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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102598 | Microscope and pinching prevention apparatus for a microscope The present invention relates to a microscope (1). The microscope (1) comprises a microscope stand (3) and a component (8) arranged movably relative to the microscope stand (3). The microscope stand (3) and the movably arran... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089691 | Projection device for patterned illumination and microscopy A projection and detector device that attaches externally to the photo-port of a widefield microscope. The device includes a light source interface for receiving of illumination from a light source, the illumination defining an illumination path. A pattern mask is l... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8059336 | Rapid microscope scanner for volume image acquisition Apparatus for and method of rapid three dimensional scanning and digitizing of an entire microscope sample, or a substantially large portion of a microscope sample, using a tilted sensor synchronized with a positioning stage. The system also provides a method for in... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054542 | Scanning laser microscope A scanning laser microscope includes a laser light source; an acousto-optic deflector having a crystal, being arranged in an optical path of a laser beam emitted from the laser light source and capable of changing a traveling direction of the laser beam when frequen... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045262 | Laser scanning microscope The present invention relates to a laser scanning microscope that can generate an arbitrary control signal without depending on the configuration of the hardware. A memory 64 has a bit width wider than a bit width of drive data based on a drive table for gene... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040595 | Light microscope with novel digital method to achieve super-resolution Methods and apparatus for reconstructing a wave, including interpolation and extrapolation of the phase and amplitude distributions, with application to imaging apparatus, such as microscopes. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027083 | Contact microscope using point source illumination The embodiments of the invention include a microscope having a transparent specimen holder and a digital imaging device positioned within the transparent specimen holder. The digital imaging device can include a wireless transmitter. The transparent specimen holder ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027084 | Inverted microscope provided with blockage member for preventing spillage of fluid An inverted microscope includes a lens holding mechanism which holds an objective lens arranged under a sample and used to form an observation image of the sample; a focusing mechanism which holds the lens holding mechanism on its upper part and moves the objective ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014063 | Optical projection tomography Apparatus for obtaining an image of a specimen (6) by optical projection tomography comprises a confocal microscope which produces a light beam which scans the specimen (6) whilst the latter is supported in a rotary stage (7). Light passing thro... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004757 | 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 a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000003 | Fluorescence microscope The invention provides a fluorescence microscope and a method for using this to measure fluorescence. The microscope comprises a silicon wafer filter membrane which is highly-planar and does not fluoresce. Moreover, it has a very high perforation density, so that a ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986456 | Scanner arrangement and method for optically scanning an object A scanner arrangement (50), in particular a scanning microscope, for optically scanning an object (101) in a sequence of scanning steps, has: a drivable moving object stage (40) and an objective assembly (4, 7-10), which has a fron... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982948 | Scanning microscope for 3-D imaging of a moving specimen A scanning microscope includes a source of illumination light; a scanner scanning the illumination light in a two-dimensional direction crossing a light axis; a lens irradiating the illumination light to a sample, and collecting return light from the sample; a focus... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969650 | Multiplex near-field microscopy with diffractive elements A near-field microscope using one or more diffractive elements placed in the near-field of an object to be imaged. A diffractive covers the entire object, thus signal may thereby be gathered from the entire object, and advantageously increase the signal-to-noise rat... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961384 | Device and method for examining chemical and/or biological samples, and objective cap A device for examining chemical and/or biological samples is provided that includes a sample carrier. The sample carrier includes a sample carrier wall through which a sample is examined with the aid of an objective. The objective includes an exit lens that defines ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7944608 | Microscope Provided are an illuminating optical system which illuminates a sample, an illumination-side pupil modulating device which is arranged on a side of the illuminating optical system, an illumination-side turret which holds the illumination-side pupil modulating device... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936501 | Contact microscope using point source illumination The embodiments of the invention include a microscope having a transparent specimen holder and a digital imaging device positioned within the transparent specimen holder. The digital imaging device can include a wireless transmitter. The transparent specimen holder ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929205 | Mouth switch arrangement and microscopy system having a mouth switch A microscopy assembly comprises a stand, a stereo microscope supported by the stand, and a mouth switch assembly mounted to a holder, the mouth switch assembly including a mouth piece grippable by a user's teeth, and with a force sensor actuatable by the exertion of... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916370 | Laser scanning microscope and scanner drive device A laser scanning microscope scans a plurality of scanning areas based on a drive table to indicate time series data for driving a scanner used for performing scanning with laser light. The laser scanning microscope includes a drive table creation unit and a drive co... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911689 | Microscope A microscope includes an observation optical unit that has a zoom optical system having variable zoom power and an objective lens optically connected to the zoom optical system, the observation optical unit receiving observation light emitted from an observation sam... