Confocal microscope
AssigneeNewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
InventorsKatharina Gaus, Emma S. Sierecki, Yann Gambin, Arnaud Luc Bauer
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Abstract
A confocal microscope includes a housing, which may be printed, and which includes mounts for receiving optical and other components of the microscope. The positions of the mounts are pre-determined so as to obviate the need for complex calibration of the components. The components and optical path lengths are selected in order to optimise the size of the microscope.
Claims17
A confocal microscope, comprising a housing for mounting a detector and a plurality of optical components, at least some of the optical components being fixed in position within a body of the housing;
- wherein the housing comprises a base and one or more mounts for mounting at least two of the plurality of optical components, wherein the mounts are arranged so that the optical components to be mounted to the mounts are calibrated in use.
A method of manufacturing a confocal microscope using 3D printing, the method comprising the steps of 3D printing a housing comprising a body including a plurality of aligned mounts, mounting a detector and a plurality of optical components within the body of the 3D printed housing, wherein at least two of the plurality of optical components are mounted in mounts of the plurality of aligned mounts so that the at least two of the plurality of optical components are calibrated in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.