Stereoscopic microscope

US8284482B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Strahle · Heubach, DE
• Christoph Hauger · Aalen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/22
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microscope or stereomicroscope for representing an object that can be placed on an object plane of the stereomicroscope provides at least one pair of optical paths and comprises at least one deflection element with a reflecting surface and a representation system containing several optical elements. The optical elements include a plurality of lenses. In addition, the optical elements are configured in such a way that pupil planes of the optical representation paths intersect the reflecting surface of the deflection element or are located at a distance from said reflecting surface less than 1.5 times the diameter of one of the reflecting surfaces along the optical representation paths on the closest lens of the plurality of lenses. An alternative embodiment provides a stereomicroscope with a particularly compact construction, in which at least one pair of optical representation paths is reflected on a first, second, third, and fourth reflecting surface.