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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5371626 | Wide angle binocular system with variable power capability Binoculars designed to provide a large aided static field of view are provided. The binoculars are characterized by S/D ratios of above 2.8, where S is the binoculars' aided static field of view calculated by multiplying the binoculars' magnifying power b... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5191470 | Monocular optical inspection system with long eye relief and enhanced depth perception A monocular inspection system (10) having a substantial eye relief (62), a large exit pupil, and a line of sight viewing of an object under observation (14). The inspection system (10) includes an objective lens assembly (20) which forms an image of the o... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5138486 | Inverted microscope with integrated ray paths The invention is an inverted microscope with a housing having multiple integrated ray paths leading from the specimen being examined to (a) the viewer/operator and (b) one or more auxiliary ports used for image recording and/or measurement by accessories ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5095887 | Microscope-endoscope assembly especially usable in surgery An optical assembly comprising a microscope (1) including a binocular (3) with a pair of oculars (4, 5), an optical body (8) and an objective lens (9) and an optical path; and an endoscope (2) provided with an extension (10), an outlet ocular (16) and an ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5059011 | Apparatus for the relative increase of depth sharpness and improvement of resolving power of magnifying systems, particularly microscopes The invention relates to an apparatus for increasing depth sharpness and improving the resolving power of magnifying systems, particularly microscopes. An image-forming layer is inserted between the primary and secondary magnifiers of a composite magnifyi... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5052789 | Multi-user microscope with orientation adjustment and method A stereoscopic microscope system having a primary and secondary viewing station which are rotatably positionable relative to one another for simultaneously viewing an object is disclosed. An objective lens focuses a plurality of rays of light aligned with... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5042930 | Optical system which allows coincident viewing, illuminating and photographing A binocular surgical loupe which enhances the illumination of the viewed field while avoiding flare effects of illuminating light within the loupe optics. The binocular system utilizes circularly polarized illumination and viewing to prevent flare effects... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5024512 | Microfilm reader with microfilm and reticle images provided to each of two binocular eyepieces A process for high resolution high accuracy photoreduction of radiographs, a rotatable photographic copy stand for the photoreduction process, and a high resolution high accuracy microfilm reader with built-in measuring capabilities are shown. The photore... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5015081 | Binocular microscope A binocular microscope has an objective optical system for receiving a beam of rays from an object and emitting it as a parallel pencil of rays, a relay optical system for relaying the beam of rays coming from the objective optical system, and an ocular f... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5015082 | Microscope having a binocular tube with relatively rotatable tube arms The invention is directed to a microscope having a binocular tube of the Siedentopf type. With this microscope, two different viewing elevations can be adjusted at a fixed viewing angle notwithstanding the simplest mechanical and optical configuration. Th... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4991947 | Two optomechanically coupled surgical microscopes with coaxial illumination A microscope having two optomechanically coupled observation barrels to permit simultaneous use by two individuals. While each barrel is provided with its own eyepieces and its own magnification system, they share a common optical axis including a single ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4936667 | Binocular microscope attachment for correction of ametropia An attachment for a binocular microscope to provide appropriate correction for the ametropia, i.e., defective vision, of the user. The attachment includes a pair of holders which can be slipped over and frictionally held by the microscope's scope's binocu... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4927253 | Apparatus for the relative increase of depth sharpness and improvement of resolving power of magnifying systems, particularly microscopes The invention relates to an apparatus for increasing depth sharpness and improving the resolving power of magnifying systems, particularly microscopes. An image-forming layer is inserted between the primary and secondary magnifiers of a composite magnifyi... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4856873 | Documentation illumination module A documentation illumination module by which full illumination of a properly oriented image of a microscope's field-of-view is returned to a documenting camera or the like. The module includes a cavity with a forming and field-of-view-controlling lens sys... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4838678 | Magnifying binocular ophthalmoscope A magnifying binocular opthalmoscope comprising a mirror system and a telescopic lens system. Light travels from the source of an image to the mirror system and is reflected thereby to travel through the telescopic lens system. The telescopic lens system ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4834518 | Instrument for visual observation utilizing fiber optics An instrument includes a main housing, carrying laterally adjustable eyepieces, and a probe housing which is connected to the main housing by means of a flexible joint or coupler. This flexible joint allows relative articulation and rotation of the two ho... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4798451 | Binocular tube whose angle of inclination is adjustable In order to improve the operability concerning observation and manipulation by reducing the distance from the sample surface up to the eye-point of the observer, the binocular tube which is capable of being altered of its angle of inclination comprises a ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4784481 | Transmitted and/or incident light microscope Transmitted-light and/or reflected-light microscope in closed or open vertical-frame stand design (1; 2) having a vertical object stage plane (5) and a horizontal optical microscope axis (7) which is perpendicular to the object stage (5). An alternative e... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4715697 | Microscope body system A microscope body is adapted to compensate for the deliberately introduced 0.6 percent lateral color of an infinity corrected microscope objective. This compensation of the lateral color by the microscope body is done without introducing objectionable axi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4652094 | Binocular microscope including a detachable optical deflecting unit A binocular microscope arrangement that can be used for both straight line and angular viewing. The microscope arrangement includes three main units: an objective lens unit, a deflection prism unit, and an ocular tube unit. Mounting Structures are provide... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4639098 | Microscope A microscope wherein a plurality of objective lens barrels (25) are mounted to a disk (23) in such a manner that the axial lines thereof are in parallel with the center axis of the disk (23), the disk (23) is rotatably provided on the undersurface of an u... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4614411 | Microscope with correlatable fixation target The invention contemplates a binocular ophthalmological operation microscope with an optical fixation mark defined as effectively a point source of light, at the output end of an optical-fiber cable, wherein the output end faces the patient on the mechani... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4593979 | Tilting microscope binocular body In a microscope possessing an adjustable-inclination binocular unit and an optical path system for erecting the image, these two subsystems possess a common splitting prism, thus shortening the overall optical path in the microscope, so that the space req... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4560255 | Enlarging and reading apparatus An enlarging apparatus includes a base with an upright post and a housing supported on the post above the base. An optical system in the housing includes a vertically adjustable, downwardly facing concave mirror having its focal point adjacent the base an... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4547047 | Microscope tube system A microscope optical system wherein a light is made to enter a beam splitter of a Jentzch type prism through another surface than the front surface of the beam splitter in order to form a Jentzch type binocular optical system to be small and simple and to... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4544243 | Heads up display for microscope using remotely controlled instrument Information relevant to a remote instrument is made viewable within a microscope 10 by a heads up display using a beam splitter 15 arranged in a collimated light region between binoculars 12 and objective 11 of microscope 10. An electronic digital display... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4518230 | Universal binocular tube for microscopes A universal tube for microscopes has the shape of a block (1) whose front side bears an eyepiece attachment (2) and whose other sides are provided with image inlet or outlet openings (9-13) for auxiliary units which can be selectively attached. For the se... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4412727 | Optical system for tiltable lens barrel of a microscope An optical system for use with a tiltable lens barrel which houses an eyepiece system. The lens barrel is rotatable around an optical axis of light incident upon a reflecting member. The optical system directs light from an objective to the eyepiece syste... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4403839 | Comparator macroscope or microscope Disclosed is a comparator viewing device for simultaneously viewing objects to be compared, either macroscopically or microscopically, comprising a comparator bridge member, a pair of individual optical viewing members attached to the bridge member, each ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4157859 | Surgical microscope system A surgical microscope apparatus and method for using the same for use while suturing an incision in the cornea for reconfiguring the cornea to a spherical surface having a radius of curvature of a predetermined magnitude, the microscope system including m... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4145118 | Viewing instrument An instrument for the individual viewing of pictures disposed successively on a transparent film strip, with a housing in which a binocular viewing window and a lens system enlarging the viewing angle and located in the ray path between viewing window and... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4134637 | Colposcope with photographic attachment This new version concerns a Colposcope with Photographic-Attachment, wherein the Colposcope is equipped with two side by side oculars, two objective lenses in line with the oculars as well as a light source, reflected into the field of observation and a c... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4082418 | Binocular barrel with adjustable interpupillary distance and target marker support The invention contemplates a binocular barrel system as for use in a microscope wherein an oriented target line at the focal plane of the eyepiece is kept at consistently the same orientation with respect to the viewed object, in spite of the fact that th... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4072395 | Microscope A microscope is disclosed as incorporating a light source which broadcasts light in succession through a holographic condenser lens, a transparent object support stage, an object to be magnified, a holographic objective lens, a holographic zoom lens assem... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4027942 | Micrometer microscope with binocular viewing A micrometer microscope has a main optical system having a light source, the brightness of which is adjustable, a filter, a condenser lens, an objective lens and binocular eyepieces arranged on an optical axis, and a further optical system having a scale-... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4026631 | Image interpretation instrument This relates to an image interpretation instrument including a viewing head and a carriage for supporting imagery. A table provides support for a base, such as a map. The head and the carriage are movable from a first position wherein an observer views bo... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4012110 | Binocular optical apparatus with adjustable interocular distance, particularly for microfilm viewers A binocular optical apparatus provided with an objective and eyepiece lens system and using a mirror system for deflecting a light beam from the illuminated object to the eyepieces. The interocular separation, or distance between the eyepieces is adjustab... | 03/15/1977 |
