| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 359388000 | With optical switching means | 41 |
| 20080259445 | LASER MICROSCOPE - A laser microscope is provided which includes a laser light source, a first optical fiber through which the ultrashort pulse laser light propagates while being positively chirped, a negative dispersion optical system that negatively chirps this propagated laser light, a second optical fiber through which the laser light that has passed through the negative dispersion optical system propagates while being positively chirped, a microscope body that further positively chirps this propagated laser light and irradiates a specimen with the resultant non-chirped ultrashort pulse laser light. The negative dispersion optical system includes a negative dispersion adjuster that adjusts the amount of negative dispersion according to the change in wavelength of the ultrashort pulse laser light outputted from the laser light source or the change in the amount of positive dispersion in the microscope body. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080285123 | Raster scanning light microscope - Raster scanning light microscope with line pattern scanning with at least one illumination module, in which the means to achieve a variable partition of the laser light into least two illumination channels are envisioned and joint illumination of a sample takes place at the same or at different areas of the sample. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080304147 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system that is capable of changing a status of observation of a sample comprises an instruction unit for giving instruction for driving one or more optical members including an objective lens or for changing a relative position of the sample and the objective lens; and an image capturing unit for capturing an observed image of the sample as a still image or a live image. The microscope system changes an order for performing operations in accordance with the instruction from the instruction unit, the operations including an operation of driving the one or more optical members or changing the relative position; an operation of switching the illumination light for the sample from being cut-off or reduced to being applied; and an operation of switching the image displayed in a display unit from the still image to the live image. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090116103 | 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 | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090122398 | Surgical microscope apparatus - A surgical microscope apparatus | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090174938 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a condenser lens that is provided in an illumination light path and in which at least one optical device is insertable into and removable from an illumination light axis for switching observation method. The microscope also includes a first polarizing plate that is provided in the same light axis as the optical device and is insertable into and removable from the illumination light axis integrally with the optical device; and a second polarizing plate that is provided in the illumination light axis independently from insertion and removal of the optical device into and from the illumination light axis. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090185268 | BOX-TYPE MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A box-type microscope apparatus includes a stage, a microscope, and a housing, which has a fixed housing and a moving housing provided to be openable, closable, and movable with respect to the fixed housing. The box-type microscope apparatus further includes a specimen vessel positioning device for fixing the specimen vessel placed on the stage at a constant position. of the stage and a positioning release device for actuating the specimen vessel positioning means when the moving housing is moved toward a position of a closed state to release a positioning of the specimen vessel performed by the specimen vessel positioning device with respect to the stage when the moving housing is opened. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090213457 | Illumination Device for a Microscope - An illumination device for a microscope has a variable working distance (d, d′), at which an object is illuminated obliquely from two different directions. Light from a light source is split into at least two illumination beam paths. In order to adapt to the different working distances, the light is subjected to an angle change before splitting or, if after splitting, then respectively by the same amount in both beam paths. A deviating element with at least two reflective surfaces is arranged in one of the illumination beam paths to induce a change in an angle at which one of the illumination beam paths strikes the object, in the same sense as another illumination beam path. The reflective surfaces may be arranged so that the illumination beam paths strike essentially the same region of the optical axis even with different working distances. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100002292 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A switching filter is provided in a light source device according to the present invention. The switching filter has a first dichroic filter which transmits illumination light in a first wavelength band from a lamp and a fluorescence observation filter which transmits at least illumination light in a second wavelength band and is rotatably provided such that the first dichroic filter and the fluorescence observation filter pass through an illumination light optical axis. An LED portion has a blue LED which emits illumination light in the first wavelength band toward the switching filter. A second dichroic filter capable of transmitting illumination light from the lamp and reflecting illumination light from the LED portion to a condenser lens is also arranged at the switching filter. