公开(公告)号：US11561385B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-24

申请号：US16175550

申请日：2018-10-30

Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor： Terence Tak-Shing Tam ,  Christopher Martin ,  Frank Metting ,  Jason Mecham ,  Robert Dain ,  Larry Rystrom ,  Paul Adrian Boeschoten ,  Steven W. Lytle

IPC: G02B21/36

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for sample image capture using integrated control. A digital microscope or other imaging device can be associated with a sample chamber containing cell, tissue, or other sample material. The chamber can be configured to operate using a variety of environmental variables, including gas concentration, temperature, humidity, and others. The imaging device can be configured to operate using a variety of imaging variables, including magnification, focal length, illumination, and others. A central system control module can be used to configure the settings of those hardware elements, as well as others, to set up and carry out an image capture event. The system control module can be operated to control the physical, optical, chemical, and/or other parameters of the overall imaging environment from one central control point. The variables used to produce the image capture can be configured to dynamically variable during the media capture event.

公开(公告)号：US20240345386A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18434479

申请日：2024-02-06

Applicant: Life Technologies Corporation

Inventor： Alexander B. Sheehan ,  Paul Boeschoten ,  Andrew Gunderson ,  Christopher Martin ,  Frank Blane Metting ,  Jay Lakan Meyer ,  Terence Tak-Shing Tam

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  G02B21/30

CPC classification number: G02B27/0006 ,  G02B21/30

Abstract: A system for sample imaging includes a control unit for delivering conditioned air, and a specimen chamber that receives the conditioned air from the control unit. The specimen chamber includes a chamber housing having an upper face, a lower face opposite the upper face and configured to face an imaging lens, and walls that extend vertically between the upper and lower faces. The walls define an interior volume of the specimen chamber. The specimen chamber includes an air actuator unit configured to direct conditioned air to a target location alongside the lower face for inhibiting or at least reducing condensation accumulation on the imaging lens.