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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8115993 | Stereo-examination systems with image rotation A stereo-examination system including an objective arrangement configured to receive an object-side beam bundle emanating from the object plane and to convert the object-side beam bundle into an image-side beam bundle and a selection arrangement configured to select... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111455 | Light source apparatus and laser scanning microscope A light source apparatus is provided which includes semiconductor laser elements that emit laser light according to an inputted current signal, a light receiving element that receives the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser elements, and a controller th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8094371 | Microscope The microscope comprises a first phase-contrast objective including a first phase film shaped like a ring and having a 20-fold magnification or lower, a second phase-contrast objective including a second phase film shaped like a ring and having a 60-fold magnificati... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8040597 | Illuminating device An illuminating device adapted to be included in a microscope is provided. The illuminating device includes at least one lens that can change the numerical aperture of a light beam collected on a pupil plane of an objective lens. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040599 | Microscope system A microscope system is for sequential observation of different fluorescent dyes that are accumulated in a tissue in an object plane. An illumination system and an observation system have at least two operating states. In one operating state, illumination radiation h... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040598 | Microscope for observing a sample in the bright field illumination by transmitted light or in fluorescence-contrast epi-illumination A microscope for observing an object selectably using the bright-field transmitted light contrast procedure or the incident-light fluorescence contrast procedure. During the bright-field transmitted light contrast procedure, an illumination beam path is directed fro... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8014065 | Microscope apparatus with fluorescence cube for total-internal-reflection fluorescence microscopy A microscope apparatus has an illumination optical system illuminating a sample with laser light from laser light sources. A fluorescence detection optical system detects fluorescence from the sample. Fluorescence cubes are interchangeably provided in an optical pat... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009352 | Microscope with centered illumination A microscope comprising a main objective having a variable focal length and comprising an illuminating unit including a light source and an illuminating optical system for generating an illuminating beam path directed onto the object plane and extending outside the ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000004 | Microscope with centered illumination A microscope comprising a main objective having a variable focal length and comprising an illuminating unit including a light source and an illuminating optical system for generating an illuminating beam path directed onto the object plane and extending outside the ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7982950 | Measuring system for structures on a substrate for semiconductor manufacture A measuring system is disclosed with enhanced resolution for periodic structures on a substrate for semiconductor manufacture. Aperture structures of varying geometries are provided in the illumination beam path. The aperture structures differ regarding the transmis... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969653 | Laser microscope and control method for the same It is possible to achieve a required field number and numerical aperture for microscope observation at a scanning speed equal to video-rate or higher and also to change the scanning speed with a simple configuration. The invention provides a laser microscope includi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7936503 | Laser scanning microscope A laser scanning microscope separates fluorescence signals of different fluorophores in accurate unmixing by eliminating positional pixels shifts between different fluorescence images obtained through irradiation of different-wavelength laser lights. The microscope ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7808700 | Confocal microscope system A confocal microscope system capable of observing a bright field image and a fluorescent image together with a confocal image can be achieved with a simple configuration. The confocal microscope system may include a confocal scanner unit having a microlens array dis... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808701 | Microscope apparatus Diffracted light generated by a diffraction grating passes through a tube lens, reflected by a reflection mirror and forms illuminating light in a strip pattern on the surface of a sample. Thus, fluorescence generated by an objective lens from the sample passes thro... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7755832 | Apparatus and methods relating to spatially light modulated microscopy Apparatus and methods relating to microscopes having specific control of the light that contacts a sample and/or a light detector, such as the eye of the user, a charge couple device or a video camera. The improved control includes enhanced, selective control of the... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7710642 | Solid state fluorescence light assembly and microscope An illumination system for a fluorescence microscope is provided. The illumination system includes a carriage removably receivable within the microscope and a plurality of filter cubes movably arranged on the carriage, wherein each filter cube is moveable between an... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706060 | Microscopic cell observation and inspection system using a plurality of observation methods The invention relates to a microscopic cell observation and inspection system that uses a total internal reflection cell illuminator that is capable of freely changing an observation position without recourse to any special slide glass, makes sure high SN-ratio obse... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7692857 | Device for varying and adjusting transmitted illumination for microscopes The present invention serves to vary and adjust the transmitted light illumination in microscopes, particularly with respect to the numerous, different illumination situations. The device, according to the invention comprises modules for darkfield illumination, brig... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7573635 | Microscope device There is provided a method for a microscope device for optionally examining a sample by at least a first light beam bundle from a first direction or a second light beam bundle from a second direction different to the first direction, having a microscope objective an... