Surgical microscope for observing an infrared fluorescence and corresponding method

US8659651B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Helge Jess · Oberkochen, DE
• Dieter Quendt · Eßlingen, DE
• Werner Nahm · Vellberg, DE
• Joachim Steffen · Lauchheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B27/149
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical microscope for observing an infrared fluorescence includes a camera system 25 having three chips, wherein infrared light emanating from an object is supplied to only one of the three camera chips via a dichroic beam splitter.