ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,657, issued on March 17, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).
"Imaging device and method" was invented by Falk Schlaudraff (Wetzlar, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device for imaging a sample includes an excitation unit configured to emit excitation light for exciting a first fluorophore attached to a first feature of the sample and at least a second feature of the sample, and a detection unit configured to receive fluorescence light from the first fluorophore, and generate at least one fluorescence image from the received fluorescence light. The imaging device further includes a control...