Patent Document ID: 9291802
Application ID: 13371693
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A compact microplate imaging system, comprising: a tunable spatially incoherent light source having a spectral width substantially similar to the resonance width of at least one sensor of a user provided microplate; a lens ensemble having a focusing lens and an objective lens to collimate the tunable spatially incoherent light from the source onto the user provided microplate and to transmit light that is reflected from the microplate to an image sensor; a beam splitter to divert a portion of the reflected light to the image sensor; and an imaging lens to collect diverted light and to produce an optical image of the at least one sensor of the microplate; wherein the image sensor receives the optical image of the at least one sensor of the microplate, and the collimated tunable incoherent light is directed to the user provided microplate at normal incidence.