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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127468 | THROUGH-THE-LENS ILLUMINATOR FOR OPTICAL COMPARATOR An illumination system shares portions of an objective of an optical inspection system. A plurality of beam-shaping optics collects light from a plurality of effective light sources and directs the light through a portion of the objective for illuminating an object unde... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127568 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING MICROSCOPY USING ONE OR MORE FRESNEL ZONE PLATES Microscopy methods and apparatus in which one or more microfabricated optical elements (e.g., one or more Fresnel zone plates) operate as one or an array of objective lenses. A single object or a plurality of objects may be scanned in parallel. A single, low-numerical-a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127569 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS A microscope apparatus including an illumination apparatus capable of, regardless of the observation magnification of an imaging optical system, filling the entrance pupil of the imaging optical system with illumination light, and suitably restricting the conjugate imag... | 05/24/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120050853 | PORTABLE FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE A portable microscope is provided comprising a body; a light source comprising a flash light for generating illumination, an objective lens having an optical axis, a stage for holding an object to be observed, and a mirror positioned along the objective optical axis on ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050852 | Transmitted light fluorescence microscope and kit for adapting a microscope to the transmitted light fluorescence working mode A transmitted light fluorescence microscope, presents a mount, a lighting assembly and a condenser interposed between the lighting assembly and the mount; the lighting assembly includes at least one LED which emits in a spectral band adapted to excite the fluorescence o... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120026582 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM Changes in moving speed of an observation image relative to the viewing range of an image displayed on a display unit are reduced, even if a stage is driven when the viewing range of the image on the display unit is changed. A microscope system is provided, including a ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120018651 | NANOSCALE IMAGING OF MOLECULAR POSITIONS AND ANISOTROPIES A Polarization Fluorescence Photoactivation Localization Microscopy (P-FPALM) system and method are provided to simultaneously image the localizations and fluorescence anisotropics of large numbers of single molecules within a sample. The system modifies known FPALM sys... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013726 | Microscope Illumination Source A microscope illumination system for photographing in color a specimen as seen through a microscope's eyepieces, using either a black-and-white digital camera or a color digital camera, with the color of the specimen in the resulting photograph matching the color of the... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008196 | ATR objective for an IR microscope and method for operation thereof ATR (attenuated total reflection) objective (1) for an IR (infrared) microscope, comprising a Cassegrain objective (2) which focuses on a sample position (3) and the two mirrors (2a,2b) of which each have a central bore (... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002030 | MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR THE MICROSCOPIC DETECTION OF LIGHT OF A SAMPLE A microscope or use of a microscope with at least one illumination beam that is phase-modulated along its cross section partially with a modulation frequency, in which an advantageously local excitation of a transition, advantageously a fluorescence excitation in a samp... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110321204 | NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE, NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL PROBE, AND SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD Provided is a scanning near-field optical microscope capable of obtaining in a highly sensitive manner, optical information having a spatial frequency higher than a spatial frequency corresponding to a wavelength of irradiation light. A scanning near-field optical micro... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317259 | MICROSCOPE AND FOCUSING METHOD Disclosed herein is a microscope, including: an illumination optical system; a first image creation optical system; a second image creation optical system; an illumination-field-diaphragm focus adjustment section; and a characteristic-quantity computation block, wherein... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310475 | MICROSCOPE A microscope capable of forming a beam spot in a desired shape on a focal plane is provided.
