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Surgical microscope having an OCT-system

US7978404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CARL ZEISS SURGICAL GMBH · DE

Inventors

Peter Reimer · Ellwangen, DE
Christoph Hauger · Aalen, DE
Alfons Abele · Trochtelfingen, DE
Markus Seesselberg · Aalen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 21, 2007
Grant date	Jul 12, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/20
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical microscope (100) has a viewing beam path for main viewing and a secondary beam path (106) for viewing by another person. The surgical microscope (100) has a microscope main objective (101) through which the viewing beam path for main viewing and the viewing beam path (106) for secondary viewing pass. The surgical microscope (100) includes an OCT-system (120) for examining an object region. The OCT-system (120) includes an OCT-scanning beam (123) which is guided through the microscope main objective (101). In the viewing beam path (106) for secondary viewing, an in-coupling element (150) is provided to couple the OCT-scanning beam (123) into the viewing beam path (106) for secondary viewing and to guide the same through the microscope main objective (101) to the object region (108).

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