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Microscope with slide clamping assembly

US10007102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sakura Finetek U.S.A., Inc. · US

Inventors

Stefan Bickert · Überlingen, DE
Catherine Wolf · Mulhouse, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2013
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microscope and methods of using the microscope to image a specimen on a microscope slide are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of a microscope receive a slide carrier that loosely supports a plurality of microscope slides. The microscope may include a slide clamping assembly that clamps the plurality of microscope slides to fixedly support and physically separate the microscope slides from the slide carrier during imaging.

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