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100014158 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS AND FLUORESCENCE CUBE INSTALLED THEREIN - A microscope apparatus | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100053744 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a main body, a transmitted light source, and a transmitted-light illumination optical system. The main body has a substantially C-shape when viewed from side, and is composed of a lower horizontal portion, an upper horizontal portion, and a brace portion. The brace portion connects between the lower horizontal portion and the upper horizontal portion on their rear side. The transmitted-light illumination optical system brings an illumination light from the transmitted light source to a specimen supported by the main body, and illuminates the specimen with the illumination light transmitted therethrough. The transmitted-light illumination optical system and the transmitted light source are removably attached to the lower horizontal portion of the main body. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110013275 | OBJECTIVE CHANGER HAVING REFLECTED LIGHT ILLUMINATION FOR LIGHT MICROSCOPES - The invention relates to an objective changer having incident-light illumination for light microscopes, comprising: at least two microscope objectives for the purpose of examining a specimen, a movable carrier, on which the microscope objectives are mounted, an immovable carrier, which is adapted for mounting on a base body of the microscope, wherein said movable carrier is adapted for defined positioning thereof relatively to said immovable carrier, and at least one illuminating means for illuminating the specimen. The objective changer is characterized in that at least one transfer interface for transferring energy for illuminating the specimen is provided on the immovable carrier, at least one energy connector, which is rigidly connected to the movable carrier, is provided for receiving energy to illuminate the specimen, the energy connector is connected to an illuminating means, and by positioning the movable carrier relatively to the immovable carrier, a line engagement can be established between the transfer interface and an energy connector. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110019272 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR A MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to an illuminating device for a microscope with an illumination magazine comprising a plurality of light emitting units. A mechanical illuminator changer can change the light emitting unit currently active in the operative position. A filter magazine having a plurality of filter units is present, wherein a mechanical filter changer for changing the filter unit currently in the active operative position is associated with the filter magazine. At least one mechanical coupling means is provided for cooperation with the filter changer and the illuminator and for uniquely assigning each filter unit to a specific light emitting unit. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110032609 | MICROSCOPE CUBE - A microscope cube includes a housing including a first opening on a first wall of the housing and a second opening on a second wall of the housing, the first wall adjacent to the second wall; an excitation filter disposed within the first opening; an emission filter disposed within the second opening; and a dichroic mirror positioned within the housing. In one aspect, the dichroic mirror has a thickness greater than or equal to 1.5 mm. In another aspect, the excitation filter is positioned at an angle relative to the first wall of the housing | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110043907 | Fluorescence microscope - A fluorescence microscope | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110069382 | OPTICAL SYSTEM THAT SELECTIVELY PROVIDES EITHER OF A COLLIMATED LIGHT BEAM OR A CONVERGENT LIGHT BEAM - There is provided a method that includes projecting a collimated light beam from an optical system to a plane during a first mode of operation of the optical system, and projecting a convergent light beam from the optical system to the plane during a second mode of operation of the optical system. The method further includes, (a) during the first mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a first light bundle in a first light path in the optical system, to steer the collimated light beam through the plane at a designated incidence angle, and (b) during the second mode of operation, controlling a trajectory of a second light bundle in a second light path of the optical system, to steer the convergent light beam to a target position in the plane. There is also provided an apparatus and a system that employs the method. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110116165 | MICROSCOPE DEVICE - Reacquisition of an image is avoided, thus improving working efficiency. Provided is a microscope device including a plurality of confocal observation units or image capturing units that are capable of acquiring images of the same sample S, a region specifying unit that specifies, on a reference image acquired by a confocal observation unit or image capturing unit, an ROI of an observation image to be acquired by another image capturing unit or confocal observation unit, and a field-of-view displaying unit that displays, superimposed on the reference image, a maximum-limit indication indicating a maximum field of view of the other image capturing unit or confocal observation unit. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110134521 | DUAL-MODE RASTER POINT SCANNING/LIGHT SHEET ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPE - An apparatus for and method of performing light sheet microscopy (LISH) and light scanning microscopy (RAPS) in a single device are provided. The dual-mode imaging microscope allows for the use of both LISH and RAPS in a single instrument. This dual-mode device will allow researchers to have access to both types of microscopy, allowing access to the widest possible selection of samples. In addition, the device will reduce the high costs and space requirements associated with owning two different microscopes (LISH and RAPS). | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110273768 | TUNABLE MULTIPLE LASER PULSE SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A tunable multiple laser pulse scanning microscope and a method of operating the same is described, applying two pulsed laser beams with distinct wavelengths incident on a scanning spot of a sample to be imaged simultaneously or at a specific time delay. The microscope comprises at least two pulsed laser light sources emitting laser light of distinct wavelengths, an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) for tuning at least one of the laser pulses, a delay stage provided upstream of the AOTF, and an actuator for moving delay stage depending on the time delay. As a result, the wavelength of at least one type of pulses is tuned, and the delay between at least two pulses of distinct wavelengths is adjusted. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110310475 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope capable of forming a beam spot in a desired shape on a focal plane is provided.
| 12-22-2011 |
| 20120176674 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope including an illumination device for a light sheet having an approximately planar extension along an illumination axis of an illumination beam path with a transverse axis to the illumination axis. Light emitted from the sample region on axis of detection the illumination axis and the axis of detection as well as the transverse axis and the axis of detection being oriented relative at an non-zero angle. The illumination device includes structure deflecting light to different beam path and thus produces an additional sheet of light, together illuminating the sample region on common illumination axis, and with switches between beam paths. Detection device has a detection lens system for light from by the sample region. The switches include a rapidly switching element with a time <10 ms, a predetermined integration of the surface detector synchronized so the sample region is illuminated twice during integration. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120218631 | Pulse Combiner for the Various Spectral Colors of a Supercontinuum Laser Pulse - An illumination device ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120243081 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes: an objective lens radiating laser light and illumination light onto a specimen; a first detection optical system detecting first observation light produced from the specimen when the laser light is radiated; a second detection optical system detecting second observation light produced from the specimen when the illumination light is radiated; optical elements placed so as to be capable of being inserted into or removed from a light path of the first detection optical system or the second detection optical system; a rotating turret selectively switching the optical elements to be inserted into the light path; a storage section storing correction information about a relative misalignment between the first observation light and the second observation light caused when the optical elements are switched; and a control section correcting the relative misalignment between the first observation light and the second observation light based on the correction information. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120293864 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system that is capable of changing a status of observation of a sample comprises an instruction unit for giving instruction for driving one or more optical members including an objective lens or for changing a relative position of the sample and the objective lens; and an image capturing unit for capturing an observed image of the sample as a still image or a live image. The microscope system changes an order for performing operations in accordance with the instruction from the instruction unit, the operations including an operation of driving the one or more optical members or changing the relative position; an operation of switching the illumination light for the sample from being cut-off or reduced to being applied; and an operation of switching the image displayed in a display unit from the still image to the live image. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130003173 | OPITCAL SYSTEM FOR FORMING OPTICAL PATH OF OBLIQUE ANGLE AND METHOD THEREOF - An optical system is used in a microscope which is provided to observe a sample or in a light emitting device which applies a beam of light such as a laser beam onto a sample. The optical system can form an oblique path of light so that without shifting the sample or the position of the eyes of the observer (or the position of a light source of the light emitting device), the observer can observe (in the case of the light emitting device, it can apply light onto) not only a vertical top side the sample but also a front, rear, left or right side of the sample, or the position of a portion of the sample to be observed (in the case of the light emitting device, a portion onto which light is applied) can be varied. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130021664 | ARRANGEMENT FOR ADJUSTING ILLUMINATION DEVICES IN TRANSMITTED-LIGHT MICROSCOPES - An illuminating system for transmitted-light microscopes has a illuminator unit seated on a bracket. A condenser is mounted on the bracket by way of a condenser holder and is rotatable with respect to the bracket. The condenser has an integrated modulator slider that slidably extends through the condenser. The bracket has an upright portion with a window through which the modulator slider may be fed in the direction facing away from the operator. the bracket may be provided with a stand mount. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027770 | Microscope Illumination Method and Microscope - The invention relates to a microscope illumination method, to a microscope illumination set, comprising a white light LED ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130057953 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - A nonlinear optical microscope includes: a light source unit emitting pulsed light having a wavelength of 1200 nm or more and having a pulse width of several tens through several hundreds of femtoseconds; an objective emitting the pulsed light from the light source unit to a sample and having a working distance of 2 mm or more; and an immersion liquid filling the space between the sample and the objective and having an internal transmittance higher than an internal transmittance of pure water with respect to the wavelength of the pulsed light emitted from the light source unit. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130135717 | Microscope Illumination System and Method - The present invention relates to a microscope illumination system for switching between a first, confocal and a second, non-confocal microscope illumination mode, the system having an illumination unit that, in order to provide the first illumination mode, includes an illumination source for generating an illumination beam propagating parallel to the optical axis; a scanning mirror for deflecting the illumination beam perpendicular to the optical axis; and a scanning eyepiece and a downstream scanning tube lens for imaging the scanning mirror into the back focal plane of a microscope objective and for expanding the illumination beam, the objective focusing the illumination beam onto a specimen to be examined. In order to provide the second illumination mode, the system has a focusing lens inserted into the path of the illumination beam in such a way that the illumination beam is focused into the back focal plane of the microscope objective. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130229708 | FILTER WHEEL - An improved filter wheel is disclosed, through embodiments, that comprises a plurality of reflector support structures formed as a unitized structure with a circular base member. In some embodiments, the filter wheel further comprises a plurality of light sources mounted on the filter wheel. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130301121 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope for observing a specimen, while switching optical-path splitting portions, by using bright images without a positional displacement between the images, includes an optical-axis moving portion that parallelly moves laser light; a scanning portion; an objective lens; a detector; a plurality of excitation dichroic mirrors placed in an optical path in an insertable/removable manner and split the optical path; an excitation DM turret that selectively switches the excitation dichroic mirrors; a storage portion storing entry-angle displacement information and transmitting-position displacement information for the laser light at the pupil position of the objective lens, which are associated with the individual excitation dichroic mirrors; and a control portion controlling the scanning portion based on the entry-angle displacement information associated with an excitation dichroic mirror placed in the optical path and also controlling the optical-axis moving portion | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140160560 | PROTECTION DEVICE AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Provided is a protection device including a cover member that is disposed on a stage of a microscope main unit, which is provided with a shutter that can block the entry of laser light into an objective lens from a total-reflection illumination optical system, so as to cover a specimen, and that can be opened and closed; and an open/close sensor that detects open and closed states of the cover member and that outputs a drive signal that causes the shutter to block the laser light when the cover member is detected to be in the open state, wherein the cover member has an opening at, in the closed state, a position away from a track along an optical path of the laser light that has been focused by the total-reflection illumination optical system and that has passed through the specimen. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140177045 | FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPES WITH POLYCHROIC MIRROR CHANGERS - Fluorescence microscopy systems with polychroic mirror changers are described. In one aspect, a polychroic mirror changer includes a polychroic-mirror array. The array includes a plate with a planar surface and a number of holes formed in the plate. The array also includes polychroic mirrors attached to the planar surface of the plate such that each polychroic mirror covers one of the holes and the reflective surface of each polychroic mirror is adjacent to and aligned with the planar surface of the plate. Each polychroic mirror is partially exposed through a corresponding hole to reflect a different subset of excitation channels of a beam of excitation light input to the changer. The polychroic-mirror array can be mounted in the changer so that when a different subset of excitation channels is selected to illuminate a specimen, the plate is moved within a single plane of motion. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140320957 | STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING MICROSCOPY APPARATUS, AND STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING METHOD - A structured illuminating apparatus includes a branching unit branching an exit light flux from a light source into at least two branched light fluxes, an illuminating optical system making the two branched light fluxes to be respectively collected at mutually different positions on a pupil plane of an objective lens and making the two branched light fluxes to be interfered with each other to illuminate a specimen with an interference fringe of the two branched light fluxes, and an adjusting unit adjusting a height from an optical axis of the illuminating optical system to two collecting points formed on the pupil plane of the objective lens by the two branched light fluxes. