Method and apparatus for retaining and presenting at least one microsphere array to solutions and/or to optical imaging systems
CA 2374596 A1 · Owner: Wang, Gan G. · Inventors: Pytelewski, Richard J.; Dickinson, Todd Alan; Wang, Gan G.
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A holder for an array of bundles containing multiple fiber optic strands provides a pattern of openings into which one each of each bundle is fit. The openings may (but need not) penetrate the full holder thickness to permit working with bundles from either bundle end. In one embodiment the holder thickness equals the bundle length, and the holder is sized similarly to a microscope slide. An alternative embodiment temporarily retains bundles in a desired registration and subjects the retained bundles to molten material such as wax that is allowed to harden around the bundles and become the holder. A modular holder comprises laminates that each contain parallel grooves sized to …
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