Stand For A Microscope, In Particular A Surgical Microscope

A microscope stand for supporting a surgical microscope, the stand comprising:

• a stand interface;
• a pivot axis associated with the stand interface;
• at least one pivot support including a first end and a second end;
• a mount attached to the first end of the pivot support and adapted to mount the microscope to the microscope stand;
• a C-slide displacement assembly provided on the second end of the pivot support for balancing the microscope about the pivot axis;
• and
• a support axis held by the C-slide displacement assembly;
• the pivot support (12) being pivotable about the support axis;
• the C-slide displacement assembly being pivotable about the pivot axis relative to the stand interface;
• and
• a parallel guide mechanism connecting the pivot support to the stand interface and allowing the pivot support to perform a circular motion in a vertical plane, wherein the parallel guide mechanism includes a cross-lever linkage which is rotatable about a cross-lever axis extending centrally between and parallel to the support axis of the pivot support and the pivot axis of the C-slide displacement assembly and which is connected to both the stand interface and the pivot support in such a way that the cross-lever linkage transmits its own pivotal state simultaneously and equally to the stand interface and to the pivot support, and wherein the cross-lever linkage includes a cross lever supported for rotation about the cross-lever axis, the cross lever being articulated at one end thereof to the stand interface via a first connecting element and at another end thereof to the pivot support via a second connecting element.