Patent Document ID: 4758727
Application ID: 06828694
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for measuring the excited fluorescence of an object comprising: means for generating a coherent beam of light; a three dimensional scanner having means for securing such object in a fixed position, said scanner receiving and passing said coherent beam of light onto such fixed object in a desired pattern and at a desired rate, said scanner having X, Y coordinate scanning capability with simultaneous Z coordinate correction to cause said beam to have a topographical field of focus in the place of said object; means for controlling the pattern and rate at which said beam of light is passed onto said object; an optical fiber member for gathering and directing the fluorescent light induced from said object by said beam of light and for attenuating any direct light received by said object; means for collecting and measuring the intensity of the fluorescent light received from said object; and, means for sequentially recording data regarding the intensity of the fluorescent light received from said object as a function of the location of said scanning beam of light on said object by said scanner.