Microscope stage

US8537462B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Roland Seifert · Heidelberg, DE
• Jonas Fölling · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B27/58
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microscope stage (14) comprising a platform (16), a specimen holder (18) resting on the platform (16) and a positioning device (20) for moving the specimen holder (18) in a plane of displacement parallel to the platform (16) is described. The microscope stage (14) includes a positioning device (20) having two displacing devices (34, 36) which are mechanically decoupled from each other and of which a first displacing device (34) is designed to move the specimen holder (18) along a first axis in the plane of displacement, and a second displacing device (36) is designed to move the specimen holder (18) along a second axis in the plane of displacement, which second axis runs transversely to the first axis.