Patents by Inventor Leonel Malacrida

Leonel Malacrida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Selective plane illumination in the conventional inverted microscope geometry by side illumination
    Patent number: 11385451
    Abstract: A sample imaging device includes a side illumination unit, a two window sample chamber, and refractive index matching. An optically transparent sample holder is in the sample well as is sample immersion fluid. The refractive index matching includes matching of the refractive index of material of a sample to be imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Per Niklas Hedde, Leonel Malacrida
  • SELECTIVE PLANE ILLUMINATION IN THE CONVENTIONAL INVERTED MICROSCOPE GEOMETRY BY SIDE ILLUMINATION
    Publication number: 20190353884
    Abstract: Provided herein is a device related to imaging. In one embodiment, the device includes a side illumination unit, two window sample chamber, and refractive index matching. Also provided herein is an imaging apparatus comprising: a microscope; and a device comprising a side illumination unit, a two window sample chamber, and a refractive index matching. Further provided herein is a method of imaging a sample comprising: providing an apparatus comprising a microscope and a device comprising a side illumination unit, a two window sample chamber, and a refractive index matching; and imaging the sample in the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Per Niklas Hedde, Leonel Malacrida