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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7268344 | Scanning laser microscope apparatus A scanning laser microscope that can quantitatively display a laser irradiation power on a display unit and that can suppress fluctuations in the laser irradiation power is provided. The scanning laser microscope includes a light source configured to emit laser ligh... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268940 | Illuminating device An illuminating device, as for a microscope, includes a light source and a reflecting filter system. The beam of light of the light source undergoes a plurality of reflections in the reflecting filter system. The entering beam of the reflecting filter system has an ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265899 | Stereoscopic microscope An observation device including an intermediate tube that houses two relay optical systems and an image rotator, each relay optical system having an exit axis that is substantially parallel to the exit axis of the other relay optical system, and an ocular tube that ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265920 | Microscope objective and method for manufacturing a microscope objective A microscope objective includes an objective sleeve including a first and a second sub-sleeve. A first lens is received in a first mounting ring, a second lens is received in a second mounting ring, a third lens is received in a third mounting ring, and a fourth len... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262906 | Means for transporting a microscope A microscope includes a microscope arm having an interior and an exterior surface. The interior surface has at least one recessed portion disposed therein extending from the interior surface of the microscope arm to an inner recess surface of the microscope arm. The... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262907 | Microscope and method for operating a microscope A microscope includes an eyepiece, an illumination beam path for illuminating a specimen, and a detection beam path for imaging the specimen. A microscope operator interface is also provided, as well as an image overlay device for overlaying an image of the microsco... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262908 | Microscope system A microscope system according to the present invention comprises a stage on which a specimen is placed, an image forming optical system that forms an image of the specimen placed on the stage, an image-capturing device that captures the image of the specimen formed ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262910 | Illuminating device and optical object-analyzing device An illuminating device (10). In one embodiment, the illuminating device includes a light source (12), optical components (16, 18, 20) that define a plurality of light paths (14) originating from the light source, a light-conditioning arra... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262923 | Microfabricated lenses, method of manufacture thereof, and applications therefor Microfabricated lenses, e.g., solid immersion lens (SIL) structures, are provided along with techniques for constructing these lens structures, as well as selected applications of such lens structures. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260248 | Image processing using measures of similarity The invention provides methods of relating a plurality of images based on measures of similarity. The methods of the invention are useful in the segmentation of a sequence of colposcopic images of tissue, for example. The methods may be applied in the determination ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259911 | Trinocular tube for stereo microscopes A trinocular tube for stereo microscopes with an inclined binocular eyepiece whose angle can be adjusted and with two stereo microscope beam paths. The trinocular tube includes, in the beam paths, a first tube unit which can be connected to the body of the stereo mi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259908 | Arrangement of operating elements on a microscope What is described is a microscope comprising at least one rotary knob, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, for operation of actuating elements and comprising a plurality of buttons for control of electrical components, said buttons being arranged in the re... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256934 | Tilting system for an observation device and an observation device A tilting system for an observation device, in particular for a microscope, with at least one objective device and at least one optical device for passing at least one beam path from an entrance region to an exit region of the tilting system is described, wherein th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256894 | Method and apparatus for performing second harmonic optical coherence tomography The invention is an apparatus and method for second harmonic optical coherence tomography of a sample comprising a laser coupled to an interferometer which has a reference arm and in a sample arm. A nonlinear crystal in the reference arm generates a second harmonic ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253893 | Method and apparatus for spatially limited excitation of an optical transition A method of exciting an optical transition in a narrowly limited area of a material comprising the steps of focusing an excitation light beam whose wavelength is tuned to the optical transition to be excited into a focal area extending beyond a focal point; splittin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253947 | Portable automated confocal microscope Described is a portable confocal microscope which includes a microscope stand including a shaft having top and bottom ends, a platform connected to the shaft by a height adjustment mechanism, a base member connected to the bottom end of the shaft and first and secon... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253949 | Stereo microscope A stereo microscope includes two oculars mounted at one end of a housing and an objective lens mounted at an opposite end of the housing. Between the opposite ends of the housing is a rotatably mounted lens magnification changer with three series of bores extending ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253946 | Microscope with extended field of vision An optical system is provided for creating a mosaic image of a large field of view through a microscope at fast refresh rates of about 25 Hz with a high resolution that is free of blurring or aberrations. The optical system includes an objective lens assembly (20... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253887 | Metrology system with spectroscopic ellipsometer and photoacoustic measurements A photoacoustic system with ellipsometer, where the ellipsometer includes a laser light source for generating an incident beam, an element for focusing the incident beam on a sample, a unit for measuring the change in amplitude of the incident beam on reflection and... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251024 | Defect inspection method and apparatus therefor A defect inspection apparatus for inspecting a fine circuit pattern with high resolution to detect a defective portion is constructed to have an objective lens for detecting an image of a sample, a laser illumination unit for illuminating the sample through the obje... | 07/31/2007 |
