Patent ID: 8040619

Claim:
A sequence detection system comprising: a lens having an optic assembly; a collection camera having a photo detector; an alignment mount that mates said lens to said collection camera, comprising a first plate having a first mounting face, a first mating face parallel to said first mounting face, and a first aperture disposed through said first mounting face and said first mating face; a second plate having a second mounting face, a second mating face parallel to said second mounting face, and a second aperture disposed through said second mounting face and second mating face, said second mating face being positioned generally parallel to said first mating face and said second aperture being concentric with said first aperture; at least one first adjustment screw extending between and separating said first mating face and said second mating face; and a resilient member coupled to said first plate and said second plate and biasing said first mating face towards said second mating face; an excitation system, and a microplate illuminated by said excitation system and concentric with said lens wherein said first mounting face and said second mounting face are mounted between said lens and said collection camera and wherein said at least one first adjustment screw adjusts said generally parallel relationship of said first mating face and said second mating face, thereby adjusting a parallelism between an image plane of said optic assembly and an image plane of said photo detector.