Global Patent Index - EP 1390719 A1

EP 1390719 A1 20040225 - IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (en)

IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title (de)

ABBILDUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND -VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCEDE D'IMAGERIE

Publication

EP 1390719 A1 20040225 (EN)

Application

EP 02718883 A 20020127

Priority

  • US 0202662 W 20020127
  • US 83870001 A 20010419
  • US 4662002 A 20020112

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02086468A1] Imaging apparatus (10) and method which uses change of polarization state of light beam (20) passed through a total internal reflection structure (14) by a single reflection at a TIR surface (39) in which a specimen (42) is placed in the evanescent field associated with the total internal reflection of the light beam, the specimen (42) being the subject of biological, chemical or genetic investigation.

IPC 1-7

G01N 21/17; G01J 4/00

IPC 8 full level

G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01); G01N 21/55 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 37/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01N 21/253 (2013.01); G01N 21/552 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02086468 A1 20021031; WO 02086468 A8 20030320; AU 2002249994 A1 20021105; EP 1390719 A1 20040225; EP 1390719 A4 20070829; IL 158473 A0 20040512; JP 2004531719 A 20041014; JP 2007178442 A 20070712; JP 4219689 B2 20090204

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0202662 W 20020127; AU 2002249994 A 20020127; EP 02718883 A 20020127; IL 15847302 A 20020127; JP 2002583949 A 20020127; JP 2007048283 A 20070228