| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7564624 |
Microscope |
July 21, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a microscope comprising at least one first and second light sources, a first light-guiding fiber connected to the first light source and a second light-guiding fiber connected to the second light source, wherein the light emitted by corresponding light source is |
| 7554726 |
Objective for evanescent illumination and microscope |
June 30, 2009 |
| A microscope comprises an objective and a light source that produces an illumination light beam--in particular for evanescent illumination of a sample, which exhibits a focus in the plane of the objective pupil. To adjust the penetration depth, an adjustment mechanism is provided with |
| 7551351 |
Microscope with evanescent sample illumination |
June 23, 2009 |
| A microscope with evanescent sample illumination comprises a device for optically manipulating a sample. |
| 7474462 |
Microscope with evanescent wave illumination |
January 6, 2009 |
| A microscope with a first and a second illumination light beam for illuminating a sample, wherein the first and/or the second illumination light beam evanescently illuminates the sample. For the purpose of CARS testing, the first illumination light beam can be a pump light beam, and |
| 7463414 |
Microscope |
December 9, 2008 |
| A microscope includes an adjustment device for positioning a specimen stage. An objective, an objective changer and/or an objective turret is coupled to the adjustment device so that a position of the objective element is adjustable by the adjustment device. A holder for the objectiv |
| 6977773 |
Scanning microscope and coupling-out element |
December 20, 2005 |
| A scanning microscope has a light source that emits illuminating light for illumination of a specimen, at least one first detector for detection of the detected light proceeding from the specimen, an objective arranged in both an illumination beam path and a detection beam path, and a |
| 6806950 |
Apparatus for determining a light power level, microscope, and method for microscopy |
October 19, 2004 |
| An apparatus for determining the light power level of a light beam (7), having a beam splitter (1) and a detector (11) associated with the beam splitter (1), is disclosed. The apparatus is characterized in that the beam splitter (1) splits measuring light (23) out of the light beam and |
| 6801359 |
Optical arrangement provided for a spectral fanning out of a light beam |
October 5, 2004 |
| The invention relates to an optical arrangement provided for a spectral fanning out of a light beam (1), preferably the detection beam path of a confocal microscope, especially for the subsequent splitting of the fanned out beam (2) out of the dispersion plane thereof. The optical arrang |
| 6785302 |
Optical system in the ray path of a confocal fluorescence microscope |
August 31, 2004 |
| The invention relates to an optical system in the ray path of a confocal fluorescence microscope, comprising at least one laser light source (1, 2), a device positioned in the illuminating/detecting beam (3, 4, 5) for separating the exciting light (8) from the fluorescent light (9), an |
| 6738189 |
Microscope for measuring an object from a plurality of angular positions |
May 18, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a microscope, in particular a confocal microscope, designed to measure an object from several angular positions while avoiding any rotation of the object to be measured. The microscope has an optical device for rotation of the image to be positioned in the ray pa |
| 6737635 |
Apparatus for combining light and confocal scanning microscope |
May 18, 2004 |
| The present invention concerns an apparatus for combining light from at least two laser light sources, preferably in the context of confocal scanning microscopy, and in order to make laser light sources of low output power usable as light sources, in particular for confocal scanning |
| 6654165 |
Optical arrangement |
November 25, 2003 |
| An optical arrangement in the beam path of a light source suitable for fluorescence excitation, preferably in the beam path of a confocal laser scanning microscope, with at least one spectrally selective element (4) to inject the excitation light (3) of at least one light source (2) in t |
| 6621953 |
Optical arrangement for transmitting short laser pulses in optical fibers |
September 16, 2003 |
| The invention relates to an optical arrangement for transmitting short laser pulses in optical fibers (2), especially for injection into a laser microscope, preferably for use in two-photon laser microscopy. The inventive arrangement comprises a short-pulse laser light source (1) and |
| 6510001 |
Optical arrangement with a spectrally selective element |
January 21, 2003 |
| An optical arrangement in the beam path of a light source suitable for fluorescence excitation, preferably in the beam path of a confocal laser scanning microscope, with at least one spectrally selective element (4) to inject the excitation light (3) of at least one light source (2) in t |
| 6496307 |
Confocal scanning microscope |
December 17, 2002 |
| A confocal scanning microscope, having a light source (1) for illuminating an object (6), which is to be investigated, with exciting light (2), at least two detection channels exhibiting detection light (8, 9) being produced, is configured with regard to a high signal yield and a high |
| 6421475 |
Overload protection system for avoiding damage to optical components |
July 16, 2002 |
| An overload protection to avoid damage to optical components (3) by excessive light power from a light source (2), especially to protect a glass fiber system used to transmit laser light (5), has a beam splitter out (4) in the beam path (6) between the light source (2) and the optical |
| 6392794 |
Laser scanning microscope |
May 21, 2002 |
| A laser scanning microscope, preferably a confocal laser scanning microscope, and a method for reference correction for a laser scanning microscope, in particular for a confocal laser scanning microscope, having an illumination beam path extending between a laser light source and a s |
| 6388807 |
Confocal laser scanning microscope |
May 14, 2002 |
| A confocal laser scanning microscope having at least one laser light source (1) for illuminating a specimen (2) and at least one detector (4) for detecting the detected light (3) coming from the specimen is characterized, in order to expand CLSM applications with regard to the use of |
| 6222961 |
Point light source for a laser scanning microscope and process for feeding at least two differen |
April 24, 2001 |
| A point light source is disclosed for a laser scanning microscope (7). At least two lasers (1 and/or 2 and/or 3; 4) with different wavelengths may be coupled in the microscope (7). To combine the advantages of a multiline laser with those of the use of several independent one-line lasers |
| 6211988 |
Optical device for scanning a beam in two axes that are substantially perpendicular to each othe |
April 3, 2001 |
| The invention relates to an optical device for scanning a beam in two axes that are substantially perpendicular to each other, for use in particular in confocal laser scan microscopes, and aims to avoid serious image defects. The invention is characterized in that it has three mirrors (1 |
| 6150666 |
Polyfocal representation of the surface profile of any given object |
November 21, 2000 |
| A system and method for simultaneous representation of a surface profile of any given object, specially to measure the surface profile of teeth, comprises a light source to illuminate the object, an optical element to focus the light signals returning from the surface of the object, a |
| 5903688 |
Device for feeding a UV laser into a confocal laser scanning microscope |
May 11, 1999 |
| A device for feeding a light beam from a UV laser (1) into a laser scanning microscope (2) has a beam-alignment assembly (3) for aligning the laser beam with the beam path of the microscope (2) and an optical-fiber element (4) located between the UV laser (1) and the beam-alignment assem |
