ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,373, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).
"Fluorescence microscope system and method" was invented by Kai Ritschel (Wetzlar, Germany), Benjamin Deissler (Wetzlar, Germany) and Dennis Jaehnert (Wetzlar, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluorescence microscope system for imaging a sample having at least two different fluorophores includes an illumination system configured to emit illumination light for exciting the fluorophores; an optical detection system configured to generate images of the sample based on fluorescence light emitted by the excited fluorophores; and a control unit co...