Method for positioning micro-tool and micro-manipulator device
AssigneeNarishige Lifemed Co., Ltd.
InventorToru Nomura
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Abstract
A method for positioning a micro-tool (4) comprises: a positioning gauge positioning process (Si) including placing a gauge surface (5d) of a positioning gauge (5) at a needle tip position while the positioning gauge (5) is fixed to a holding part (30), and aligning a mark (5b) provided in the positioning gauge (5) with the optical axis (62a) of an objective lens (62); a positioning gauge focus adjustment process (S2) to focus on the mark (5b) in a state where the positioning gauge (5) has been positioned; and a micro-tool attachment process (S3) including fixing the micro-tool (4) to the holding part (30) after removing the positioning-gauge (5) from the holding part (30).
Claims8
A method for positioning a micro-tool comprising:
- a positioning gauge positioning process including placing a gauge surface of a positioning gauge at a needle tip position while the positioning gauge is fixed to a holding part, and aligning a mark provided in the positioning gauge with an optical axis of an object lens;
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- a micro-tool attachment process including fixing the micro-tool to the holding part after removing the positioning gauge from the holding part.
A micro-manipulator device comprising:
- a micro-tool having a tool attachment part provided at a position away from a front end toward a base end side of the micro-tool by a prescribed distance set beforehand, and
- a micro-manipulator for carrying out micro operation on an inspection object in a visual field of a microscope with use of the micro-tool,
- characterized in that the micro-manipulator device comprises:
- a holding part to detachably hold the micro-tool or a positioning gauge having a gauge attachment part provided at a position away from a mark provided at a front end portion toward a base end side of the positioning gauge by the prescribed distance;
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- a movement mechanism for positioning the positioning gauge in T-axis directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.