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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7692855 | Optical article having a temperature-resistant anti-reflection coating with optimized thickness ratio of low index and high index layers The present invention relates to an optical article having anti-reflection properties and high thermal resistance, comprising a substrate having at least one main face coated with a multi-layer anti-reflection coating comprising a stack of at least one high refracti... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7420731 | Surgical microscope support system A microscope system includes an adjustable arm attached at one end to a support mount. A suspension member is configured at an opposite end of the adjustable arm and supports a scope assembly. The scope assembly includes a head harness and a microscope adjustably co... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7336884 | Adaptive device for shifting imaging axis across fiber-optic endfaces in multi-fiber connector for inspection A device for shifting the imaging axis of a microscope across the endfaces of a multi-fiber connector for inspecting the fiber-optic endfaces through the microscope comprises a supporting body for attaching at one end to the optical tube of a microscope; a pendular ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7307784 | High-stability optical microscope This invention provides a highly stable optical microscope that prevents drift and makes it possible to record images or take measurements for several hours with accuracy in the order of nanometers. The highly stable optical microscope of this invention includes the... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7283296 | Surgical microscope There is provided a surgical microscope having a horizontal movement arm portion which moves a microscope portion in a substantially horizontal direction, and a vertical movement arm portion which moves the microscope portion in a substantially vertical direction. A... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7258668 | Ultrasonic probe for operation under microscope An ultrasonic probe for microscopic operations in accordance with the present invention consists mainly of an ultrasonic probe body, an elongated tubular member, and a bent handle member. The ultrasonic probe body has a transducer assembly attached to the distal end... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7233435 | Microscope The present invention concerns a microscope 1. The microscope 1 encompasses a microscope stand 2, an objective 4 having an optical axis 5, a microscope stage 6 serving to receive a specimen 7, and a focusing device | 06/19/2007 |
| 7170250 | Holding arrangement having a device for actively damping vibration In a holding arrangement (101) for a medical-optical instrument (103), an electric motor is provided in a rotational joint (111, 119) to compensate a load torque occurring in this rotational joint. This electric motor is supplied with current in... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158292 | Apparatus for retaining an optical viewing device An apparatus for retaining an optical viewing device, for example a microscope (8), on a stand having a parallelogram carrier arm (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d), comprises an adjustable-length strut (6) acting ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156865 | Irradiation apparatus and system, especially for photodynamic therapy To allow optimum adaptation of irradiation equipment, especially irradiation equipment for photodynamic therapy, to the individual anatomy of a patient, an irradiation head (1) is provided with a plate-shaped middle section (2) and plate-shaped lateral... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7142358 | Gem microscope with portability kit A gem microscope according to the invention includes a focus column, a stage, and a quick disconnect mechanism that facilitates removable coupling of the focus column to the stage. The focus column and the stage have compatible features that establish the proper mou... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139121 | Projection microscope This projection microscope (10) includes an elongate support member (12) carrying a stage assembly (22) between its ends, the stage assembly (22) having opposed sides and an associated specimen holder (28). A light emitting source ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130117 | Microscope apparatus A specimen and an objective lens can be quickly brought close together or separated without an operator being concerned about the positional relationship between the specimen and the objective lens, and once the correct positional relationship is established, the fo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122032 | Operation system and mounting device for external device for use in the operation system An operation system and a connecting adapter are provided. The operation system includes an operation microscope, an external device connectable to the operation microscope, and a connecting adapter for electrically connecting the operation microscope and the extern... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119953 | Phase contrast microscope for short wavelength radiation and imaging method A phase contrast x-ray microscope has a phase plate that is placed in proximity of and attached rigidly to the objective to form a composite optic. This enables easier initial and long-term maintenance of alignment of the microscope. In one example, they are fabrica... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109678 | Holding arrangement having an apparatus for balancing a load torque In a holding arrangement (101) for a medical-optical instrument (103), an electric motor is provided in a rotational joint (111, 119) to compensate a load torque occurring in this rotational joint. This electric motor is supplied with current in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7072103 | Microscope with objective lens position control apparatus The invention enables construction of a microscope that has one or more advantageous characteristics as compared to previous microscopes. The microscope can be small and lightweight and, in particular, sufficiently small and light weight to be portable (e.g., smalle... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7061687 | Zoom lens, and electronic apparatus using the same A zoom lens includes a negative first lens group G1 fixed during power variations, a positive second lens group G2 moving from an image side toward the object side from the wide-angle end toward the telescopic end during power variations, and a negativ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7046437 | Microscope provided with an objective lens focusing apparatus and an objective lens switching apparatus A microscope is provided which includes a frame main body having a base portion, an objective lens switching mechanism, a stage, and an ocular lens for observing a specimen image obtained with one of the objective lenses. A rough/fine motion focusing mechanism is di... