US 12,443,028 B2
Light module
Young Wook Kim, Seoul (KR); Jun Hyeok Jeong, Seoul (KR); Soon Joo Hwang, Seoul (KR); Hye Jin Lee, Anyang-si (KR); and Dong Woo Kang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SEEGENE, INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/434,116
Filed by SEEGENE, INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/002827
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/175937, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0023455 (KR), filed on Feb. 27, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0107136 (KR), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0137392 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 33/302 (2022.01); B01F 33/3033 (2022.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); B23D 63/00 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/80 (2006.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12N 1/14 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6848 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); C23C 2/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2024.01); G01N 15/14 (2024.01); G01N 15/1433 (2024.01); G01N 21/29 (2006.01); G01N 21/41 (2006.01); G01N 21/45 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 27/04 (2006.01); G01N 27/12 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 26/008 (2013.01) [G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 21/6452 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6471 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A device for detecting signals emitted by samples, comprising:
a light module;
a sample holder accommodating a plurality of reaction vessels, the sample holder divided into a plurality of sample areas comprising a first area and a second area,
wherein the first area and the second area are different sample areas, each area disposed in a distinct location; and
a detection module comprising a plurality of detectors for detecting signals emitted from the samples included in the reaction vessels in the sample holder,
wherein the light module comprises:
a plurality of light sources emitting light to excite the samples;
a light source wheel accommodating the plurality of light sources, the light source wheel divided into a plurality of light source areas where one or more light sources are disposed in each thereof;
a plurality of filters filtering light emitted by the light sources;
a filter wheel accommodating the plurality of filters,
wherein the light source wheel and the filter wheel are fixed to each other, and
wherein the light emitted by the light sources is configured to be filtered by the plurality of filters before exciting the samples; and
a motor rotating the light source wheel and the filter wheel,
wherein the plurality of light source areas are located to radiate light to a predetermined area of the sample holder,
wherein the plurality of detectors comprises a first detector and a second detector,
wherein the first detector and the second detector are different detectors that are disposed in distinct locations,
wherein when emission light is emitted in response to excitation light radiated simultaneously to the plurality of reaction vessels in the first area of the sample holder, the first detector detects the emission light emitted from the first area, and wherein when emission light is emitted in response to excitation light radiated simultaneously to the plurality of reaction vessels in the second area of the sample holder, the second detector detects the emission light emitted by the second area.