Microscope slide system
US4674846A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/34
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microscope slide illumination system is adapted for the side lighting of particles suspended in liquid, where the liquid is retained in a depression in a microscope slide. The system includes a laser source of light, an optic fiber bundle to conduct the laser light, and a single fiber, preferably having a focused lens tip, to focus the laser light into the slide depression. In one embodiment a single optical fiber is located in a bore of the slide and in another embodiment the free ends of a group of single optical fibers terminate around the slide depression.
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