Patent ID: 7315376

Claim:
A system for detecting fluorescence, comprising: a sample holder for holding a plurality of samples, at least some of which may contain a fluorescent material; a plurality of excitation sources, one for each of the plurality of samples, capable of exciting the fluorescent material; a plurality of photo receivers, one for each of the plurality of samples, capable of detecting fluorescent emissions from the fluorescent material when it is excited; an emission bandpass filter for each of the plurality of photo receivers, each said emission bandpass filter being positioned perpendicular to the axis of reception of the photo receiver with which it is associated, with no further optical elements between the associated photo receiver and the associated sample; an optical manifold for holding each excitation source and each photo receiver in association with the sample holder, so that operation of each excitation source will excite any of said fluorescent material within the corresponding sample and be detected by the corresponding photo receiver.