US 11,947,096 B2
Microscopy imaging
Alan Marc Fine, Prospect (CA); and Peter Hodges Gregson, Halifax (CA)
Assigned to Alentic Microscience Inc., Halifax (CA)
Filed by Alentic Microscience Inc., Halifax (CA)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,959.
Application 17/712,959 is a continuation of application No. 17/085,389, filed on Oct. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,294,160.
Application 17/085,389 is a continuation of application No. 16/701,078, filed on Dec. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,866,395, issued on Dec. 15, 2020.
Application 16/701,078 is a continuation of application No. 16/439,333, filed on Jun. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,520,711, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 16/439,333 is a continuation of application No. 16/113,578, filed on Aug. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,345,564, issued on Jul. 9, 2019.
Application 16/113,578 is a continuation of application No. 15/642,434, filed on Jul. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,114,203, issued on Oct. 30, 2018.
Application 15/642,434 is a continuation of application No. 14/698,532, filed on Apr. 28, 2015, granted, now 9,720,217, issued on Aug. 1, 2017.
Application 14/698,532 is a continuation of application No. 12/913,639, filed on Oct. 27, 2010, granted, now 9,041,790, issued on May 26, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/255,781, filed on Oct. 28, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404600 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 21/0008 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a sensor structure comprising
an array of photosensitive elements, and
a sample surface arranged to receive a sample, and
electronics configured to process electrical signals from the array of photosensitive elements to derive an image representing the sample and to use the image to identify features of components within the sample,
the sensor structure comprising a coating between the array of photosensitive elements and the sample surface, the coating configured to aid light collection by the photosensitive elements,
wherein the array of photosensitive elements, the sample surface, and the coating are arranged such that, when the sample is situated on the sample surface, light from point sources of emission or scattering by at least part of the sample are predominantly incident on respective photosensitive elements directly below each point source.