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Microscope with self-adapting iris diaphragm

US10234671B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG · CH

Inventors

Harald Schnitzler · Appenzell, CH
Georg Schlaffer · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2015
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/241
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a microscope (10) that encompasses an objective system (30) and a zoom system (32). The microscope furthermore has a diaphragm (60) for limiting the aperture of the beam path. A control unit (64) is furthermore provided, that control unit (64) automatically ascertaining, as a function of the current manifestation of at least one parameter of the microscope (10), a respective setting of the diaphragm (60) predetermined for the current manifestation, and setting the diaphragm (60) accordingly.

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