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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120050849 | Apparatus for Temporal Displacement of White Light Laser Pulses A laser microscope (10) having a laser light source (22) which generates laser light pulses (23) for the purpose of examining a sample (16). An optical element (25) is arranged in the beam path of the laser light pulses (23). Th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120019907 | HIGH-RESOLUTION SURFACE PLASMON MICROSCOPE THAT INCLUDES A HETERODYNE FIBER INTERFEROMETER The present invention relates to a high-resolution surface plasmon microscope including a heterodyne interferometer (6) for splitting an excitation light beam into at least one reference beam and at least one measurement beam directed toward a coupling medium ( 01/26/2012 | |
| 20110134516 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM Disclosed herein is a microscope system. The microscope system includes a culture unit for holding and cultivating a specimen while maintaining constant temperature and humidity; a stage for holding the culture unit; a first light-converging optical system for convergin... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20100085637 | DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE A differential interference contrast microscope (DIC microscope) suitable for inspecting a specimen inside a measurement area comprises a light source, a beam splitter, a first and second polarizer, a first and second DIC prism, a wave plate, and an image sensor, wherei... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20080304143 | Mini-scope for multi-directional imaging A mini-scope for multi-directional imaging is disclosed. The mini-scope includes an elongated mini-scoped body. An emissions aperture is disposed on the distal end of the elongated mini-scope body, which can be configured to emit a beam of optical energy propagating thr... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080088918 | Compuscope The present invention is directed to a microscope mounted into a computer, such as e.g., a desktop, workstation, or laptop. The microscope mounted into the computer has a light source component, a microscope component, and a light analysis component. The light source co... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080007824 | Orientation independent differential interference contrast microscopy technique and device A method for performing differential interference contrast microscopy on a specimen includes collecting at least two images with illumination respectively having first and second beam-shear directions relative to a rotational orientation of the specimen, determining dat... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070211333 | Real-time linear-birefringence-detecting polarization microscope Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to real-time capture, analysis, and output of polarizing microscopy images that quantify detected LB signals at discrete locations within the image. In one embodiment of the present invention, circularly polarize... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070146870 | Method for particle analysis and particle analysis system In a known method for particle analysis, at least part of a particle accumulation is illuminated on a substantially planar substrate and imaged, a measurement area of the particle accumulation being displaced grid by grid, and imaging data obtained on the measurement ar... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070091427 | POLARIZED PHASE MICROSCOPY A system and method of generating and acquiring phase contrast microscope images while minimizing interference with the intensity and optical quality of other microscopy modalities employing polarization and attenuation strategies for phase microscopy applications. A pl... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070041090 | Confocal laser scanning microscope A confocal laser scanning microscope including an excitation beam path which focuses excitation radiation in a multiplicity of spots arranged in an object plane, and a detection beam path which confocally images the spots onto a multi-channel detector by means of pinhol... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060291043 | INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPE The present invention concerns an interference microscope and a method for operating an interference microscope, in particular a 4π microscope, standing wave field microscope, or I2M, I3M, or I5M microscope, at least one specimen suppor... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060158721 | Confocal microscope A confocal microscope comprises a light source emitting a polarized light beam, an objective lens irradiating the polarized light beam, which is deflected and scanned by the optical scanner, to the sample as an excitation light beam, a wavelength separator detecting a n... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060012872 | Confocal microscope, fluorescence measuring method and polarized light measuring method using cofocal microscope The present invention relates to a confocal microscope and the measuring methods of fluorescence and the polarized light using the same, and said confocal microscope is provided with the inlet optical part (10, 10′) to let the polarized light from an illuminati... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050152030 | Orientation independent differential interference contrast microscopy technique and device A method for performing differential interference contrast microscopy on a specimen includes collecting at least two images with illumination respectively having first and second beam-shear directions relative to a rotational orientation of the specimen, determining dat... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050117206 | Sub-diffraction limit resolution in microscopy A method and apparatus for visualizing sub-micron size particles employs a polarizing microscope wherein a focused beam of polarized light is projected onto a target, and a portion of the illuminating light is blocked from reaching the specimen, whereby to produce a sha... | 06/02/2005 |
