| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 359391000 | Stage or slide carrier | 83 |
| 20080252966 | FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A clear fluorescence image is obtained by preventing external light from mixing with weak fluorescence emitted from a specimen, while reducing the size of the overall apparatus. The invention provides a fluorescence microscope apparatus including a stage for mounting a specimen; an objective lens for collecting fluorescence from the specimen; a moving mechanism for relatively moving the stage and the objective lens; a first cover member secured to the objective lens; a second cover member, provided at the stage, for enclosing a tip of the objective lens and a space above the stage, together with the first cover member; and a light-blocking member allowing relative movement of the first and second cover members while preventing leakage of light from a gap between the two cover members. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259446 | Adaptor for Microscope and Microscope Apparatus (Microscope-Use Adaptor and Microscope Device) - Providing a microscope apparatus supplying efficiently and collecting a liquid upon observation with local liquid immersion. The apparatus including an objective of a liquid immersion system, discharging means discharging the liquid between a front edge of the objective and a substrate, and sucking means sucking the liquid. Inclined faces are provided respectively in two positions adjacent to the front edge in the periphery of the objective, and protruded portions are provided in positions adjacent to the inclined faces. An aperture portion surrounded by the protruded portions and the substrate is formed in the side face. The discharging means includes a tubular member provided on the inclined face and the liquid is discharged by using the tubular member. The sucking means includes a tubular member and the liquid is sucked while taking in the air via the aperture portion by use of the tubular member. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080285124 | In-Plane Manipulator - Manipulator ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090002815 | Accessory For Attenuated Total Internal Reflective (Atr) Spectroscopy - An accessory for use with a microscope arranged to carry out ATR measurements has a support ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090027770 | Holding Device for Microscope Slides with Tissue Specimens - A holding device for retaining a number of slides ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090034065 | ACCESSORY FOR ATTENUATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTANCE (ATR) SPECTROSCOPY - An accessory for use with a microscope arranged to carry out ATR measurements has a support ( | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090091823 | Method and Device for Optically Scanning a Sample - The invention relates to a method and a device for optically scanning a sample, especially using a microscope. To this end, an adjustment unit and a scanning device are provided. The sample is displaced in relation to the scanning device by means of the adjustment unit which is acted upon by a control installation, or vice versa. According to the invention, a displacement window is defined for the adjustment unit and/or the scanning device, inside which mechanical collisions between the sample and the scanning device are prevented. This is especially advantageous in biological samples. A non-contact sample sensor is provided for the prevention of collisions, the sensor operating, for example, by electromagnetic or acoustic waves. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090116104 | Device for Placing Microscope Slides in Slide Trays - A device for histological research includes at least one container with shelves for slide trays connected to a flexible drive enabling reciprocating vertical motion of the container. The drive comprises a circular drive cable, a motor and at least one pulley. The device also includes a horizontal pusher provided on the working end with a tool for gripping the slide tray and moving it into the working zone outside the container and then back into the container, as well as a slide gripper capable of moving horizontally over the working zone in the direction perpendicular to that of the horizontal pusher. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090135477 | Stage apparatus - A glass slide is accurately held in position with a simple structure. A stage apparatus | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090147355 | Microscope calibration apparatus and method and stage including calibration apparatus - A stage for supporting a specimen slide and for calibrating a microscope includes a base and a calibration component integral with the base. The calibration component includes at least one calibration element for positional calibration and at least one calibration element for optical calibration. Calibration of the microscope can be performed without the need for independent calibration slides. The calibration component may be a glass calibration component or may be defined by a calibration element formed or etched through the base. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090168160 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLABLY SCANNING A CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMEN - Methods and systems for scanning a cytological specimen carried by a slide. Movement or positioning of a motorized stage of an automated screening system may be controlled manually by a user such that the user controls movement, e.g., controlling speed, position, and/or timing, of the motorized stage along a first scan line to controllably scan a first portion of the specimen along the scan line. The user may then index the motorized stage from the first scan line to the next scan line and manually control movement of the stage along the second scan line to controllably scan another portion of the specimen. Stage indexing may also be automatic such that the user does not control or initiate indexing. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090168161 | APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-HANDED CONTROL OF MICROSCOPE FUNCTIONS - Apparatus for single-handed control of a microscope are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first controller, such as a first rotary controller, is configured for manipulation by a hand of a user to adjust a position of a microscope stage. Another controller, such as a second rotary controller, is configured and arranged relative to the first rotary controller for manipulation by an extended finger of the same hand to review, e.g., scroll through, previously identified portions of a biological specimen while the user's first hand may or may not remain in contact with the first rotary controller. In this manner, the user may continue to review the previously identified specimen portions without having to look away from the microscope. