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US 2006/0139753 A1Published application
Microscope drape coupling system and method
OwnerGary Moses, Robin Humbleinventors
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a microscope drape coupling system includes a first adapter configured to couple to a first objective lens barrel of a first microscope, a housing configured to rotatably couple to the first adapter, and a substantially flat transparent protective lens coupled within the housing such that a geometric normal to the transparent protective lens forms an angle with respect to an optical axis of a first objective lens housed within the first objective lens barrel when the housing is coupled to the first objective lens barrel.
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A microscope drape coupling system, comprising:
- a first adapter configured to couple to a first objective lens barrel of a first microscope, the first adapter comprising:
- an annular surface disposed around a perimeter of the first adapter and adapted to couple to a drape;
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- a mounting ring defining a mounting aperture adapted to couple to the first objective lens barrel, the diameter of the mounting aperture slightly smaller than the diameter of the objective lens barrel;
- a housing configured to rotatably couple to the first adapter;
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- a substantially flat transparent protective lens within the housing such that a geometric normal to the transparent protective lens forms an angle with respect to an optical axis of a first objective lens housed within the first objective lens barrel when the housing is coupled to the first objective lens barrel.
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A microscope drape coupling system, comprising:
- a first adapter configured to couple to a first objective lens barrel of a first microscope;
- a housing configured to rotatably couple to the first adapter;
- and
- a substantially flat transparent protective lens within the housing such that a geometric normal to the transparent protective lens forms an angle with respect to an optical axis of a first objective lens housed within the first objective lens barrel when the housing is coupled to the first objective lens barrel.
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A microscope drape coupling system, comprising:
- a first adapter having a first objective lens barrel aperture;
- a first mounting ring coupled to the first adapter and having a first mounting aperture configured to couple the first adapter to a first objective lens barrel of a first microscope;
- a second adapter having a second objective lens barrel aperture;
- a second mounting ring coupled to the second adapter and having a second mounting aperture configured to couple the second adapter to a second objective lens barrel of a second microscope, the second mounting aperture having a diameter smaller than the first mounting aperture;
- a housing having a plurality of locking tabs disposed around a perimeter thereof, each locking tab comprising a tongue adapted to engage a groove formed on the first adapter for rotatably coupling the housing to the first adapter, the housing selectively removable from the first adapter via the locking tabs;
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- a substantially flat transparent protective lens within the housing such that a geometric normal to the transparent protective lens forms an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of either the first or second objective lens barrel when the housing is coupled to either the first or second objective lens barrel.
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A method of coupling a drape to a microscope, comprising:
- providing a first adapter having a first objective lens barrel aperture and a first mounting ring, the first mounting ring having a first mounting aperture;
- rotatably coupling a housing to the first adapter, the housing having a substantially flat transparent protective lens therein such that a geometric normal to the transparent protective lens forms an angle with respect to an optical axis of a first objective lens housed within a first objective lens barrel when the housing is coupled to the first objective lens barrel;
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- coupling the first adapter to the first objective lens barrel, the first objective lens barrel having an outside diameter slightly larger than a diameter of the first mounting aperture and slightly smaller than a diameter of the first objective lens barrel aperture.
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A microscope drape coupling system, comprising:
- a first adapter having a first objective lens barrel aperture;
- a first mounting ring coupled to the first adapter and having a first mounting aperture configured to couple the first adapter to a first objective lens barrel of a first microscope that has an outside diameter slightly larger than a diameter of the first mounting aperture and slightly smaller than a diameter of the first objective lens barrel aperture;
- a housing configured to rotatably couple to the first adapter;
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- a substantially flat transparent protective lens within the housing such that a geometric normal to the transparent protective lens forms an angle with respect to an optical axis of a first objective lens housed within the first objective lens barrel when the housing is coupled to the first objective lens barrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.