Patent · US Expired

Inverted microscope

US4626906A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 23, 1984
Grant dateDec 2, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 23, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/24
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microscope is arranged so that the light from the object under study is directed down through an objective lens and then to a video camera. None of it is diverted to an eye piece or the like. The image can be viewed on a video monitor. There is no clutter of optical equipment above the object, and there need be only enough light to operate the camera.

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