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090195870 | SAMPLE STAGE FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION - A sample stage is provided with first to fourth plates. Each of the first to fourth plates has a first side surface and a second side surface. The first and the second side surfaces are adjacent to each other. The first and the second side surfaces extend perpendicularly to each other. The second side surface of the second plate is in contact with the first side surface of the first plate. The second side surface of the third plate is in contact with the first side surface of the second plate. The second side surface of the fourth plate is in contact with the first side surface of the third plate. The second side surface of the first plate is in contact with the first side surface of the fourth plate. A first rectangular opening is formed by the first side surfaces of the first to fourth plates. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090268283 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY PAD SAMPLE HOLDER AND METHOD OF HAND USING THE SAME - The present invention is a sample holder for confocal microscopy of CMP pad samples cut or otherwise removed from either new or used CMP pads that maintains a uniform load and pressure over the part of the sample visible to the confocal microscope by placing the pad behind a transparent window and holding it against the said window by a means comprising upper transparent window retaining means having an offset adjacent the transparent window having the same or essentially the same refractive index as the pad material so that when the pad is held against the transparent window, the edges of the pad are outside the outer edge of the transparent window; lower pad retaining means to press the pad under a known/load against the transparent window, which lower pad retaining means has a size less than the size of the pad; spherical force transmitting means pressed against the lower pad retaining means;, through a load cell to measure the load transferred to the sample through lower pad retaining means, the spherical force transmitting means, the force transfer means and load cell from the posterior structural housing of the sample holder which is forced together with the said window retaining means by a force generating means; and means to adjust the known load and a method of confocal microscopy of new and used CMP pad samples to determine relative surface area and other characteristics using the said confocal sample. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090303585 | MICROSCOPE - Control apparatus for a microscope having at least one rotary control member for adjustment of the microscope, the apparatus comprising: a motor; a coupling arrangement driven, in use, by the motor; and a mount arrangement to provide adjustable positioning of the motor relative to the control member, to cause the coupling arrangement to engage the rotary control member to cause the control member to be driven by rotation of the motor. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100067104 | SAMPLE HOLDER FOR A MICROSCOPE - The invention is directed to a sample holder for a microscope. The sample holder comprises a sample chamber which is filled with an immersion liquid and in which a sample is located. The sample chamber has an upper opening. It further comprises means for translating the sample relative to a detection objective of the microscope, and means for rotating the sample around an axis of rotation extending in a substantially horizontal plane which encloses an angle other than zero degrees with the optical axis of the detection objective. In a sample holder of this kind, the sample is embedded in a transparent embedding medium having at least partially a greater solidity than the immersion liquid. Further, the sample chamber has means for horizontally supporting the embedded sample against the effect of gravity. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100097695 | INCUBATION CONTAINER SYSTEM - A method and system for providing a container for investigating at least one specimen are described. The method and system include providing a dish. The dish includes a floor, a plurality of sidewalls, and at least one pedestal. The floor has a perimeter. The plurality of sidewalls coupled with the floor proximate to the perimeter. The at least one pedestal resides on a portion of the floor and is pedestal configured to support at least one microscope slide distal from the floor. The at least one microscope slide bears the specimen(s) for investigation. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100195199 | EYEPIECE BASE UNIT AND MICROSCOPE - The present invention relates to an eyepiece base unit and a microscope with which a phase contrast observation function can be easily added to the microscope. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110032610 | DEVICE FOR STICKING COVER GLASS - Problems of a conventional cover glass sticking device, in which a slide glass having one end side, where a describing portion is formed, is stored in a storage container and the one end side is always projected from level of a protection liquid therein, are solved by the device of the present invention. The device sticks a cover glass onto a sample applied to a slide glass | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110051235 | MICROSCOPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A microscope measurement system including: an optical microscope including a microscope body and an objective connected to the microscope body; a chamber including a support mechanism holding an object to be examined therein, the chamber including an opening inserting the objective into the chamber such that the objective is located essentially within the chamber and the microscope body is located essentially outside of the chamber; a sealing mechanism that provides an essentially gas-tight connection between the optical microscope and the chamber such that the chamber is sealed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110090563 | UNIFORMITY IN SLIDE SCANNING - A sample slide stage includes at least four fixed members that are arranged at, or about at, a focal plane of the slide stage, and are configured to receive a slide; and a plurality of compression members that apply a controlled force to compress a slide towards the fixed members at the focal plane, whereby a surface of a non-planar slide in the sample stage is deformed towards the focal plane. Methods of deforming non-planar slides towards a focal plane include inserting a non-planar slide into a sample slide stage that has at least four fixed members arranged at or about at a focal plane; and applying a controlled force to compress the non-planar slide to the fixed members at the focal plane, whereby a surface of the non-planar slide is deformed towards the focal plane. