Camera adapter for optical devices, in particular microscopes

US7394979B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Egon Luther · Cospeda, DE
• Ingo Koschmieder · Jena, DE
• Jan Buchheister · Jena, DE
• Eberhard Hofmann
• Mario Gerlach · Hohen Neuendorf, DE
• Stephan Ruehling · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2008
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03B17/48
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A camera adapter for optical devices, in particular microscopes. The present solution includes a camera adapter which enables any video cameras and photographic cameras to connect to an existing image out-coupling system, e.g., the beam splitter of a microscope. The adapter can also be used for stereo microscopes. The camera adapter is arranged between the image out-coupling element and the camera. Its housing has two connection pieces. The microscope-side connection piece has a quick-change device and the camera-side connection piece has a filter thread. The technical solution provides a camera adapter for connecting digital cameras to a microscope. By using intermediate rings, the camera adapter is suitable for different cameras and facilitates exchange of cameras. The camera can be positioned in such a way that the observer can view the object through the eyepiece as well as on the camera monitor without substantially changing his/her sitting position.