US 12,445,704 B2
Apparatus and methods for transmitting light
Steven Boege, San Mateo, CA (US); Simon Prince, Carlsbad, CA (US); Peter Newman, San Diego, CA (US); Matthew Hage, San Diego, CA (US); and Geraint Evans, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to ILLUMINA, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by ILLUMINA, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/750,675.
Application 18/750,675 is a continuation of application No. 17/957,659, filed on Sep. 30, 2022, granted, now 12,063,430.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/402,397, filed on Aug. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/262,025, filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0348906 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G02B 13/0095 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an imaging system having an excitation source for generating an excitation beam, a fixed imaging optics stage composed of a sensor for measuring an emission from a sample, and imaging optics for imaging the emission from the sample onto the sensor; and
a movable objective stage proximal to the sample and positioned for providing the excitation beam onto the sample and for capturing the emission from the sample, where the movable objective stage includes an optical lens apparatus and a turn reflector optically coupled to the imaging optics of the fixed imaging optics stage, and where at least one of the optical lens apparatus and the turn reflector of the movable objective stage are movable relative to one another for scanning of the sample, while maintaining a fixed optical path length between the optical lens apparatus and a fixed plane in the fixed imaging optics stage during movement.