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903328 | Microscope system having vibration dampening mechanism A movable part to which a specimen or optical component is fixed is effectively damped in a short period of time at low cost, while saving space and energy and avoiding heat generation, thus allowing high-precision observation of a specimen to be carried out quickly... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903327 | Fluorescence microscope apparatus A clear fluorescence image is obtained by preventing external light from mixing with weak fluorescence emitted from a specimen, while reducing the size of the overall apparatus. The invention provides a fluorescence microscope apparatus including a stage for mountin... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903329 | Laser scan confocal microscope Fluorescence is generated from an irradiated point on an inspection surface of a sample and the fluorescence is collected by an objective lens. Here, because of the magnification chromatic aberration of the objective lens, the fluorescence going out from the objecti... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7889423 | Surgical microscope having an OCT-system and a surgical microscope illuminating module having an OCT-system A surgical microscope (100) has an illuminating module (120). The illuminating module contains an illuminating optic which images a field diaphragm (124) to a parallel illuminating beam path at infinity. The field diaphragm (124) is illum... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884999 | Optical microscope apparatus The size and production costs of an optical microscope apparatus capable of blocking light or maintaining the specimen environment are reduced. The provided optical microscope apparatus includes a microscope that has a stage for mounting a specimen (A), a transmissi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7876500 | Microscope apparatus and microscope system It is possible to check for observation success or failure and the observation history without waiting for observation to be completely finished, thus saving time and energy required for observation, and avoiding lost opportunities for observation of precious sample... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872796 | Light field microscope with lenslet array A light field microscope incorporating a lenslet array at or near the rear aperture of the objective lens. The microscope objective lens may be supplemented with an array of low power lenslets which may be located at or near the rear aperture of the objective lens, ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872797 | Device for placing microscope slides in slide trays A device for histological research includes at least one container with shelves for slide trays connected to a flexible drive enabling reciprocating vertical motion of the container. The drive comprises a circular drive cable, a motor and at least one pulley. The de... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7852552 | Observation apparatus provided with immersion objective lens An observation apparatus for observing an observation object mounted at an observation position on a stage through an immersion objective lens placed below the observation object. The observation apparatus has a liquid pouring device, constructed to be relatively mo... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852551 | Optical-scanning microscope examination apparatus A clear image having suppressed blurring due to pulsing is obtained by in-vivo examination of biological tissue or various internal organs of mammals, including small laboratory animals. The invention provides an optical-scanning microscope examination apparatus inc... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7830597 | Optical system having selectable field for inspection An optical system for viewing an object has a plurality of lenses and a main optical axis coincident with the centers of the lenses. The optical system further comprises a low magnification optical subsystem that is operative to view the object at a first magnificat... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7800820 | Microscope viewing device A microscope, e.g., a surgical microscope, includes an image generation device in the light path or light paths of the microscope. Images based on real-time or static data concerning the object in view, e.g., a patient's MRI data and/or parameters of one or more sur... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7724426 | Laser scanning microscope and microscopic observing method To provide a laser scanning microscope including a laser beam source for stimulation that emits a laser beam for stimulation for applying photostimulation to a sample, a scanner that performs scanning with the laser beam for stimulation, a control device that contro... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7675675 | In vivo examination apparatus An in vivo examination apparatus including an objective unit capable of being readily replaced during examination is provided. The in vivo examination apparatus includes a main body, a vibration suppressor configured to suppress vibrations in an examination region o... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7649682 | Method for self-monitoring a microscope system, microscope system, and software for self-monitoring a microscope system This invention comprises a method, a software, and a microscope system for monitoring and controlling information loss. The observation of information that is not present and the comparison of ideal loss to actual loss generates an explanatory component by means of ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7639420 | Fluorescence microscope An inverted fluorescence microscope is described which irradiates an excitation light onto a sample for observation of a fluorescent image of the sample. The fluorescence microscope includes (a) a transmissive illumination light source, which is arranged above a sta... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7609440 | In-vivo examination apparatus When carrying out in vivo examination of a living organism, the behavior in the interior thereof is continuously observed with clear images. Provided is an in-vivo examination apparatus 1 comprising an optical unit 4 including a light source 2 a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7599113 | Method for adjusting confocal microscope A method for adjusting a confocal microscope which includes a microscope unit and a confocal scanner unit of Nipkow disk type, emits a light beam for image measurement on a sample, images a returned fluorescent light of the light beam by a CCD (charge-coupled device... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7589891 | Laser scanning type fluorescent microscope A laser scan type fluorescence microscope includes a laser light source section, an objective optical system for condensing excitation light from the laser light source section on a sample, a scanning device to scan a surface of the sample with the excitation light ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586674 | 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 sourc... | 09/08/2009 |
