Patent ID: 6743576
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: C12M,G06K,G06T,G16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for capturing cellular information from a population of cells, the system comprising:an image acquisition system comprising a charged coupled camera adapted to capture an image of a plurality of manipulated cells, wherein the image acquisition system comprises a magnification of at least 1X or greater; an illumination apparatus comprising a flexible liquid light guide coupled to the image acquisition system for highlighting the plurality of manipulated cells, wherein the flexible liquid light guide is a flexible hose-type sleeve wherein said sleeve is filled with a liquid and wherein said liquid light guide is capable of vibrationally isolating the illumination apparatus from the image acquisition system wherein th illumination apparatus provides for an aquisition of the image of the plurality of manipulated cells and wherein said liquid light guide has less than about 30% transmission loss of the light at a remote location; and a database system coupled to the image acquisition system, the database system being adapted to be populated with information of the image of the plurality of manipulated cells; wherein the information comprises a plurality of descriptors, each of the descriptors comprising a plurality of features, each of the features corresponding to a cellular or subcellular component from the plurality of manipulated cells.