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The fluorescence station has a linear flash lamp that illuminates a column of the wells of the cards simultaneously. A reference detector and dichromatic beam splitter design is used to insure that the fluorescence measurements are independent of lamp output changes over time. A solid reference is m

The fluorescence station has a linear flash lamp that illuminates a column of the wells of the cards simultaneously. A reference detector and dichromatic beam splitter design is used to insure that the fluorescence measurements are independent of lamp output changes over time. A solid reference is mounted to an optical shuttle and moved into the optical path to calibrate the fluorescence photodiode detectors.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A system for optical analysis of biological samples placed in test sample cards having at least one test sample well, comprising, in combination,a transmittance optics station comprising a light source and a detector for conducting a transmittance measurement through said test samp

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for optical analysis of biological samples placed in test sample cards having at least one test sample well, comprising, in combination,a transmittance optics station comprising a light source and a detector for conducting a transmittance measurement through said test sample well;a fluorescence optics station comprising a fluorescence light source and a detector for detecting fluorescence from said test sample well in response to excitation by said fluorescence light source; anda test sample card transport system automatically moving said test sample cards from an incubation station for said test sample cards to at least one of said transmittance optics station and said fluorescence optics station, said one of said transmittance optics station and fluorescence station performing said optical analysis of said test sample cards.