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110164316 | POSITIONING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a positioning system ( | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110170182 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND POSITIONING A SAMPLE RELATIVE TO A MICROSCOPE LENS - An arrangement for holding and positioning a sample in the detection area of the objective of a microscope, the detection area being located in a chamber which is filled with an immersion liquid. This arrangement includes (1) a sample holder to which the sample is affixed so as to lie upon a point P in a coordinate system X, Y, Z, coordinate Z being defined by the optical axis of the microscope objective and the coordinate origin laying within the detection area, (2) a device by which the position of point P can be varied within the coordinate system X, Y, Z, wherein the range of variation comprehends the detection area, and (3) a device for rotating the sample affixed to the sample holder around point P, wherein a straight line G which encloses with coordinate Z an angle α whose size can be changed is the axis of rotation. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110235172 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR MICROSCOPE SLIDES WITH TISSUE SPECIMENS - A holding device for retaining a number of slides with tissue specimens, wherein the surfaces of the microscope slides in retained position are located in a common plane, comprises an elongated hanger having a clamping means for releasable clamping of microscope slides in a hanging position with the surfaces in said plane, the microscope slides being clamped at their upper end and by release from the clamping means being free to fall from the hanger because of their own weight. The clamping means preferably is arranged to cooperate with a loading rack having a supporting surface for support of the current microscope slides in said plan, the hanger being able to be introduced into the rack and the clamping means being able to actuated so that all microscope slides placed on the supporting surface are clamped in the holding device. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110249327 | STAGE CONTROL DEVICE, STAGE CONTROL METHOD AND MICROSCOPE - A stage control device including a position detection portion which detects a position deviation of a support plate relative to a reference position regulated by a convex portion provided in a stage, from an image of a scope including the support plate on which a sample is disposed and which is mounted on the stage; and a stage control portion that presses the stage, which is moved and controlled in a surface direction of the support plate so that the sample is in an imaging scope of an imaging element, from a position of a detection point in time in a direction corresponding to a position deviation at a pressing speed, and returns the stage up to a position of the detection point in time at a return speed slower than the pressing speed, when the position deviation of the support plate relative to the reference position is detected. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120002276 | STAGE SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE - Disclosed herein is a stage system, including: a stage on which to mount a slide glass; a projection block projected more than the thickness of the slide glass to the side of that surface of the stage on which to dispose the slide glass; and a pressing block which is provided on that surface of the stage on which to dispose the slide glass, is thicker than the slide glass, and presses toward the projection block the slide glass disposed between itself and the projection block. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002277 | SLIDE GLASS STORAGE DEVICE, CONVEYING DEVICE AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A slide glass storage device including: a supply tray which has a supply holding space determined by a longer edge upper limit allowed for a longer edge of a slide glass and a shorter edge upper limit allowed for a shorter edge of the slide glass and on which a slide glass to be supplied to a treatment unit operable to perform a predetermined treatment is mounted; a discharge tray which has a discharge holding space determined by a longer edge longer than the longer edge upper limit and a shorter edge longer than the shorter edge upper limit and on which a slide glass having been subjected to the treatment in the treatment unit and being to be discharged is mounted; and a support unit supporting the supply tray and the discharge tray. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120075695 | HOLDER FOR CARRYING AND FACILITATING AUTO-LOADING OF MICROSCOPE SPECIMEN SLIDES - Pathology specimen slides are positively located on trays, and picked and placed by an auto-loader. The trays are received in a rack in tiers accessed by an auto-loader that moves the slides between the trays and a digital imaging microscope. The trays can have rows of receptacles for slides with standoff structures spacing the slides above a tray bottom. Lateral and endwise partitions defining the receptacles are inclined oppositely inwardly for guiding a slide into the predetermined position on the tray. The autoloader has a manipulator that grasps the ends of slides presented in a front row, and can reach over the front row to grasp slides in one or more rows beyond the front. The manipulator lifts the slide between the inclined surfaces of the partitions, loads and later retrieves the slide from the microscope and replaces the slide in the holder. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120147461 | MICROSCOPE STAGE - A microscope stage ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130063811 | SAMPLE CARRYING APAPRATUS CAPABLE OF REVOLVING SAMPLE - An apparatus adapted to a microscope includes a body, a revolvable structure, a stage and a driving device. The body has a slot for holding a liquid to form a horizontally level surface of the liquid. The revolvable structure partially accommodated within the slot and pivotally connected to the body is revolvable relative to the body about a horizontal axis and is for supporting a sample, which is immersed in the liquid. The revolvable structure penetrates through the body in a horizontal direction substantially parallel to the horizontal axis and is pivotally engaged to the body through a sealing ring, which makes the liquid be held in the slot and stops the liquid from leaking in the horizontal direction. The stage supports the body. The driving device is disposed on the stage and connected to the revolvable structure to revolve the revolvable structure. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130100526 | FILTER HOLDER FOR CORRELATIVE PARTICLE ANALYSIS - A filter holder for correlative particle analysis during imaging microscopy methods or methods of the elemental analysis including a receiving element with a filter support and a fastening unit. The plane filter support is designed as pressure piece and is movably arranged in the receiving element to be movable at a right angle to the surface of the filter for the purpose of tensioning the filter. The fastening unit includes a clamping element which encloses the filter at the circumference of the filter and is held by a tensioning element which is supported in the receiving element. