Fast, modular port switcher for an optical microscope using a galvanometer
AssigneeIntelligent Imaging Innovations, Inc.
InventorGlen Ivan Redford
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Abstract
A fast modular port switching device is described. The device can be used with an optical microscope to facilitate using multiple devices with the microscope. The port switching is done with a galvanometer for switching very fast. The device is modular so it can be combined with any number of similar devices for building a complex, multi-modal imaging system. Also described is the combination of a port switcher with automated spherical aberration correction. Even further described is a similar device where the outputs are recombined, thus making the device a fast filter switcher.
Claims48
A switching device for a microscope comprising:
- a relay system adapted to redirect an image along more than one optical path;
- a reflecting device adapted to redirect the image;
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- a controller adapted to control motion or movement of the reflecting device.
A microscope port-switching device comprising:
- a galvanometer held with associated hardware in an optical pathway;
- an input port adapted to receive an input image, the input port using standard mounting hardware;
- a set of lenses that create two optical paths from the galvanometer;
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- a standard mounting port adapted to output image.
An optical microscope comprising:
- a self contained optical image relay with more than one optical path that relays an image to one of several outputs;
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- means for selecting the optical path.
A microscope fast filter-switcher device adapted to be associated with an optical microscope comprising:
- a self contained optical image relay with more than one optical path;
- means for selecting the optical path;
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- means for recombining the optical path such that an image is relayed to one output, the image having traversed one of the more than one optical paths.
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