Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for fluorescence detection with a movable detection module
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Application No.: US15717103Application Date: 2017-09-27
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Publication No.: US10669576B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Igor Kordunsky , Jeffrey A. Goldman , Michael J. Finney
- Applicant: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Hercules
- Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Hercules
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: C12Q1/686
- IPC: C12Q1/686 ; B01L7/00 ; G01N21/27 ; G01N21/64

Abstract:
A fluorescence detection apparatus for analyzing samples located in a plurality of wells in a thermal cycler and methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support structure attachable to the thermal cycler and a detection module movably mountable on the support structure. The detection module includes one or more channels, each having an excitation light generator and an emission light detector both disposed within the detection module. When the support structure is attached to the thermal cycler and the detection module is mounted on the support structure, the detection module is movable so as to be positioned in optical communication with different ones of the plurality of wells. The detection module is removable from the support structure to allow easy replacement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180171387A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUORESCENCE DETECTION WITH A MOVABLE DETECTION MODULE Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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