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130170025 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes an illumination system, a stage, and an objective lens that forms an image of a specimen. The stage includes a fixed member whose position and inclination are fixed, a specimen holding member at least one of whose position and inclination is changeable, and a supporting member that supports the specimen holding member. A connection between the supporting member and the specimen holding member and a connection between the supporting member and the fixed member reside near sides of the specimen holding member. The microscope further includes an actuator that changes at least one of the position and the inclination of the specimen holding member with respect to the fixed member, and a buffer mechanism that suppresses transmission of any changes in the inclination of the specimen holding member to the actuator. The actuator and the specimen holding member are connected with the buffer mechanism interposed therebetween. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130222899 | TISSUE SPECIMEN STAGE FOR AN OPTICAL SECTIONING MICROSCOPE - A tissue specimen stage is provided having a window with surface curvature upon which an excised tissue specimen is locatable, a carriage having a tissue specimen receptacle to which the window is mounted, and a platform supporting the carriage and presenting the window to the objective lens of an optical sectioning microscope. The carriage is mounted to the platform for movement along two rotational axes so that the carriage's movement follows the curvature of all or part of the window while maintaining the same optical geometry of the window with respect to the objective lens. The window has surface curvature adapted to at least approximate the shape or curvature of the non-histologically prepared tissue specimen to be placed thereupon. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130314778 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a stage that holds an object, an objective optical system that forms an image of the object, a light receiving unit that receives the image of the object, and a driving unit that moves the stage between a first position where the image of the object is taken and a second position that is different from the first position. The stage includes a nozzle from which a gas is ejected. The nozzle is provided such that the gas is ejected from the nozzle toward the objective optical system when the stage is at the second position. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140055853 | OPEN TOP MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR MULTIPLEXING - An open top microfluidic device comprising a microfluidic slide carrier and one or more multiplexing stations is provided which allows sequential staining and imaging without the need for using or removing a coverslip on a mounted biological sample. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140063599 | IMMERSION LIQUID RETAINER, OBSERVED PORTION FIXING APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE - An immersion liquid retainer is an immersion liquid retainer used for an observation made with a microscope including an immersion objective. The immersion liquid retainer includes a fixing part in which a first penetration hole for viewing an observed portion of a specimen is formed and which is fixed to the specimen, and an immersion liquid retaining part where a concave part that has a bottom surface configured with a transparent flat plate and is intended to retain an immersion liquid is formed. The immersion liquid retaining part is joined to the fixing part or formed integrally with the fixing part so that the transparent flat plate covers the first penetration hole. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140233097 | STAGE DEVICE - A stage device includes a planar base to be fixed to a microscope, a first stage that is disposed on the base and is movable in a plane parallel to a principal surface of the base, a second stage that is disposed on the base and is rotatable about an optical axis of an objective lens which is perpendicular to a movement direction of the first stage, a specimen support that is placed on the second stage and is slidable in the plane, and a first clutch mechanism that is coupled to the specimen support and the first stage and is capable of transmitting power from the first stage to the specimen support. The first clutch mechanism does not transmit power from the first stage to the specimen support when the second stage rotates, and transmits power from the first stage to the specimen support when the first stage moves. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240824 | SLIDE HANDLING SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUES - In an automated process of handling slides, such as in an imaging system, a slide hander must be able to get a hold of, lift up, and move slides, with tissues samples thereon, to multiple locations quickly and efficiently. To perform this function, the arm of the slide handler needs to be free to move from one location to the next and to advantageously respond in the event of encountering any unexpected or misplaced objects and/or other obstacles without jamming, being damaged and/or causing damage to a slide. A system described herein provides for the use of a slide handler having a crash head assembly with a spring-loaded flexible joint that may disengage if an unexpected obstacle is encountered and spring back to its proper location once the obstacle is cleared. Additionally, because the crash head assembly can flex, it is less likely to break or chip the glass slides. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140268321 | DEVICE FOR IMAGING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE SUPPORTS IN A MICROFLUIDIC OR ELECTROCHEMICAL CHAMBER WITH AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - A sample holder for optical microscopy that incorporates sample holders typically used in electron microscopy to maximize the correlation between optical and electron microscopy images and data. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140333998 | MICRO-LENS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY - A method and apparatus for nanoscopy comprising a salt microlens. The microlens-based nanoscope comprises a conventional microscope, a microlens, and a XYZ piezoelectric stage is shown (SEE FIG. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140362436 | AUTOMATIC SLIDE LOADING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A microscopy slide loading system includes a motorized cassette having a plurality of stacked slots for supporting microscopy slides and a motorized loading arm being displaceable between a retracted position and a loading position. The loading arm projects through a slide slot of the cassette to push a slide positioned therein, eject the slide from the cassette and load the slide onto a slot of a slide holder of a microscope. Loading of the slide into the slide holder allows analysis of the slide by the microscope. After analyzing the slide, a front portion of the loading arm having gripping fingers grip the slide and pulls the slide from the slide holder back into the cassette in order to reload the slide into the cassette. Another slide of the cassette can be loaded and unloaded in a similar manner. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150138632 | SLIDE TRAY AND RECEPTOR FOR MICROSCOPIC SLIDES AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A receptor is mounted on a movable stage of a microscope slide scanner, the receptor being sized and shaped to receive a slide tray having one or more microscope slides thereon. A docking station automatically locks the receptor relative to the docking station whenever a tray is inserted or removed from the receptor without transmitting force to the movable stage. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150338626 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus includes a stage for holding a specimen, a stand portion for holding the stage, an arm portion having two arms extending from an upper part of the stand portion to a front side of the microscope apparatus, an optical system supported by the arm portion and configured to enlarge an image of the specimen on the stage, and gripping portions provided respectively on lower parts of the two arms and configured to be gripped by an observer. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150346476 | APPARATUS FOR HOLDING A SUBSTRATE WITHIN A SECONDARY DEVICE - This disclosure is directed to an apparatus for securely holding a substrate, such as a microscope slide. A holder includes a frame including at least three walls, such as a base, a first arm, and a second arm. Each wall includes a platform or a portion of a platform to support the substrate. The first arm includes at least one securing block and a second arm opposite the first arm includes a secure bar with a securing block. The securing blocks include a ramp to guide the substrate off of the platforms and a stopper to set a maximum lift distance and to constrain the substrate. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160025958 | HORSESHOE MAGNET FOR A BIOSENSOR - The invention relates to a horseshoe magnet ( | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160139393 | UPRIGHT AND INVERTED MICROSCOPE - A dual-configuration microscope is provided. The microscope may be converted into an upright configuration or an inverted configuration. The microscope includes a base. The microscope further includes a body having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the body is rotatably coupled to the base at a rotational coupling. The microscope further includes one or more objectives coupled to the first portion of the body, a condenser coupled to the second portion of the body and a stage positioned between the one or more objectives and the condenser. The stage includes a first specimen supporting surface and a second specimen supporting surface, wherein the second specimen supporting surface is positioned opposite the first specimen supporting surface. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139397 | Specimen Stand - A specimen stand includes a base, a support, an “L”-shaped arm, and a specimen-holding portion. The specimen-holding portion is rotatable relative to the “L”-shaped arm. The “L” support arm is rotatable relative to the support and the base. The specimen stand has a swappable plate having distinct colors to allow specimens to be positioned over different colors for examination. The specimen stand has a magnet on the base to assist in positioning the base. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147056 | SLIDE HOLDER FOR DETECTION OF SLIDE PLACEMENT ON MICROSCOPE - The invention provides a slide holder that utilizes edge detection algorithms to determine the location of various edges of a slide. From these edges, and integrating characteristic slide dimension, both linear offset of the edge of the slide in the holder and any rotation of the slide relative to the microscope stage axis are determined. The process of using the slide holder of the invention ensures precise and accurate placement of a slide during a first round of imaging and for reload in subsequent rounds. | 05-26-2016 |
| 359392000 | Adjustable along optical axis | 10 |
| 20080198450 | Z-MOTION MICROSCOPE SLIDE MOUNT - A microscope slide mount capable of z-axis movement. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090034066 | APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A MICROSCOPE STAGE - An apparatus for adjusting a microscope stage. The microscope stage of the apparatus defines a plane on which an object to be examined can be placed. The apparatus further includes a first shaft and a second shaft rotationally coupled to the first shaft. The microscope stage is guided between the first and second shafts such that a rotational movement of at least one of the first and second shafts has a direct effect on the microscope stage. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090147356 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A movable part to which a specimen or optical component is fixed is effectively damped in a short period of time at low cost, while saving space and energy and avoiding heat generation, thus allowing high-precision observation of a specimen to be carried out quickly after stopping at a certain position. The invention provides a microscope system including a driving mechanism for driving a movable part to which a specimen or optical component is fixed and stopping the movable part at a certain position; and a vibration damping mechanism for damping vibrations generated when stopping the movable part with the driving mechanism. The vibration damping mechanism includes an inertial member having a prescribed mass and a viscoelastic member sandwiched between the inertial member and the movable part. Dimensions in a plurality of directions of the viscoelastic member are set on the basis of resonance frequencies of vibrations generated in multiple directions when stopping the movable part. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100020393 | System and Device for Non-Destructive Raman Analysis - An improved Raman microspectrometer system extends the optical reach and analysis range of an existing Raman microspectrometer to allow analysis and/or repair of an oversized sample. The improved Raman microspectrometer system includes an extender for extending the optical reach of the existing microspectrometer and a supplemental stage which extends the analysis range of the existing microspectrometer by providing travel capabilities for non-destructive analysis of an entire oversized sample. Such an arrangement decreases manufacturing costs associated with testing oversized samples such as mammography panels, enabling analysis and/or repair to be performed without destruction. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100097696 | Sheet glass for microscopy and manufacturing method thereof - A sheet glass for microscopy includes a base plate and a metal pattern configured on the base plate. The structure of the sheet glass increases the throughput, reduces the cost and shortens the distance between grids and targets for keeping grids and targets within the depth of field of the microscope. A manufacturing method of sheet glass for microscopy is also disclosed. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20120147462 | MICROSCOPE STAGE WITH PIVOTABLE OBJECTIVE HOLDER - A microscope stage ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130033744 | Sample Holder For A Microscope - A sample retainer for a microscope is described, comprising a sample stage ( | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130038931 | Microscope controller and microscope system having microscope controller - A microscope controller improves the operability in moving a stage when a stage moving operation is performed on a touch panel. The microscope controller for control of the operation of each electric unit configuring the microscope system solves problems by including: a touch panel unit having a display function and receiving an input by an external physical contact; a control unit for setting a display region as a function area by assigning an image for operation of the electric unit to a specified display region of the touch panel unit, and, when an input to the function area is detected, generating a control instruction signal for control of the electric unit depending on the contact operation to the electric unit corresponding to the function area, and a communication control unit for transmitting the control instruction signal to an external device for controlling the operation of the electric unit. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20140233098 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An automated microscope apparatus comprises an outer housing having an external wall; optionally but preferably an internal wall in the housing configured to form a first compartment and a separate second compartment in the outer housing; a microscope assembly in the housing (preferably in the first compartment); a microprocessor in the housing (preferably in the second compartment), and (optionally but preferably) a heat sink mounted on the housing external wall, preferably adjacent the second compartment, with the microprocessor thermally coupled to said heat sink and operatively associated with the microscope assembly. Systems and methods employing the same are also described, along with component parts thereof. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140327961 | Slider for Introduction into an Optical Path of a Light Microscope - The invention relates to a slider for introduction into an optical path of a light microscope. Such a slider has a housing for arrangement on the light microscope, a holder which can be displaced in the housing in a displacement direction over a displacement length, an optical element which is held by the holder oriented with respect to an optical axis extending perpendicular to the displacement direction, and movement means for displacing the holder. The slider is characterised according to the invention in that at least the portion of the movement means which lies in the displacement direction within the displacement length lies, in a direction perpendicular to a plane fixed by the optical axis and the displacement direction, completely within a coverage area which is covered by the holder upon displacement thereof, wherein the coverage area is fixed by the optical axis as normal. | 11-06-2014 |
| 359393000 | With plural transverse movements | 11 |
| 20080212174 | Positioning Mechanism and Microscope Using the Same - A positioning mechanism capable of decreasing width and size and a microscope using the positioning mechanism are provided. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090141345 | Microscope Stage and Microscope Observing Unit - A microscope stage capable of always heating the entire culture vessel even when the culture vessel is moved in two-dimensional directions, and allowing an object lens and a condenser even in a high-power microscope to approach an object of observation such as a cell until they come into focus. A heating unit ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090161210 | MICROSCOPY SYSTEM WITH REVOLVABLE STAGE - A microscopy system includes an objective lens and a stage for holding a sample. The objective lens focuses incident light coming from one side of the objective lens to the sample disposed on the other side of the objective lens, and focuses an optical signal emitted from the sample to a photosensor disposed on the one side of the objective lens. The stage supports the sample and is configured to be revolvable about an axis, which is substantially perpendicular to an extending direction from the sample to the objective lens. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090310215 | SAMPLE POSITIONING APPARATUS - A sample positioning stage for positioning a sample to be inspected relative to an optical inspection device, including a first generally planar body on which a sample can be carried and a second body directly coupled to the first body via at least one rigid bearing and at least one resiliently compliant bearing provided between the first and second bodies. The first and second bodies are preloaded against each other in a dimension substantially parallel to the plane of the first generally planar body via the bearings. The stage also includes a motorized drive system operable to drive the first and second bodies relative to each other in the first plane toward a demanded relative position received from a position input device, and a position sensing device on at least one of the first and second bodies, for providing a measure of the relative position of the first and second bodies. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100007947 | METHOD FOR, IN PARTICULAR, OPTICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SURFACE OF A SAMPLE CARRIER FOR BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS - Method for, in particular, optical examination of the surface of a sample carrier for biological objects, in which the sample carrier is arranged in the spatially-fixed observation area of a measuring facility, whereby the observation area covers a partial area of the surface of the sample carrier, and the sample carrier is moved with respect to the observation area, whereby, for examination, the sample carrier is displaced in the direction of an axis that extends in the plane of the sample carrier and rotated simultaneously in this plane. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100014159 | STAGE DRIVE FOR MICROSCOPES - A stage drive for moving a microscope stage designed as a mechanical stage including a first drive element linked to a first output element, and a second drive element, which is linked to a second output element. Through first and second transmission means, the first output element is linked to a first stage element and the second output element is linked to a second stage element of the mechanical stage supported by the first stage element. The stage elements are supported so as to be displaceable relative to a fixed base element in orthogonal directions X, Y in a plane extending normal to the optical axis of the microscope beam path. The at least one stage drive includes at least one drive element and at least one output element and is arranged in the base element so as to be displaceable in X direction and/or Y direction within an adjustment range and lockable. