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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7411201 | Projection objective for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a last optical element on the image side which is plane on the image side and which, together with an image plane of the projection objective, delimits an immersion space in the directio... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7371348 | Multiple array format A multiple array substrate having multiple assay chambers, each assay chamber containing one or more arrays. The assay chambers include a form-in-place gasket between a substrate and a cover. Methods of forming such multiple array substrates are described. The assay... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351379 | Fluid containment structure A fluid containment structure that includes a substrate with a gasket surface and a form-in-place gasket disposed on the gasket surface and a method for forming the fluid containment structure are described. The form-in-place gasket is disposed around and marks the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352501 | Electrophoretic caps prepared from encapsulated electrophoretic particles Articles and methods for making capsules that include a cap of electrophoretic material suspended in a dielectric fluid are disclosed. The cap of electrophoretic material and dielectric fluid are encapsulated in a shell that forms the capsule. The cap may be moved t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330309 | System and method for increasing the contrast of an image produced by an epifluorescence microscope The contrast of an image produced by epifluorescence microscopy may be increased by placing a high-pass dichroic reflecting film behind the sample. The reflecting film reflects the emission light emitted by the fluorescent tags in the sample back through the objecti... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7310187 | Projection objective, especially for microlithography, and method for adjusting a projection objective A method of adjusting a projection objective permits the projection objective to be adjusted between an immersion configuration and a dry configuration with few interventions in the system, and therefore to be used optionally as an immersion objective or as a dry ob... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7218457 | Interchangeable lens Providing an interchangeable lens capable of carrying out quick focus from infinity to a close object with a magnification of almost life size by a light-weight moving lens group, exhibiting excellent imaging performance across an entire focusing range, and obtainin... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216081 | Interactive process and system for screening cytological specimens Concentration by cytology personnel, i.e. users, is induced during scanning and marking of cytology slides, by electronic recognition of parsed voice inputs that are spoken by the users, electronic generation of selected voice output alerts that are heard by the use... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209292 | Projection objective, especially for microlithography, and method for adjusting a projection objective A method of adjusting a projection objective permits the projection objective to be adjusted between an immersion configuration and a dry configuration. The projection objective includes optical elements arranged along an optical axis thereof, which include a first ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7149036 | Solid immersion lens and sample observation method using it Using a solid immersion lens (SIL) having a spherical lens surface with a radius of curvature RL from a material having a refractive index nL, an image of a sample is observed. A geometric aberration characteristic caused by the SIL is evaluate... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7092154 | Apparatus for microscopic observation of long-term culture of single cell An apparatus is provided with a cell culture container having a cell culture region made of a hole formed on a substrate, a semi-permeable membrane covering a top plane of the cell culture region and a culture medium replacement part provided over the semi-permeable... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091864 | Sample container with radiofrequency identifier tag There is provided a sample container comprising a retainer for retaining a sample; and a radiofrequency identifier comprising an antenna for transmitting or receiving radiofrequency energy; an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna; and a carrier for t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083106 | Locally storing biological specimen data to a slide An apparatus, system and method for analyzing biological specimens, including storing data relating to the analysis in a read/write data storage device attached to specimen carrier. The data storage device can be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a magnet... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072106 | Device for marking microscopic preparations The invention is directed to a device for marking microscopic preparations. It is characterized in that arc-shaped marks can be applied to a preparation in a simple, ergonomic manner by means of writing tips. For this purpose, the writing tips are lowered onto the p... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7046449 | Solid immersion lens and sample observation method using it Using a solid immersion lens (SIL) having a spherical lens surface with a radius of curvature RL from a material having a refractive index nL, an image of a sample is observed. A geometric aberration characteristic caused by the SIL is evaluate... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042649 | Microfabricated rubber microscope using soft solid immersion lenses Soft lithography with surface tension control is used to microfabricate extremely efficient solid immersion lenses (SILs) out of rubber elastomeric material for use in microscope type applications. In order to counteract the surface tension of the mold material in a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7019895 | Microscope stage providing improved optical performance A microscope stage providing improved optical performance. A carriage for supporting an object has a transparent portion for receiving the object and permitting trans-illumination thereof. A base supports the carriage, at least a portion of the base comprising a tra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012676 | Laser capture microdissection translation stage joystick Systems and methods for laser capture microdissection are disclosed. An inverted microscope includes a translation stage joystick subsystem. The systems and methods provide the advantages of increased speed and much lower rates of contamination. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6982828 | Microscope slide having a marking region The invention relates to a microscope slide formed from a transparent glass plate on which a first coating (3) and a second coating (4) contrasting therewith are located aligned one above another in a marking region (1b), the second coati... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6974692 | Quantitative cell-counting slide for simultaneously satisfying multiple volumetric units A quantitative cell-counting slide includes a plurality of counting chambers juxtapositionally formed in the slide; each counting chamber including a first counting portion consisting of a plurality of miniature grids of which each miniature grid may be formed to ha... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6956695 | System and method for increasing the contrast of an image produced by an epifluorescence microscope The contrast of an image produced by epifluorescence microscopy may be increased by placing a high-pass dichroic reflecting film behind the sample. The reflecting film reflects the emission light emitted by the fluorescent tags in the sample back through the objecti... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951663 | Printing on microscope slides and histology cassettes An apparatus for applying information to a medical slide or histology cassette has an ink jet printer for printing a printing medium directly onto the slide or cassette. The printing medium or the ink is placed onto the slide or cassette so that the resulting printe... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6931864 | Cryostorage method and device With a method for cryo-preservation, at least one specimen is arranged on a storage substrate and specimen data, which are characteristic for features of the specimen, are stored at specific positions. Also, a storage substrate for cryo-preservation with such a meth... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6831782 | Solid immersion lens array and methods for producing a solid immersion lens array A solid immersion lens device and method of making. A solid immersion lens device is provided having a plurality of solid immersion lenses. The solid immersion lenses are provided in a predetermined pattern and secured so as to cause them to be in a fixed position w... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6781753 | Z-axis frame for a high accuracy orthogonal motion stage A Z-axis stage for use in, e.g., an orthogonal motion microscope stage, includes a carrier plate, an actuator plate, and a base. Three or more upper camming elements with downwardly directed camming surfaces are mounted to the underside of the carrier plate using a ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6737167 | Near-field super-resolution optical cover glass slip or mount This invention is a super-resolution optical cover glass slip or mount which can resolve the optical information on a sample surface without diffraction limit. This super-resolution optical cover glass slip or mount is a multi-layered body at least comprising: (a) a... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6683724 | Solid immersion lens array and methods for producing a solid immersion lens array A solid immersion lens device and method of making. A solid immersion lens device is provided having a plurality of solid immersion lenses. The solid immersion lenses are provided in a predetermined pattern and secured so as to cause them to be in a fixed... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6683723 | Solid immersion lens array and methods for producing and using solid immersion lens array with fiducial marks A near field solid immersion lens array, method of using, and making a near field solid immersion lens array. A cover slide is provided having a near field solid optical lens array having least one fiducial mark. The fiducial mark is used by a positioning... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6652684 | Glue-on tissue mount The glue-on tissue mount is a device to hold small and/or irregular-shaped biologic tissue so tissue can be manipulated, cut, trimmed, split or divide for transplant and reconstructive surgery. Biologic tissue is quickly mounted onto an acrylic mount with... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6597500 | Adhesive label with grid for microscope slide An adhesive label 3 for attaching to a microscope slide 1 is disclosed. The label 3 may have one or more grids or arrays 2 provided on it to help an operator to manually spot a microscope slide 1.... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6590689 | Background reduction apparatus and method for confocal fluorescence detection systems The system includes a confocal optical system to illuminate an object at an intended detection plane and to focus light from the object onto a pinhole. An opaque obstacle is disposed within the confocal optical system, the obstacle selected to suppress li... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589650 | Microscope cover slip materials A cover slip material and a method of making and using the same are provided. The material comprises (a) a light transmissible polymeric backing having first and second surfaces; (b) a tack free bonding layer disposed on the first surface of the backing, ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6567214 | Microscope slide having culture media and method for use A microscope slide having a well formed therein, wherein the well is filled with culture media. The slide is designed for on-site collection, staining, and viewing of cells in biological fluid and tissue samples, preferably with an epi-fluorescence micros... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6459530 | Small-sized variable magnification optical system A variable magnification optical system includes at least three optical units which are a first moving optical unit, a fixed optical unit and a second moving optical unit. The three optical units are arranged in that order in a propagation direction of li... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6411433 | Micromanipulator A micromanipulator having a high-stiffness manipulation probe capable of carrying out a manipulation process in the view range of a microscope without modifying an existing observation optical system. The micromanipulator comprises a manipulation probe pr... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6358475 | Device for preparing thin liquid for microscopic analysis The present invention relates to the field of microscopic sample analysis, and specifically relates to a device for preparing thin microscopic samples of liquids.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6239906 | Flexible microscope slide A flexible plastic microscope slide which can be folded over such that a viewing portion of the slide can be placed against a specimen to obtain a sample directly therefrom without the need of transferring devices, thereby reducing biological hazards. The... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6215587 | Microscope imaging inside highly scattering media A method and system for imaging a small object in or behind a highly scattering medium comprises a laser source for illuminating the object with an ultrashort collimated beam of light and a novel microscope for forming a magnified image of the object usin... | 04/10/2001 |
