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Sample holder for a microscope

US8970952B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Jonas Fölling · Heidelberg, DE
Marcus Dyba · Wetzlar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2011
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/26
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sample retainer for a microscope is described, comprising a sample stage (32), a holder (34) arranged on the sample stage (32), a sample carrier (36), couplable to the holder (34), to which a sample is attachable, and an adjusting apparatus (44), engaging on the holder (34), with which with the sample carrier (36), together with the holder (34) to which the sample carrier (36) is coupled, is displaceable on the sample stage (32), relative to the objective (46), into a target position. A decoupling apparatus that decouples the sample carrier (36), arranged in the target position, from the holder (34) upon imaging of the sample through the objective (46) is provided.

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