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320958 | MODE-SWITCHABLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR A MICROSCOPE - Illumination system for a microscope system capable of being mode-switchable between a first and a second illumination mode, comprising one source of light for providing a collimated beam of light, at least one selector mirror capable of being positioned in at least two positions to redirect the beam of light in two different beam paths, the first beam path being a direct exit beam path wherein the selector mirror redirects the beam of light along an exit beam path to provide a first illumination mode, the second beam path is a mirror loop path comprising two or more mirrors arranged to redirect the beam of light onto the selector mirror such that it is redirected by the selector mirror a second time along the exit beam path, and wherein mirror loop path comprises at least one optical element arranged to optically alter the beam of light to provide the second illumination mode. According to one embodiment, the first illumination mode is Total Internal Reflection (TIRF) and the second illumination mode is Photokinetics (PK) illumination. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150323774 | MICROSCOPE WITH A LIGHT SHEET - A family of microscopes with illumination systems directing a sheet of light having an approximately planar extension in an illumination axis of an illumination beam path and in a transverse axis orthogonally oriented to the illumination axis. the illumination device, emits illumination light and has two illumination beam paths. A first illumination beam path illuminates the sample region from a first direction on the illumination axis and a second illumination beam path illuminates the sample region from a second opposing direction on the illumination axis. A switching element alternately switches the illumination light between the first illumination beam path and the second illumination beam path, or shifts the light sheet in a direction of the detection axis for adjusting or both. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150323775 | MICROSCOPE DEVICE - Reacquisition of an image is avoided, thus improving working efficiency. Provided is a microscope device including a plurality of confocal observation units or image capturing units that are capable of acquiring images of the same sample S, a region specifying unit that specifies, on a reference image acquired by a confocal observation unit or image capturing unit, an ROI of an observation image to be acquired by another image capturing unit or confocal observation unit, and a field-of-view displaying unit that displays, superimposed on the reference image, a maximum-limit indication indicating a maximum field of view of the other image capturing unit or confocal observation unit. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160004061 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND CORRECTION COLLAR OPERATING DEVICE - A microscope includes: an objective lens having an optical system; a correction collar provided on the objective lens and configured to move the optical system in a direction of an optical axis of the optical system by rotating around the objective lens to correct aberration; a switching unit to which the objective lens is attachable and which switches a position of the objective lens; a supporting unit for supporting the switching unit; and a focusing unit that holds the supporting unit such that the supporting unit is movable along the optical axis of the objective lens. A correction collar operating device is detachably attached to the supporting unit and includes: an input unit for inputting rotary force to rotate the correction collar; and a correction collar driving unit for rotating the correction collar according to the rotary force while the correction collar driving unit has contact with the correction collar. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160103309 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system according to the present invention includes a laser light source, a plurality of laser microscopes, and an optical path switching unit that is provided between the laser light source and the laser microscopes and switches a supply destination of a laser beam among the plurality of laser microscopes by changing a beam splitter to be arranged on an incident optical axis, in which each of the laser microscopes includes an optical axis adjustment unit that adjusts an optical axis of the laser beam, and a control unit that controls the optical axis adjustment unit based on identification information about the beam splitter arranged on the incident optical axis. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160131886 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus according to the present invention includes a bright-field illumination optical system and a fluorescence illumination optical system that respectively radiate illumination light and excitation light onto a sample, an observation optical system that observes observation light from the sample, and a controller that controls the fluorescence illumination optical system so that the excitation light is radiated onto the sample when the irradiation of the illumination light on the sample is prevented by an irradiation preventing portion of the bright-field illumination optical system and so that the irradiation of the excitation light on the sample is prevented when the irradiation of the illumination light on the sample is not prevented by the irradiation preventing portion. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20190146201 | STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING MICROSCOPY APPARATUS, AND STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING METHOD | 05-16-2019 |