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564624 | Microscope The invention relates to a microscope comprising at least one first and second light sources, a first light-guiding fiber connected to the first light source and a second light-guiding fiber connected to the second light source, wherein the light emitted by correspo... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7551351 | Microscope with evanescent sample illumination A microscope with evanescent sample illumination comprises a device for optically manipulating a sample. ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7525727 | Microscope with micromirror array simultaneously providing two different deflection paths The present invention relates to a microscope (100) having an illumination unit (4) for generating an illumination beam path (4b, 4a), the microscope (100) comprising a main objective (2) that defines an observ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7502164 | Solid state fluorescence light assembly and microscope An illumination system for a fluorescence microscope is provided. The illumination system includes a carriage removably receivable within the microscope and a plurality of filter cubes movably arranged on the carriage, wherein each filter cube is moveable between an... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7480095 | Microscope The invention provides a microscope in which the utilization efficiency of light from light sources is high and which can use a bright, uniform line illumination. The microscope includes a plurality of light sources; a fly-eye lens having a plurality of lens element... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7471450 | Confocal reflectance microscope system with dual rotating wedge scanner assembly A confocal reflectance microscope system incorporates a dual-wedge laser scanner assembly. The scanner assembly incorporates a pair of rotatably mounted prisms, each prism having an angle selected to deviate a light beam from a light source by a desired angle. Each ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7446936 | Illumination device in a microscope An illumination device in a microscope includes multiple light sources arranged on a mirror housing. A mirror is provided which is rotatably or displaceably arranged in the mirror housing for selectably switching each of the light sources into an illumination beam p... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443579 | Ophthalmic microscope An ophthalmic microscope including an objective lens placed in face of an inspecting eye; a light source for radiating an illumination light, an illumination optics for directing the illumination light to the inspecting eye via the objective lens, an observation opt... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440184 | Microscope A microscope according to the present invention includes an illumination element changer capable of selectively inserting any of a bright field illumination element, a dark field illumination element, and a fluorescence illumination element into an optical axis of a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440183 | Indexable microscope An indexable microscope is described, that comprises a microscope stand and an optical beam path, having a plurality of optical components that are switchable into and out of the beam path, which are arranged on at least two independent mechanical assemblies to be i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436591 | EPI illumination optical system for microscopes The invention related to an epi illumination optical system for microscopes wherein both a simple yet bright Köhler illumination system and a collective lens array using a collective lens less susceptible of illumination fluctuations are easily interchangeable in s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436562 | Scanning examination apparatus, lens unit, and objective-lens adaptor It is possible to easily and accurately confirm the position of an optical axis of an objective lens relative to an examination site on a specimen, and positioning of the objective relative to the specimen can be carried out rapidly in a preparation stage. The inven... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7405875 | System microscope A system microscope has a specimen mounting part which mounts a specimen, an inverted microscope including an illumination path which radiates illumination light from under the specimen mounting part, and an observation optical path which acquires detection light em... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7397602 | Fluorescent microscope A fluorescent microscope is provided which includes a light source having a small light emitting element, an illumination optical system which leads light from the light source onto a specimen, an observation optical system to which fluorescence emitted from the spe... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394593 | Transmitted-light base for a microscope, and method for regulating the illumination intensity of a transmitted-light base The invention relates to a transmitted-light base (1) for illuminating an object (15) for imaging through a zoom microscope (21), the transmitted-light base (1) comprising an integrated light source (3) having an associated electri... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379238 | Reflected-light microscope The invention relates to a reflected-light microscope comprising a light source for generating an illumination light beam, which can be directed through a lens along an illumination beam path onto a sample. Said microscope is provided with imaging optics, which gene... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369309 | Confocal microscope A confocal microscope with improved light use efficiency is provided. Thus, the confocal microscope has a section which concentrates illumination light to a target point of a specimen and non-target points adjacent thereto for simultaneous illumination; a section wh... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369308 | Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope A total internal reflection fluorescence microscope includes a light source which generates laser light having a plurality of wavelengths, a focal optical system which irradiates the laser light from the light source on a specimen at a predetermined incident angle v... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369307 | Light raster microscope and its use In a light raster scanning microscope with a spot illumination arrangement (2) which provides an illumination beam for the illumination of a sample (23) in the form of points or point groups, a scanning arrangement (3, 4) which guides the illumi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366365 | Tissue scanning apparatus and method A system for multispectral confocal mapping of a tissue, comprising: a light source; an optical fiber having an aperture providing a confocal pinhole, a scanner being free-space coupled to said aperture and operative to scan the tissue and provide intensity signals ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362501 | Microscope apparatus An objective lens can be reduced in diameter, which allows examination inside a specimen such as a living organism with minimum invasiveness and also reduces costs. The invention provides a microscope apparatus including an objective-lens mounting part for removably... | 04/22/2008 |
