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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7835076 | Optical system for illumination of an evanescent field A system of optics used to provide illumination through an objective at a precise inclination angle and with uniform intensity across an illuminated field. The system provides annular illumination with a continuously variable diameter at the back aperture of an obje... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7800821 | Microscopic illumination apparatus An illumination optical system includes a light source section for emitting a beam of substantially parallel rays, a field lens for collecting the beam of substantially parallel rays, a condenser lens for introducing the beam of rays collected by the field lens onto... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7688505 | Simultaneous observation of darkfield images and fluorescence using filter and diaphragm An annular diaphragm and filter used for the simultaneous observation of darkfield images and fluorescence. The diaphragm has a variable diameter controlled by a lever and a removable filter. The diaphragm is used to adjust the amount of unfiltered incident light wh... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7542203 | Microscope illumination device and adapter The present invention is a dark field illumination system including a light source which is fixed on an entrance slit of a condenser and an objective aligned with the condenser such that the objective and the condenser are adjusted to find a focus spot on a sample. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7486441 | Objective and microscope An objective for total internal reflection microscopy includes a diaphragm disposed near to or in the plane of the objective pupil. The diaphragm includes a middle area impermeable to illumination light and permeable to detection light of a microscope, and includes ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486440 | Polarized total internal reflection illumination optical system by rotary annulus light An illumination system uses rotatable, polarized illumination optics to detect the direction of highly efficient excitation of fluorescent dyes coupled to a sample, or the absorption transition moment, using information on the direction of maximal fluorescence inten... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7443578 | Microscopic illumination apparatus An illumination optical system includes a light source section for emitting a beam of substantially parallel rays, a field lens for collecting the beam of substantially parallel rays, a condenser lens for introducing the beam of rays collected by the field lens onto... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7391582 | Objective lens holder, objective lens driving device including same and optical disk read/write device An objective lens holder of the present invention includes: (i) a cavity, having an entrance and an exit, which guides, to an objective lens, an incident light beam entering the entrance, the exit being provided on a side of the cavity where the objective lens is ho... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7357529 | Variable incidence oblique illuminator device The objective lens assembly of an optical inspection device is surrounded coaxially of its optical axis by an illuminator housing having therein a central opening surrounded by a circular array of reflective mirror surfaces or facets that are inclined at like angles... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355789 | Phase filter An optical device with a focusing optic that focuses a light beam in a focal plane and brings about a phase shift between a first part of the light beam and a second part of the light beam. The optical device has a first interface and a second interface, the first i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333207 | Confocal 4-pi microscope and method for confocal 4-pi microscopy The invention relates to a confocal 4π microscopy method which is characterized by coherently illuminating a sample from two sides by one objective each with illumination light which has at least one illumination wavelength whereby a stationary illumination wave ha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327470 | Spatial and spectral wavefront analysis and measurement A method and apparatus for wavefront analysis including obtaining a plurality of differently phase changed transformed wavefronts corresponding to a wavefront being analyzed which has an amplitude and a phase, obtaining a plurality of intensity maps of the plurality... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304794 | Microscope The microscope (S, 100) has a hand piece (20, 112), whose tip is mounted with a thin sheet-like mirror unit (M, 10, 130, 220), and around both ends of the base (11e, 131c) thereof is arranged an illuminating light sou... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286286 | Stereo microscope There is disclosed a stereo microscope comprising an illuminating section disposed on a base on which a sample is laid, and constituted by a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on a planar substrate. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282329 | Suspended microchannel detectors An apparatus for detecting an analyte in solution that has a suspended beam containing at least one microfluidic channel containing a capture ligand that bonds to or reacts with an analyte. The apparatus also includes at least one detector for measuring a change in ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271889 | Device and method for inspecting an object A device and method for inspecting an object (2) uses a bright field illumination beam path (4) of a bright field light source (5), said beam path being formed so that it passes through the projection optics (3), and a dark field illumina... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7252880 | Tape and wrapping materials with edge-finding feature A flexible material such as a transparent tape includes a material which enhances the visibility of a newly formed edge. The material can include a fluorescent dye disposed in the tape, or can be a material which reacts with oxygen, moisture or some other component ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7239344 | Camera and device for switching optical filters To provide an optical filter switching device for a camera in which a clear image can always be obtained during the day and at night. In a cameral in which an image is formed on an image pick-up element (2) through a lens (1a) provided on... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237919 | Range finder, three-dimensional measuring method and light source apparatus The invention provides a range finder capable of carrying out three-dimensional measurement stably for a long period of time. A light pattern is projected on a subject by using a light source array unit in which a plurality of light sources, such as LEDs, are arrang... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233436 | Slider for positioning multiple optical elements, and microscope having a slider for positioning multiple optical elements A slider for positioning multiple optical elements is disclosed. Also disclosed is a microscope that contains the slider (25) according to the present invention. The slider (25) encompasses a slider carrier (35) that is guided on a first shaft (... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229202 | Light-emitting diode illumination system for an optical observation device, in particular a stereomicroscope or stereo surgical microscope The invention concerns an illumination apparatus for an optical observation device (10), in particular a stereomicroscope or a stereo surgical microscope. A multi-armed light guide with coupler (2) mixes colored light emitted by light-emitting diodes (... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204622 | Methods and systems for illuminating environments Provided herein are methods and systems for illuminating environments, including aircraft environments. The methods and systems include facilities for providing both white and non-white illumination, with color and color temperature control, in programmed response t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196787 | Apparatus for total internal reflection microscopy An apparatus for total internal reflection microscopy of a sample, comprising a microscope objective lens; an excitation beam path for passing light through the objective lens to said sample; and a coupling element arranged in a back focal plane of the objective len... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190459 | Multi beam scanning with bright/dark field imaging Bright and dark field imaging operations in an optical inspection system occur along substantially the same optical path using the same light source by producing either a circular or an annular laser beam. Multiple beam splitting is achieved through the use of a dif... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187494 | Laser microscope A microscope includes a laser light source, a deflecting device, an objective lens, an irradiating system for irradiating a sample with laser light via the objective lens, a detecting device that detects fluorescence from a sample, and a collector lens unit insertab... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7158224 | Optically active substrates A device for optical examination of biological materials using radiation of a selected wavelength includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface includes a dense array of micro-optical elements arran... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154679 | Optical arrangement with a telecentric beam region An optical arrangement with telecentric beam region for imaging objects, preferably a microscope, comprises in a main beam path at least one infinity-imaging objective and at least one eyepiece with an eyepiece intermediate image plane and a tube lens of suitable fo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145520 | Display apparatus box using a spatial light modulator A digital display apparatus (10) using a spatial light modulator (30) projects a monochrome or multicolor image onto a display surface (40) for diagnostic imaging applications. The image can be displayed on a direct-view display surface (40 | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142359 | Lighting device for a microscope Lighting device for a microscope comprising at least one observation beam path, in particular a surgical microscope, with an illumination system (3, 4, 5, 28, 29) and a deflection device (8; 48, 49) for deflecting light emitted from the illumination sy... | 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 |
| 7136234 | Broad band DUV, VUV long-working distance catadioptric imaging system A high performance objective having very small central obscuration, an external pupil for apertureing and Fourier filtering, loose manufacturing tolerances, large numerical aperture, long working distance, and a large field of view is presented. The objective is pre... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133547 | Method for quantitative video-microscopy and associated system and computer software program product A method of determining an amount of at least one molecular species in a sample from an image of the sample captured by an image acquisition device is provided, each molecular species being indicated by a dye. A dye space representation of a plurality of dyes is for... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7106503 | High-resolution optical microscope A direct-view optical microscope system is provided which uses high-energy light from a phenomenon known as non-resonant Raman scattering to illuminate a living biological specimen. One embodiment of the system combines two discrete light sources to form a combined ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7092151 | Microscope having a pipette device A well plate holding a specimen to be observed is placed on a fixed stage, and the specimen is observed through an objective lens disposed below the well plate. A well set on the optical axis is illuminated through transmitted illumination provided by a transmitted ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081994 | Microscope for reflected-light and transmitted-light microscopy A microscope is disclosed in which a specimen is arranged between two objectives and can be observed with reflected light as well as with transmitted light. In a microscope with field transmission, two objectives have substantially identical optical characteristics ... | 07/25/2006 |