| RE39751 | Confocal microscope apparatus and photographing apparatus for confocal microscope A confocal microscope apparatus includes a disk scanner for scanning a specimen with a laser beam, and camera main body for photographing a still image. An exposure time calculation circuit is arranged to generates an exposure time signal for the camera main body. A... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250963 | Microscopic image capture apparatus The microscopic image capture apparatus includes: a slide glass transfer unit 17 transfers a slide glass 10 from a first slide glass storage unit 16 to a space under a microscope objective lens 11; a wide field-of-view image capture unit ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250969 | Defective image compensation system and method A CCD imaging element 12 has a two-dimensional array of a plurality of pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions. A read-out mode switching circuit switches a full read-out mode and a horizontal line thinning-out mode with respect to the imaging elemen... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248402 | Surgical microscopy system The present invention relates to a surgical microscopy system, comprising a surgical microscope, a stand comprising a base and a plurality of pivotally connected arms, the surgical microscope being mounted to one of the arms, wherein the pivotally connected arms are... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248404 | Microscope The invention provides a microscope having high utilization efficiency of light from a light source and capable of using a bright, uniform line illumination. The microscope includes a plurality of light sources; a collimator lens that substantially collimates light ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248364 | Apparatus and method for optical characterization of a sample over a broadband of wavelengths with a small spot size An apparatus and method for optically characterizing the reflection and transmission properties of a sample with a beam of light having a small diameter on a surface of the sample over a broadband of wavelengths, from 190 nm to 1100 nm. Reflective optical components... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245440 | Variable focal lens A variable focus lens comprises a chamber containing a conductive liquid (5) and an insulating liquid (4) of different refractive indices, the surface of contact between the two liquids forming a deformable refractive surface (6) whose periphery... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244396 | Method for preparation of microarrays for screening of crystal growth conditions A method of screening solution conditions suitable for the crystallization of macromolecules with a picogram to a microgram of protein using picoliter or nanoliter volumes is provided. A preferred method comprises preparing a plurality of recipe solutions in millili... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242521 | Dual-axis confocal microscope having improved performance for thick samples An optical head for confocal microscopy that is especially advantageous for measurements on thick samples is provided. An interface between the optical head and the sample is index matched, to avoid beam aberration at this interface. The optical head includes a wind... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238913 | Flexible scan field An energy beam machining system includes an emitter for emitting an energy beam and beam adjusting optics, such as a zoom telescope, for adjusting the pupil size of the system to multiple values. The adjusting of the pupil size can be carried out automatically, semi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238934 | Microscope apparatus and method for controlling microscope apparatus A distance is calculated between a target observation area which is an observation area in which a focusing position of an object lens provided for the microscope apparatus is positioned in a plurality of observation areas set for an observation specimen which is an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234824 | Glare-elimination device for surgical microscopes An adapter that attaches to a surgical microscope for holding the lens cover of a sterile drape at an angle relative to the scope's objective lens, so as to eliminate the reflection (glare) of illumination off the drape lens cover as light is directed through the su... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233726 | Compact phase-conjugate mirror and other optic devices A phase-conjugate mirror has a length of hollow core photonic crystal multi-spatial mode, polarization-maintaining fiber disposed in a vessel, with a compressible and preferably gaseous medium, such as Xe or CH4, occupying the hollow core of the of hollow core photo... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232222 | Operation microscope Provided is an operation microscope where manipulations to be performed in response to switching between methods for observing an eye to be operated are performed in an interlocked manner, thereby improving manipulability. When recognizing that a change-over switch ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233437 | Laser-scanning microscope A compact laser-scanning microscope that allows in-vivo observation, particularly of cells, with wavelengths ranging from the visible to the infra-red, can be provided. The laser-scanning microscope includes a laser light source unit, an optical fiber, a collimator ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232980 | Microscope system A microscope system comprises a light guiding optical system 20 containing an objective lens 21 and a beam splitter 25 for splitting an optical image of a sample S to a first optical path and a second optical path, a photodetector 31 disp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227702 | Bi-convex solid immersion lens A bi-convex solid immersion lens is disclosed, having a top and bottom convex surfaces. The radius of curvature of the bottom surface is larger than that of the top surface. A conical sloped side-wall connects the top and bottom surface. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227112 | Method for setting the system parameters of a scanning microscope The present invention concerns a method for setting the system parameters of a scanning microscope, preferably a confocal scanning microscope, acquisition of an image of the specimen performed with the scanning microscope being controlled by a control computer. Afte... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224522 | Optical microscope apparatus, optical element arranging method, and storage medium An optical microscope apparatus selectively arranges a plurality of optical elements in an optical path, and includes: a manual switch unit capable of manually switching any of the plurality of optical elements; a detection unit detecting an arrangement status of ma... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224524 | Total reflection fluorescent microscope A fluorescent microscope comprises a light source, an optical illumination system which forms an optical path to irradiate a specimen with a light beam from the light source, an objective lens which condenses the light beam of the optical illumination system onto th... | 05/29/2007 |