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100188743 | OBSERVATION DEVICE, OBSERVATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An observation device according to the present invention comprises a stage on which a fluid vessel containing therein an object to be observed such as a cell or microorganism is to be placed, an observing part observing the object to be observed, a driving part performing a stage driving for moving a position of the stage with respect to the observing part, and a control part controlling the stage driving performed by the driving part. The stage driving includes a moving mode for moving the stage toward a predetermined position and a stop process mode for performing a stop process of stopping the stage at the predetermined position, and the control part performs the stop process several times in the stop process mode, and controls the stage driving so that a velocity or an acceleration of the stage driving is common among the stop processes in the stop process mode. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20120262783 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE SEPARATION DEVICES AND METHODS - A microscope slide separation device and method of storing microscope slides are disclosed. In specific embodiments, the microscope slide separation device can be placed a folded position that forms a cavity between at least first and second members configured to receive a microscope slide to which both a sample and a slip cover have been coupled. In particular embodiments, the first member may have at least one side configured not to stick to cover slip mounting media. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130208355 | X-Y STAGE FOR MICROSCOPES - An X-Y stage for microscopes comprises a base stage element, an intermediate stage element, and an upper stage element. The upper stage element is mounted to the intermediate stage element and is displaceable along a first axis. The intermediate stage element is mounted to the base stage plate and is displaceable along a second axis. A mechanical stage drive comprises an upper stage element drive with an output link coupled to the upper stage element and providing a first drive direction. An intermediate stage drive with an output link coupled to the intermediate stage and providing a second drive direction. The X-Y stage further comprises at least one of a first mechanical switch for reversing the first displacement direction and a mechanical second mechanical switch for reversing the second displacement direction. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20160126864 | VIBRATION DRIVE DEVICE IN WHICH SEPARATION BETWEEN MEMBERS BY EXTERNAL FORCE IS SUPPRESSED, LENS BARREL, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STAGE DEVICE - A vibration drive device which suppresses separation between members thereof when an external force is applied thereto. The vibration drive device excites vibration in a vibrating body to move the vibrating body and a driven body relative to each other. The vibrating body has a piezoelectric element joined to a first surface of an elastic body. Protrusions for pressure contact with the driven body are formed on a second surface of the elastic body. The elastic body is supported by support plates, and the support plates are held on a base. An equalizing stage is disposed on a side facing the first surface of the elastic body. A vibration damping member disposed between the vibrating body and the equalizing stage suppresses transmission of vibration from the vibrating body to the equalizing stage. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160139392 | OPTICAL MICROSCOPE DEVICE, MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION USING SINGLE LIGHT-EMITTING PARTICLE DETECTION TECHNIQUE - There is provided a microscopic observation technique capable of detecting a light-emitting object or a light-emitting particle moving in a thick sample by the scanning molecule counting method. In the inventive technique, the light from a light detection region of is detected the optical system of a confocal or multiphoton microscope is detected with while moving the light detection region in each observed subregion obtained by dividing a region to be observed into plural regions; the signal of the light from a light-emitting particle is individually detected; and the position of the light-emitting particle corresponding to the detected signal is determined in the region to be observed. The moving of the position of the light detection region in each observed subregion is performed continuously in at least two directions or and/or continuously multiple times in each observed subregion. | 05-19-2016 |
| 359394000 | With turntable | 2 |
| 20120162756 | CARRIER ASSEMBLY OF MICROSCOPE ELEMENT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A carrier assembly and an operation method thereof are provided. The carrier assembly comprises a base, a first gear element, a second gear element, an object-carrier and a fixing part. The first gear element is rotatably disposed on the base, and the second gear element is rotatably disposed on the base and meshed with the first gear element. The object-carrier is used for carrying an object. The fixing part connects the base to a carrier platform. Wherein, an included angle is contained between the rotating axis of the first gear element and the rotating axis of the second gear element. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130021665 | CHANGING APPARATUS FOR A MICROSCOPE - A changing apparatus for a microscope ( | 01-24-2013 |
| 359395000 | With temperature control | 12 |
| 20080239477 | OBSERVATION SYSTEM - A suitable clear image is obtained in observation of a specimen exhibiting dynamic motion, for example, during in vivo observation. The invention provides an observation system including an optical apparatus including an objective unit that is positioned close to a specimen; and a stabilizer adhered to the specimen, at least around an observation region of the optical apparatus, to restrain motion of the specimen, wherein a heat-transfer preventing member for preventing transfer of heat between the stabilizer and the specimen is provided on the stabilizer. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080247038 | SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE - A scanning confocal microscope can provide an image while preventing a decrease in brightness and blurring due to strain caused in optical and mechanical systems by thermal effects in a high-temperature, high-humidity incubation container. This scanning confocal microscope includes an incubation container that has a space in which a specimen is disposed and that can maintain an internal environment thereof at a predetermined temperature and high humidity and an optical system space adjacent to the incubation container and separated therefrom based on humidity. The optical system space accommodates a light-scanning unit and a scanner optical system, an objective lens, a confocal pinhole, and a focus adjustment mechanism. The optical system space further accommodates a temperature-maintaining unit for the optical system space to maintain the optical system space at a temperature substantially equal to the temperature in the incubation container. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080291534 | Microscope system - A microscope system includes a casing in which an optical element is housed, an airtight specimen chamber, and an environment control unit that controls temperature and humidity in the specimen chamber and also controls temperature inside the casing. An upper plate of the specimen chamber is an open/close lid opened and closed when inserting or removing a biological specimen. The casing becomes sealed by a bottom plate of the specimen chamber as the specimen chamber is set on the casing. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090086316 | ENVIRONMENT MAINTAINING APPARATUS FOR MICROSCOPE AND MICROSCOPE - Providing a space-and-energy-saving environment maintaining apparatus for a microscope. A first chamber | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090168162 | Microscopy Methods And Apparatus For Manipulation And/Or Detection of Biological Samples And Other Objects - Microscopy methods and apparatus for manipulation, detection, imaging, characterization, sorting and/or assembly of biological or other materials, involving an integration of CMOS or other semiconductor-based technology and microfluidics in connection with a microscope. In one implementation, a microscope including optics and a stage is outfitted with various components relating to the generation of electric and/or magnetic fields, which are implemented on an IC chip. A microfluidic system is fabricated either directly on top of the IC chip, or as a separate entity that is then appropriately bonded to the IC chip, to facilitate the introduction and removal of cells in a biocompatible environment, or other particles/objects of interest suspended in a fluid. The patterned electric and/or magnetic fields generated by the IC chip can trap and move biological cells or other objects inside the microfluidic system to facilitate viewing via the microscope. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100157423 | OBSERVATION UNIT - The observation unit according to the present invention comprises an observation device observing a sample, a placing table on which the sample is placed, a drive device moving the placing table to an observation position where the sample is observed by the observation device, and a casing sealing a first space extending in a vertical direction. The first space and the placing table are arranged so as to be displaced from each other in a horizontal direction, and the drive device is arranged in the first space. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100265576 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY PAD SAMPLE HOLDER THAT MEASURES DISPLACEMENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The present invention is a sample holder for confocal microscopy of CMP pad samples cut or otherwise removed from either new or used CMP pads that maintains a uniform load and pressure over the part of the sample visible to the confocal microscope by placing the pad behind a transparent window and holding it against the said window by a means comprising upper transparent window retaining means having an offset adjacent the transparent window having the same or essentially the same refractive index as the pad material so that when the pad is held against the transparent window, the edges of the pad are outside the outer edge of the transparent window; lower pad retaining means to press the pad under a known/load against the transparent window, which lower pad retaining means has a size less than the size of the pad; spherical force transmitting means pressed against the lower pad retaining means; through a load cell to measure the load transferred to the sample through lower pad retaining means, the spherical force transmitting means, the force transfer means and load cell from the posterior structural housing of the sample holder which is forced together with the said window retaining means by a force generating means; and means to adjust the known load and a method of confocal microscopy of new and used CMP pad samples to determine relative surface area and other characteristics using the said confocal sample. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110032611 | SPECIMEN MOUNT FOR MICROSCOPY - Devices, mounts, stages, interfaces and systems to be developed that allow for in situ manipulation, experimentation and analysis of specimens directly within an electron microscope. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110299157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A SPECIMEN ON A SLIDE - One embodiment includes a system for mounting a specimen on a slide, the system having an immersion chamber, a stage, and a pump. The immersion chamber is configured to hold a liquid and comprises at least one wall, a closed bottom, and an open top. The stage is configured to support the slide, and the stage is arranged within the immersion chamber such that the specimen may be supported substantially above the stage by the liquid. The pump is configured to draw the liquid from the immersion chamber such that the level of liquid in the immersion chamber decreases and the specimen is dispensed onto the slide. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A SPECIMEN ON A SLIDE - One embodiment includes a system for mounting a specimen on a slide, the system having an immersion chamber, a stage, a transducer, and a pump. The immersion chamber is configured to hold a liquid and comprises at least one wall, a closed bottom, and an open top. The stage is configured to support the slide, and the stage is arranged within the immersion chamber such that the specimen may be supported substantially above the stage by the liquid. The transducer is configured to induce a wave in the liquid in the immersion chamber such that the wave alters the motion of the specimen. The pump is configured to draw the liquid from the immersion chamber such that the level of liquid in the immersion chamber decreases and the specimen is dispensed onto the slide. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120307355 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE HEATING AND MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR - The invention comprises a slide preparation apparatus and method of operation therefor for aiding in microscope slide preparation. The slide preparation apparatus includes an inclined plane surface configured to support a microscope slide assembly at an angle that ergonomically facilitates delivery of a fluid sample to an upper edge of a cover slip of the microscope slide assembly, which allows gravity to aid fluid delivery a microscope slide. Preferably, the slide preparation apparatus is heated and/or temperature controlled to reduce viscosity of the sampled fluid, which enables the fluid to flow between the microscope slide and the cover slip. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20150293341 | SPECIMEN PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING SLIDES - A specimen processing system is capable of processing specimens carried on slides. The specimen processing system can sequentially deliver slides and opposables to specimen processing stations. The specimen processing stations can use the opposables to apply a series of liquids to the specimens. The applied liquid can be moved along the slide using capillary action while the specimen processing stations control the processing temperatures. | 10-15-2015 |
