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Inverted microscope

US9494780B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2013
Grant dateNov 15, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/24
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An inverted microscope includes an imaging lens configured to form an image of light which passes through an objective lens from a specimen, and a microscope main body in which a plurality of optical devices are configured to be arranged between the objective lens and the imaging lens in a direction of an optical axis of the objective lens and which includes therein a plurality of installation units that allow the plurality of optical devices to be fixed independently of one another. Each of the plurality of installation units includes an abutting reference surface on which any one of the plurality of optical devices is configured to be abutted. A plurality of abutting reference surfaces of the plurality of the installation units are shifted from one another in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective lens.

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