samples which have migrated through said plurality of capillary tubes, said light assembly comprising:a first laser head for generating a first light beam at a first wavelength; a laser emitter tube having a first input end and an output end, said laser emitter tube receiving said first light beam at said first input end, and arranged to output a focused first light beam at said output end, said laser emitter tube being remotely located from said first laser head; and a first optical coupling assembly connected at a first end thereof to said first laser head and at a second end thereof to said laser emitter tube first input end, said first optical coupling assembly guiding said first light beam from said first laser head to said laser emitter tube first input end; wherein an illumination beam from said laser emitter tube output end is directed towards said samples which have migrated through said plurality of capillary tubes.