公开(公告)号：US20160025616A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-28

申请号：US14873036

申请日：2015-10-01

Applicant: Laxco, Inc.

Inventor： Cong Liang CHEN ,  Kevin CASSADY

IPC: G01N21/03 ,  G01N21/27

CPC classification number: G01N21/0303 ,  G01N21/01 ,  G01N21/17 ,  G01N21/253 ,  G01N21/27 ,  G01N21/6452 ,  G01N2201/0639 ,  G01N2201/08 ,  G01N2201/0826 ,  G02B6/006 ,  G02B6/04 ,  G02B6/29388 ,  G02B6/32

Abstract: An analytical instrument may have multiple distinct channels. Such may include one or more illumination sources and sensors. Illumination may be delivered to specific locations of a specimen holder, and returned illumination may be delivered to specific locations of a sensor array. Illumination may first pass a specimen, and a mirror or reflector may then return the illumination past the specimen. Optical splitters may be employed to couple pairs of fiber optics proximate a specimen holder. Such channels may further include a plurality of illumination sources positioned on one side of a specimen holder and a plurality of sensors on the other side. The plurality of sensor may capture image of a specimen and a spectrophotometer may concurrently scan the specimen. A plurality of specimens may be imaged and scanned in a single pass of a plurality of passes. Spherical or ball lenses may be placed in an optical path of the illumination to achieve a desired illumination pattern.