Portable, Battery-Operated, Low-Cost, Bright Field and Fluorescence Microscope

Andrew R. Miller; Gregory L. Davis; Z. Maria Oden; Mohamad Reza Razavi; Abolfazl Fateh; Morteza Ghazanfari; Farid Abdolrahimi; Shahin Poorazar; Fatemeh Sakhaie; Randall J. Olsen; Ahmad Reza Bahrmand; Mark C. Pierce; Edward A. Graviss; Rebecca Richards-Kortum

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011890

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Portable, Battery-Operated, Low-Cost, Bright Field and Fluorescence Microscope

Andrew R. Miller ,

* E-mail: andymill@gmail.com

Affiliation Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Gregory L. Davis,

Affiliation Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Z. Maria Oden,

Affiliations Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Mohamad Reza Razavi,

Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Abolfazl Fateh,

Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Morteza Ghazanfari,

Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Farid Abdolrahimi,

Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Shahin Poorazar,

Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Fatemeh Sakhaie,

Affiliation Department of Mycobacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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Randall J. Olsen,

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ahmad Reza Bahrmand,

Affiliations Department of Mycobacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran, Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Mark C. Pierce,

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Edward A. Graviss,

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Rebecca Richards-Kortum

Affiliations Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Portable, Battery-Operated, Low-Cost, Bright Field and Fluorescence Microscope

Andrew R. Miller,
Gregory L. Davis,
Z. Maria Oden,
Mohamad Reza Razavi,
Abolfazl Fateh,
Morteza Ghazanfari,
Farid Abdolrahimi,
Shahin Poorazar,
Fatemeh Sakhaie,
Randall J. Olsen

Published: August 4, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011890

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Bravo

Posted by Rocco on 27 Aug 2010 at 20:04 GMT

Andrew - I commend you for your efforts and trust that the patent was intended solely as a measure of assuring the instrument's market cost remains affordable for those who would stand to gain the most from it. I admit that I’m quite astounded as to how you managed to outfit it with 4 objective lenses and keep total costs at $240 . . . In any case, a job well done!

No competing interests declared.

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