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Sample holder for a microscope

US8482854B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH · DE

Inventors

Helmut Lippert · Jena, DE
Benno Radt · Jena, DE
Christopher Power · Jena, DE
Christian Dietrich · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2008
Grant date	Jul 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/33
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is directed to a sample holder for a microscope. The sample holder comprises a sample chamber which is filled with an immersion liquid and in which a sample is located. The sample chamber has an upper opening. It further comprises means for translating the sample relative to a detection objective of the microscope, and means for rotating the sample around an axis of rotation extending in a substantially horizontal plane which encloses an angle other than zero degrees with the optical axis of the detection objective. In a sample holder of this kind, the sample is embedded in a transparent embedding medium having at least partially a greater solidity than the immersion liquid. Further, the sample chamber has means for horizontally supporting the embedded sample against the effect of gravity.

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