Inventor · Oberkochen, DE

Franz Muchel

27Patents
11h-index
16Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 10, 1978 → Aug 28, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4364629A Operation microscope having a small working distance Physics 50 Expired
US4523821A Device for examining anterior sections of the eye Human Necessities 46 Expired
US4518231A Stereomicroscope Physics 45 Expired
US4420219A Optical waveguide connector using aspheric lenses Physics 42 Expired
US4691997A Microscope tube Physics 35 Expired
US4669839A Optical system for therapeutic use of laser light Human Necessities 34 Expired
US4465348A Apparatus for the subjective and objective determination of refraction Human Necessities 30 Expired
US4248505A Ophthalmological instrument Human Necessities 15 Expired
US4365871A Optical system for microscopes Physics 11 Expired
US4411502A Ophthalmological instrument for examination of anterior and posterior portions of the eye Human Necessities 11 Expired
US4215914A Optical system having a radial difference in refractive index Physics 11 Expired
US4249802A Ophthalmological instrument Human Necessities 11 Expired
US5103341A UV-capable dry lens for microscopes Physics 11 Expired
US4786161A Apparatus for examination and surgery of the anterior and posterior portions of the eye Human Necessities 10 Expired
US4525042A Optical system of variable focal and back-focal length Physics 10 Expired
US4403841A Apparatus for examining anterior portions of the eye Human Necessities 9 Expired
US4222634A Wide angle objective for examination of the eye Physics 9 Expired
US4272165A Optical system for illuminating the ground of the eye Human Necessities 7 Expired
US5032011A Transmitted-light illuminating arrangement for a microscope Physics 6 Expired
US4220401A Hand-held ophthalmoscope Human Necessities 5 Expired
US4270842A Optical system for forming an image of the retina Human Necessities 4 Expired
US5488512A Color corrected ocular Physics 3 Expired
US4427269A Method and apparatus for automatically compensating for rotation of images in articulated optical systems Physics 2 Expired
US7289271B2 Tube lens unit with chromatically compensating effect Physics 2 Active
US4606617A Adapter for illumination or laser radiation for surgical microscopes Physics 2 Expired

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