ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,509, issued on July 28, was assigned to Navitar Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).
"High numerical aperture imaging device" was invented by Michael Brindak (Rochester, N.Y.), Yiyi Guan (Rochester, N.Y.), Julian Goldstein (Palm Beach, Fla.), Russell Hudyma (Alamo, Calif.), Liang Guan (Rochester, N.Y.), Jason Ewanow (Rochester, N.Y.), Matthew Derosa (Rochester, N.Y.) and Christopher Riley (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope assembly includes an objective lens and an infinite conjugate tube lens. The effective focal length of the objective lens is not greater than 80 mm. The numerical aperture of the microscope is 0.14 or ...