Dual purpose microscope
OwnerHayong E. LIMinventor
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Abstract
A microscope that comprises a unibody core having a unibody front and a unibody side, a carrier ring rotatably coupled to said unibody front to rotate components from an upright to an inverted configuration, wherein said carrier ring has the general form of a torus, an objective turret coupled within said carrier ring, a condenser lens coupled within said carrier ring, gliding rails coupled to said unibody core, a camera coupled to said unibody core, a gliding stage extensibly coupled to said gliding rails and an attachment node coupled to said unibody side and moveably coupled to said gliding rails to modulate said gliding stage.
Claims20
A microscope comprising:
- a unibody core having a unibody front and a unibody side;
- a carrier ring rotatably coupled to said unibody front to rotate components from an upright to an inverted configuration, wherein said carrier ring has the general form of a torus;
- an objective turret coupled within said carrier ring;
- a condenser lens coupled within said carrier ring;
- gliding rails coupled to said unibody core;
- a camera coupled to said unibody core;
- a gliding stage extensibly coupled to said gliding rails;
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- an attachment node coupled to said unibody side and moveably coupled to said gliding rails to modulate said gliding stage.
A method of microscopy comprising:
- providing a microscope comprising:
- a unibody core having a unibody front and a unibody side;
- a carrier ring rotatably coupled to said unibody front to rotate components from an upright to an inverted configuration, wherein said carrier ring has the general form of a torus;
- an objective turret coupled within said carrier ring;
- a condenser lens coupled within said carrier ring;
- gliding rails coupled to said unibody core;
- a camera coupled to said unibody core;
- a gliding stage extensibly coupled to said gliding rails, the gliding stage having a first cutout on a first side coupled to the gliding rails, and a second cutout on a second side coupled to the gliding rails and opposite to the first side,
- the first and second cutouts configured to allow unobstructed rotation of the objective turret and of the condenser lens;
- and
- an attachment node coupled to said unibody side and moveably coupled to said gliding rails to modulate said gliding stage;
- receiving an optical signal from a microscope;
- adjusting a microscope configuration to at least one of an upright and inverted configuration, wherein adjusting a microscope configuration comprises rotating the carrier ring and unobstructedly rotating the objective turret and the condenser lens through the first and second cutouts;
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- adjusting a microscope focus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.