(12) United States Patent (Lo) Patent No.: US 8,005,314 B2 Ortyn Et Al
mu uuuu ui iiui imi uui iiui imi lull uui uiu mui uu uii mi (12) United States Patent (lo) Patent No.: US 8,005,314 B2 Ortyn et al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 23, 2011 (54) EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD IMAGING (56) References Cited FOR HIGH SPEED OBJECT ANALYSIS U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventors: William Ortyn, Bainbridge Island, WA 3,497,690 A 2/1970 Gunter et al . .............. 250A61.2 (US); David Basiji, Seattle, WA (US); 3,555,280 A 1/1971 Richards, Jr . ................. 250/201 Keith Frost, Seattle, WA (US); Luchuan 3,586,760 A 6/1971 Dillenburger ................. 348/339 Liang, Woodinville, WA (US); Richard 3,922,069 A 11/1975 Kishikawa et al. ........... 359/633 Bauer, Kirkland, WA (US); Brian Hall, (Continued) Seattle, WA (US); David Perry, Woodinville, WA (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP 0 154 404 9/1985 (73) Assignee: Amnis Corporation, Seattle, WA (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 1267 days. Pietro Ferraro et al. "Extended focused image in microscopy by digital holography", Optics Express, vol. 13, No. 18, Sep. 5, 2005, 12 (21) Appl. No.: 11/609,269 pages.* (22) Filed: Dec. 11, 2006 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner George Neurauter (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Ronald M. Anderson US 2007/0146873 Al Jun. 28, 2007 (57) ABSTRACT Related U.S. Application Data A high speed, high-resolution flow imaging system is modi- (60) Provisional application No. 60/748,888, filed on Dec.
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