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7018042 | Scanning microscope having an optical component, and optical component An optical component is arranged in the beam path of a scanning microscope. The optical component has a plane entrance surface through which a light beam bundle can be incoupled at an entrance angle, and a plane exit surface through which the light beam bundle can b... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016110 | Microscope suitable for high-throughput screening having an autofocusing apparatus The apparatus for automatically focusing an image in a microscope includes onto an object plane includes an optical system configured to form an optical image of a sample plane to be observed, an autofocusing detection system, and a focus correction system. The auto... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016101 | Scanning microscope and optical element A scanning microscope that defines an illumination beam path and a detection beam path, having an objective that is arranged in both the illumination beam path and the detection beam path, is disclosed. The scanning microscope is characterized by an interchangeable ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995903 | Microscope, a method for manufacturing a microscope and a method for operating a microscope A microscope including a source of light, adjustable in frequency and intensity, a method of operating such a microscope, and a method for manufacturing such a microscope are described. Typically, there is provided a microscope comprising an illumination source for ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979425 | High capacity microarray dispensing A high capacity microarrayer for spotting solution onto slides in an automated microarray dispensing device. A microplate indexing device automatically moves, in sequence, a plurality of microplates to a solution removal area. A dispense head accesses each microplat... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980359 | Microscope system In a microscope system in which at least one of a stage on which a sample 4 is mounted and an objective lens 6 can move relatively in a direction of an optical axis, a contact judgment section 12 judges the possibility of contact between the sam... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6927903 | Rapidly changing dichroic beamsplitter An epi-fluorescent microscope is constructed with a quick changing set of filters. A wheel containing a plurality of dichroic beamsplitter mirrors mounted equidistance from a center axis of the wheel is mounted at a 45° angle within the lightpath and provides a bea... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6906858 | Microscope provided with an objective lens focusing apparatus and an objective lens switching apparatus A rough motion shaft 54 and a fine motion shaft 55 are provided on a front side of a stage 37 with respect to an optical axis of an observation optical system of a microscope. Further, a rough motion shaft 45 and a fine motion shaft 46... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6879439 | Microscope for backplane ribbon fiber analysis A microscope (90) having an imaging axis (403) for inspecting an endface (301) of an optical fiber in a fiber-optic connector (201), the fiber-optic connector having multiple fiber-optic endfaces, is provided. The microscope includes a ti... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6847480 | Lenses and uses, including microscopes A portable single lens microscope that provides structure between the eye and the microscope slide, preferably including a single lens having an aperture optimized to attain the best image resolution, preferably including a focus mechanism, preferably including a sl... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6813071 | Inverted microscope There is disclosed an inverted microscope comprising an objective lens disposed under a sample, a tube lens which is disposed in a light path of an observation light emitted from the objective lens and which forms the observation light into an image, an incident lig... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6809862 | In-situ microscope device reactors An in-situ microscope device for reactors, especially bioreactors, having an immersion tube in a reactor connecting port, which, inside the reactor, has an inlet for a sample area, also a microscope outer tube, which is coaxially placed inside the immersion tube and... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6751017 | Microscope for backplane ribbon fiber analysis A microscope for inspecting each optical fiber endface in a multi-fiber connector is disclosed. The microscope includes a tip for interfacing with the multi-fiber connector, a slider assembly connected to the tip, a slider chassis capable of constraining the movemen... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6646798 | Microsurgical microscope system The microsurgical microscope system with a stand with three parallelogram linkages and a microscope arranged thereon is characterized in that a second parallelogram linkage and a third parallelogram linkage have a common bar inclined at an angle of approx... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6553546 | Failure analyzing apparatus and failure analyzing method for semiconductor integrated circuit To specify a failure location in a semiconductor integrated circuit chip in operation, an emission image of a good semiconductor integrated circuit chip and an emission image of a target semiconductor integrated circuit chip to be subjected to failure ana... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6525876 | Apparatus for changing objective lenses in a microscope The invention describes an apparatus for changing objective lenses in a microscope, the microscope being used primarily with a microscope stage that has a so-called fixed stage arrangement. The disposition of the objective lens turret in the microscope ma... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6471165 | Surgical microscope and stand assembly The surgical microscope with a stand, the microscope having altogether up to six degrees of freedom and being fixed on the microscope mounting by means of elements of the stand which has two vertical pivoting axes and for the height adjustment a parallelo... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6456430 | Microscope A microscope is disclosed that includes: a light source that emits light in a wavelength range that includes both visible and infrared wavelengths, an illuminating optical system for illuminating a specimen with the light from the light source, an objecti... | 09/24/2002 |