| 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304723 | BESSEL BEAM PLANE ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPE A microscope has a light source for generating a light beam having a wavelength, λ, and beam-forming optics configured for receiving the light beam and generating a Bessel-like beam that is directed into a sample. The beam-forming optics include an excitation objective... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297847 | Fluorescence Microscopy Methods and Apparatus Methods and apparatus are provided concerning the control of photobleaching of fluorescent labels during the study of samples by fluorescence microscopy. A method is described for operating fluorescence microscopy apparatus to analyse a sample (114), the apparatu... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110299156 | METHOD FOR FCS MEASUREMENTS A method for conducting FCS measurements includes providing a sample volume, emitting a target light having a first wavelength from a target light source, and marking an FCS volume in the sample volume with the target light by directing the target light onto the sample ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110300490 | HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY DEVICES USING FOCUSING MICROMIRRORS The invention relates to large-field high-resolution microscopy and photolithography setups operating with polychromatic light. It includes the use of a plurality of focusing micromirrors.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110279892 | Illuminating Device For An Operating Microscope The present invention relates to an illuminating device for an operating microscope comprising two observation beam paths (152, 154) for a first observer (main surgeon) and two observation beam paths (156, 158) for a second observer (assistant), having an ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279890 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING A SAMPLE IN A LASER MICROSCOPE The invention relates to a method and a device for illuminating or irradiating an object, a sample (8), or the like, for the purpose of imaging or analysis, particularly for use in a laser microscope (1), preferably in a confocal microscope having a laser ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110267688 | Microscopy Method and Microscope With Enhanced Resolution Method for enhancing the resolution of a microscope during the detection of an illuminated specimen and a microscope for carrying out the method, wherein in a first position, an illumination pattern is generated on the specimen, the resolution of which is preferably wit... | 11/03/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110261446 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR OBLIQUE PLANE MICROSCOPY An optical arrangement for oblique plane microscopy includes a first optical subassembly having an objective lens that receives light from a sample in use, and configured to produce an intermediate image of the sample, and a second optical subassembly focused on the int... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255157 | Microscope apparatus Illuminating light is two-dimensionally scanned without changing the ability to focus illuminating light on a specimen. A microscope has a spatial light modulator for the wavefront of illuminating light from a light source; a scanner having two mirrors independently piv... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110235171 | MICROSCOPE ADAPTER UNIT A microscope adapter unit disposed on an optical path of illumination light between a light source unit including a light source and a sample surface includes a first lens group having at least one lens and a second lens group having at least one lens. The first lens gr... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235170 | INCIDENT-LIGHT FLUORESCENT ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE USING THE DEVICE An incident-light fluorescent illumination device includes: a light source emitting illumination light; a collector lens receiving the illumination light from the light source; a fly-eye lens optical system receiving the illumination light from the collector lens; an ob... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110222147 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION (2-WAVELENGTHS-IR) An apparatus in a simultaneous fluorescence excitation microscope is described, allowing simultaneous fluorescence excitation by light of at least two different wavelengths. The apparatus has a laser light source generating a light beam. A first beam splitter splits the... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110216404 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM There is provided a confocal microscope system configured so as to be compact in size without the needs for a large space, requiring fewer spots for adjustment. In the confocal microscope system, respective units making up the confocal microscope system are integrally h... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216401 | Scanning System With Orbiting Objective A scanning system including a conveyor unit and a revolver unit that respectively rotate around first and second parallel axes and cooperatively interact to continuously transfer collimated light along a light path between a fixed device (e.g., laser or image sensor) an... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110211254 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE FOR SCANNING ALONG A 3D TRAJECTORY The invention relates to a laser scanning microscope (10) having: focusing means (15) having a focal plane (29) and comprising at least one optical element for focusing a laser beam (13); drive means (18) for displacing the at least on... | 09/01/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110194174 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR CELL IMAGING A microscope system (10, 10′, 10″, 10′″) includes a laser (18) or light emitting diode (18′″) that generates source light having a non-uniform spatial distribution. An optical system includes an objective (40) defining a field of ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110181947 | MICROSCOPE INSPECTION DEVICE FOR FLUORESCENCE INSPECTIONS A microscope inspection device for performing a fluorescence inspection of a testing object includes a camera module, a microscope lens, a light source module, and a first light filter. The camera module includes an image sensor for sensing an image light of the testing... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110170181 | MICROSCOPE AND LAMPHOUSE A microscope includes an illuminating unit that includes an excitation light source emitting an excitation light, and a phosphor receiving the excitation light and emitting illumination light in a specific wavelength range. The illuminating unit illuminates a specimen w... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110170180 | ELECTROSTATIC DEFORMABLE MIRROR USING UNITARY MEMBRANE A deformable mirror for an adaptive optical system employs a thin membrane stretched over a plurality of electrostatic electrodes providing local controlled deformation to the membrane.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164312 | IMMERSION CONTACT MODULE FOR BINOCULAR OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH ANGULAR LIGHT SHUTTER DEVICE The CONTACT MODULE (1/Tab.“A”) is connected to a binocular optical system. The fibre optics concentrator (5/Tab.“A”) with a particular spiral layout of the fibres to the connector (2/Tab.“A”), connected to a suitable light source, lighte... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110164313 | MICROSCOPE FOR RETICLE INSPECTION WITH VARIABLE ILLUMINATION SETTINGS During mask inspection predominantly defects of interest which also occur during wafer exposure. Therefore, the aerial images generated in the resist and on the detector have to be as far as possible identical. In order to achieve an equivalent image generation, during ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110149290 | METHOD FOR EXAMINING AN OBJECT WITH THE AID OF A MICROSCOPE AND A MICROSCOPE FOR EXAMINING AN OBJECT A microscope for examining an object includes a laser light source generating pulsed light so as to illuminate the object. A measuring system including a detector is adapted to detect detection light coming from the object and the measuring system generates a measuremen... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110149388 | OPERATING CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A PHOTOMULTIPLIER A operating circuit and control method for protecting a PMT having a photocathode, a plurality of dynodes and an anode against overloading with a shorter reaction time, and to allow it to be switched on again rapidly. For this purpose, a switch is provided for electrica... | 06/23/2011 |
