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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105949 | Additive Manufacturing-Based Compact Epifluorescence Microscope An epifluorescence microscope achieves a compact form factor without sacrificing optical sensitivity by the novel use of combined optic mounts and light baffles constructed using additive manufacturing processes. The use of additive manufacturing enables stray-light-cap... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120050517 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS THEREOF Imaging systems and methods for generating images of a sample wherein the system comprises an illumination source for illuminating the sample; an image viewing subsystem for capturing images from the sample; one or more liquid crystal panels and one or more birefringent... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110286090 | LINKING OF MICROSCOPES FOR ANALYSIS OF OBJECTS COMPRISING TOOL MARKS There is provided a method for analyzing at least one object under a first microscope and a second microscope concurrently by linking the two microscopes together. Movement of one microscope will result in movement of the other. This is done by computing a transformatio... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110267683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING IN-SITU PROCESSING OF SPECIMENS USING COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SCATTERING (CARS) MICROSCOPY System and method are disclosed for in-situ monitoring of a specimen while undergoing a defined process. The system includes a processing system adapted to perform the defined process on the specimen, and a coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy system ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110235168 | STERILE CONTROL UNIT WITH A SENSOR SCREEN The present invention relates to a control unit for an item of medical equipment, particularly a surgical microscope, for controlling equipment functions, comprising a sensor-screen having a sensor-screen surface for displaying image material, the sensor-screen being co... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110199676 | Confocal microscope A confocal microscope (100) based on a large mode area photonic crystal fibre (5) is described. The microscope may comprise an optical pump source (1) for exciting a sample under study (9), a dichroic beamsplitter (2) to combine the op... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110197509 | Plant Growth and Imaging Devices and Related Methods and Computer Program Products A plant growth array device includes an aerial growth chamber configured to receive aerial shoot portions of a plurality of plants and a root growth chamber configured to receive root portions of the plurality of plants. A dividing member is between the aerial growth ch... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110176051 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOCUSING OPTICS In an apparatus and system for focusing optics an objective lens is configured to collect light from a region of an object to be imaged, said region having a feature with a known geometric characteristic, wherein the geometric characteristic is known before the feature ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110164314 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD A microscope system improves the operability of a user in performing a microscope observation. The microscope system attains the improvement by including: a microscope apparatus including a plurality of drive units; a display unit for displaying an operation screen for ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110149387 | MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER A microscope controller includes a touch panel and a CPU having first and second recognition units. The CPU sets a plurality of operation areas including at least first and second operation areas in the display area of the touch panel. The second recognition unit recogn... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110134517 | MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM COMPRISING MICROSCOPE CONTROLLER In a microscope controller by which is performed an operation for controlling an operation of each of a plurality of electric units included in a microscope system, the control unit establishes a plurality of functional areas in the display region of the touch panel as ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110102571 | Microscope Apparatus and Microscope Observation Method The number of seams between magnified images in a created virtual slide is reduced to make the virtual slide clear and sharp. Provided is a microscope apparatus including an objective lens that collects light from a sample on a slide; a focus position detecting section ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110096393 | MICROSCOPE CONNECTING UNIT AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM Three or more devices can be connected to a microscope and can be used simultaneously. Provided is a microscope connecting unit including a microscope connection port that is connected to a microscope used to observe a sample; three or more unit connection ports to whic... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110091125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING WITH ENHANCED DEPTH OF FIELD A method for imaging is presented. The method includes acquiring a plurality of images corresponding to at least one field of view at a plurality of sample distances. Furthermore, the method includes determining a figure of merit corresponding to each pixel in each of t... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110085234 | Microscope stand A microscope stand for holding an optical and/or opto-electronical (e.g. video) observation system is mechanically connected to a microscope base, such as a basis plate, feet or rack or the like. In at least one embodiment, the microscope stand is made in two parts, the... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110069379 | Microscope Configuration Determination The invention relates to a lens or lens attachment component, which is designed to be mounted in a microscope and to which an electronic memory module (15) is fixed. Said component comprises two contact fields (16, 17; 18, 19) that are electrically connect... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110058252 | BOTTOMLESS MICRO-MIRROR WELL FOR 3D IMAGING FOR AN OBJECT OF INTEREST A bottomless micro-mirror well. In one embodiment, the bottomless micro-mirror well includes a substrate having a first surface and an opposite, second surface defining a body portion between the first surface and the opposite, second surface, where the body portion def... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110051212 | Dynamically focused optical instrument An optical system includes a dynamically focused lens that variably changes focal length to focus light on a material under evaluation at discrete axial depths, and a scanning element that laterally scans the material to focus light on the material at points that are la... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110043903 | Optical module for increasing magnification of microscope An optical module for increasing magnification of a microscope includes an objective and an eyepiece between which is an optical path for light to travel. The optical includes light diverging elements for dividing the optical path into two parallel light paths after lea... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110032614 | OPTOELECTRONIC DETECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME An optoelectronic detector and method of using same. In order to avoid any condensation on a surface, it has been known to heat such a surface. However, heating an optoelectronic detector will create a stronger hissing noise due to the greater dark current that is cause... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110019271 | MICROSCOPE HAVING A MICROSCOPE BODY AND A STAND FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTING FUNCTION OR TO ENABLE POSITIONING OF THE MICROSCOPE IN THE ROOM The present invention relates to a microscope (1), preferably a dental microscope, including a microscope body (15) and a stand (2) formed by a plurality of components to provide a supporting function or to enable positioning of the microscope (1... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100315705 | IMMERSION OBJECTIVE LENS, RETENTION MECHANISM FOR IMMERSION MEDIUM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF There is provided a retention mechanism for an immersion medium, for use in a device which observes/measures a sample by use of an immersion objective lens, includes a member which retains the immersion medium near a tip portion of the objective lens, wherein the member... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315706 | TUBE UNIT FOR MICROSCOPES A tube unit for microscopes which has a tube lens, including two components with an intermediate, large air separation and an overall positive refractive power. The air separation is at least half the size of the focal length f of the tube lens. A roof edge mirror or an... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100284066 | MICROSCOPE A compact, portable microscope for use in the field is provided with: an optical path extending within the microscope casing between a viewing port and an eyepiece element, which path is folded by a plurality of reflectors; and a cam and follower microscope focusing mec... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100284024 | 3D SCANNING ACOUSTO-OPTIC MICROSCOPE A scanning microscope includes an acousto-optic scanner that produces a scanned beam. A beam separator based on total internal reflection or angle tuning of a dielectric filter separates an unscanned portion of an excitation light flux from a scanned portion. The scanne... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100278400 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING BEYOND THE DIFFRACTION LIMIT USING A DOUBLE-HELIX POINT SPREAD FUNCTION Embodiments of the present invention can resolve molecules beyond the optical diffraction limit in three dimensions. A double-helix point spread function can be used to in conjunction with a microscope to provide dual-lobed images of a molecule. Based on the rotation of... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274496 | DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS The invention relates to a device (1) for optically measuring properties of transport systems (50) in membranes (40), particularly carrier or channel proteins. In order to be able to measure the properties of biological transporter molecules (50<... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100265573 | Safety System For A Laser Radiation Device A laser radiation-guiding device including: a laser including a control unit; ports for connection of one module each, it being possible that laser radiation may exit at the ports. The device further can include joining part sensors respectively assigned to a port and w... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100245694 | Systems and Methods of All-Optical Fourier Phase Contrast Imaging Using Dye Doped Liquid Crystals An assembly for converting a microscope into a phase contrast microscope includes a first optical Fourier element that Fourier transforms light from a coherent light source, a cell in the Fourier plane arranged to receive light from the first optical Fourier element, a ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245557 | INJECTION OF SECONDARY IMAGES INTO MICROSCOPE VIEWING FIELDS Systems and methods for injecting secondary images into viewing fields of surgical microscopes are disclosed. Some exemplary embodiments may provide secondary image injection in a picture-in-picture arrangement, thereby allowing a surgeon to simultaneously view the one ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100214639 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM WITH HIGH-SPEED SCANNER An object of interest is illuminated within the field of view of a microscope objective lens located to receive light passing through the object of interest. Light transmitted through the microscope objective lens impinges upon a variable power element. The variable pow... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100202041 | OBSERVING DEVICE AND METHOD When a semiconductor device 11 is observed, first, when it is detected that a solid immersion lens 6 comes into contact with the semiconductor device 11, the solid immersion lens 6 is caused to vibrate by a vibration generator unit. Next, a r... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100202030 | VARIABLE VIEW IMAGING SYSTEM WITH COMBINATION OF TELECENTRIC SCANNER AND DOUBLE WEDGE PRISMS A variable view imaging system for observation of micro object with variable view orientation and position includes a telecentric lens group, a scanning mirror, wedge prisms, a deformable mirror and related optical elements. The combination of a scanning mirror and a te... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100178712 | Microplates containing microsphere fluorescence standards, microsphere standards, and methods for their use Microplates containing spherical “microsphere” fluorescence standards are disclosed. The microplates can be prepared using several methods including airbrushing, application with an inkjet printer, or controlled evaporation. Spherical bead standards containing two o... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100128263 | Optical microscope and spectrum measuring method An optical microscope applies laser light to a sample through the an objective lens, detects reflected light reflected by the sample through the objective lens, changes a focal position of the laser light in an optical axis direction, extracts a focal position for spect... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100123950 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM An objective optical system includes a first group having positive refractive power and a piano-convex lens with the convex surface facing the image side; a second group having positive refractive power and a lens whose extreme-object-side lens surface is a convex surfa... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100097692 | Movable Objective Lens Assembly for an Optical Microscope and Optical Microscopes Having Such an Assembly A movable objective lens assembly that includes an infinity-corrected objective lens providing the microscope with an optical field of view. The assembly permits the imaging of a specimen under investigation over an area of the specimen much larger than the field of vie... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100053735 | FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD A focusing apparatus for use with an optical system having a high NA objective lens (20) includes an image forming and capturing means (26) for forming an image in an intermediate image zone (44), and for capturing an image by receiving and refocusi... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100046068 | AUTOMATED MICROSCOPE SLIDE READ SYSTEM A method and apparatus for automating microscopic analysis of a plurality of data-encoded microscope slides. In embodiments, the data written to or read from the slides may comprise images, analysis protocols, analytic results and other pertinent data. Embodiments also ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100033811 | AUTOFOCUS DEVICE FOR MICROSCOPY A microscope including an objective which images a sample along a microscope beam path, and an autofocus device, which is coupled into the microscope beam path via a beam splitter at a location behind the objective direction, a A light modulator for generating a two-dim... | 02/11/2010 |
