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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154797 | Surgical microscope for use in surgical procedures including neurosurgery A surgical microscope has an illuminating arrangement for illuminating light in an operating region to be examined with the surgical microscope. The arrangement contains a high-power light source which includes an intensity adjusting device. The device makes possibl... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7933066 | Surgical microscope having an illuminating arrangement A surgical microscope (100) is especially suited for use in neurosurgery. The surgical microscope has an illuminating arrangement (101) for making available illuminating light in an operating region (117) to be examined with the surgical microsc... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7742227 | Microscope apparatus Providing a microscope apparatus including an optical mount member capable of supporting various optical devices even without a large amount of space. A base body 10 arranged on a mount surface 9a of a vibration isolation table 9 is provi... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7724429 | Microscope having a surgical slit lamp having a laser light source The invention relates to a microscope (10) having an illumination apparatus (26) having a light source (1) and an optical system. The light source (1) is embodied to output a coherent light beam bundle along a defined illumination beam pa... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7483207 | Apparatus for mounting multiple lasers, and microscope An apparatus for mounting for multiple lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) is disclosed. The multiple lasers (16a, 16b, 16c) generate light that is guided via a light-guiding fiber to an optical ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7433563 | Optical fiber microscopy launch system and method A launch system and method for microscopy having an optical fiber positioned proximate a sample slide with an optical fiber mounting element so as to deliver an EMR from a terminal end of the optical fiber across a surface of the sample slide to an opposing side sur... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7385758 | Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope A condenser lens is disposed in a position facing an objective lens via a specimen, a reflection mirror is movably disposed in the vicinity of an outermost part of a transmitted illuminative light path on the side of a transmitted illuminative light source from the ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382530 | Method for the adjustment of a light source in a microscope A method by which the illumination radiation to be coupled into the illumination beam path of a microscope can be exactly monitored and/or adjusted. In the method for adjusting a light source for a microscope, an imaging optical reflection unit, instead of the objec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359116 | Microscope turret mounted laser EPI-illumination port An optical injection system for use in conjunction with a microscope having a turret supporting an objective having an optical path is provided. The optical injection system includes a dichroic mirror disposed between the turret and the objective, along the optical ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7321462 | 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... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315414 | Microscope with adjustable stage Systems and techniques relating to a microscope with an adjustable stage are described. A microscope includes a base, a support arm attached to and extending upwardly from the base, a head attached to the support arm, the head including a lens, and an eyepiece attac... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304793 | Apparatus for examination of chemical and/or biological samples An apparatus for examination of chemical and/or biological samples, comprises a sample support (14) for receiving the samples (16). Further, the apparatus comprises an objective (10) for observation of the sample (16) through a sample sup... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7304791 | Optical microscope apparatus using convergent beam as illumination light The optical microscope apparatus comprises an illuminating element for emitting as illumination light a convergent beam converging at a point in space; a sample mounting table for mounting a sample in front of the converging point of illumination light; and an objec... | 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 |
| 7283299 | Magnifying observation apparatus, method for observing magnified image, and computer-readable medium In a magnifying observation apparatus, simple observation conditions are set for simply acquiring a plurality of observation images. A plurality of simple observation images are acquired per the plurality of simple observation conditions set, and displayed on a simp... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283227 | Oblique transmission illumination inspection system and method for inspecting a glass sheet An oblique illumination inspection system and method are described herein that are used to identify a defect (e.g., inclusion, onclusion, scratch, stain, blister, cord or other imperfection associated with a surface discontinuity or material non-homogeneity) on or w... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7245425 | Microscope optical system and microscope objective lens A microscope optical system comprises an objective lens and an intermediate magnification varying part disposed just after the image side of the objective lens. A microscope objective lens according to another aspect of the invention comprises a first lens group and... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245426 | Total internal reflection illumination apparatus and microscope using this total internal reflection illumination apparatus A total internal reflection illumination apparatus applied to a microscope which illuminates a sample through an objective having a numerical aperture enabling total internal reflection illumination, comprises a first total internal reflection mirror which is arrang... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238177 | Methods and systems for laser calibration and eye tracker camera alignment The present invention provides methods, systems, and apparatus for calibrating a laser ablation system, such as an excimer laser system for selectively ablating a cornea of a patient's eye. The invention also facilitates alignment of eye tracking cameras that measur... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7206128 | Illumination unit of stereomicroscope In an illumination switching frame fixed to the end of an objective of Greenough stereomicroscope, a folding mirror is fixed removably to illumination optical axes q and q′ to switch coaxial vertical illumination and episcopic illumination. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199923 | Stereomicroscope The invention concerns a stereomicroscope (1) for magnifying an object (T), having at least one zoom (22) through which, in the operating state, an object beam (K1) emitted from the object (T) is directed, the stereomicroscope (1) compris... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7167303 | Microscope The invention relates to a microscope and a stand consisting of a first housing shell and a second housing shell. The first and second housing shells define a base part on which the stand rests. The stand is generally C-shaped, and a stand base cover closes the stan... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7151634 | Arrangement for tilting an illumination carrier on an inverse light microscope An arrangement tilts the illumination carrier on light microscopes of the inverse type which include a microscope stand on which an illumination carrier having a light source is attached. The arrangement for tilting the illumination carrier (2) having a light... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145652 | Microscope with position detection of changers of optical components A microscope with optical components which are provided in the illumination beam path and/or observation beam path and/or detection beam path for exerting different spectral influences on at least one of the beam paths mentioned above. An arrangement comprising a li... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139415 | Robotic microscopy systems The invention comprises a robotic microscope system and methods that allow high through-put analysis biological materials, particularly living cells, and allows precise return to and re-imaging of the same field (e.g., the same cell) that has been imaged earlier. Th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129056 | Method for the detection, identification, enumeration and confirmation of virally infected cells and other epitopically defined cells in whole blood A method for analyzing blood enables one to isolate, detect, enumerate and confirm under magnification the presence of target cells which have expressed surface epitopes that indicate intracellular infection by various viruses or other infectious agents, and also ce... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124580 | Sub-zero condensation vacuum system A pre-condenser is provided for condensation of water at sub-zero degree Celsius temperatures. A brine solution is cooled below 0 degrees Celsius and delivered to the pre-condenser. The brine solution contacts the vapors and gases from a scrubber, thereby condensing... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7102818 | Microscope having a system for reflecting in illumination The invention concerns a (stereoscopic) surgical microscope having a system for reflecting in illumination in which the illumination beam path (5) is switched into the microscope's main beam path via a deflection element (1) whose diameter exceeds the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7075717 | Comparison macroscope having an illumination system for specimens A comparison optical system (1) having an illumination system for specimens, the comparison optical system (1) being equipped with several macroscopes (2a, 2b). The macroscopes (2a, 2b) are connec... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061672 | Fluorescence microscope A system that permits biological samples to be viewed in three optical ways, including in three dimension (stereoscopic), two dimension (compound optic), and macro with reflected light fluorescence. Each of three optical views can be carried out on one system. The s... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7042638 | Device for coupling light into a microscope The invention is directed to a device for coupling light into the beam path of a microscope. Laser light is directed to the preparation in the field diaphragm plane through an in-coupling light-conducting fiber constructed as a slide. The invention is particularly s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035001 | High NA system for multiple mode imaging A system for multiple mode imaging is disclosed. The catadioptric system has an NA greater than 0.65, and preferably greater than 0.9, highly corrected for low and high order monochromatic aberrations. The system employs unique illumination entrances and optics to c... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035002 | Reflector turret for an inverted microscope A reflector turret for an inverted microscope, having a cover which is water-tight at least at the top and substantially light-tight outside the microscope beam path, wherein a protective glass is fitted into the upper part of the cover in the light path so as to be... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7009762 | Gem microscope having a swivel base and a stationary power cord A gem microscope includes a base structure that supports the microscope stage, focus column, and optical head. The base structure includes a lower component that receives a power cord; the lower component and the power cord remain stationary when the gem microscope ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7002740 | Setting module for the illumination of an optical instrument The invention refers to a setting module for an illumination apparatus (2) of an optical instrument (1), in particular of a microscope, in which the illumination apparatus (2) comprises a light source (4), an illuminating optical system, ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995904 | Stereo microscope Disclosed herein is a stereomicroscope. The stereomicroscope comprises a microscope main body, a stand including a stand base portion on which a sample is to be laid, a support disposed vertically on the stand base portion, a focus adjust portion attached so as to b... | 02/07/2006 |
