Microscope illuminator
AssigneeMikroscan Technologies
InventorJeffrey Ross Gray
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Abstract
A microscope is disclosed that has a base, a slide holder configured to accept a slide, and an illuminator comprising a light-emitting surface configured to project light on an optical path toward the slide when the slide is accepted by the slide holder. There is no light-shaping apparatus disposed on the optical path between the illuminator and the slide holder.
Claims15
A microscope, comprising:
- a base;
- a slide holder coupled to the base and configured to accept a slide;
- and
- an illuminator movably coupled to the base and comprising a light-emitting surface configured to project light on an optical path toward the slide when the slide is accepted by the slide holder;
- wherein:
- there is no light-shaping optical element apparatus disposed on the optical path between the illuminator and the slide holder.
An illuminator for use with a microscope having a base, a slide holder configured to accept a slide, and an objective having a Field Of View (FOV) covering a portion of an accepted slide, the illuminator comprising a light-emitting surface and configured to be movably coupled to the base, wherein a clear and focused image can be provided by the objective with no light-shaping optical element disposed along an optical path from the illuminator to the accepted slide.
A method of operating a microscope, comprising:
- projecting light from a planar light-emitting surface directly onto an underside of a slide accepted by the microscope;
- and
- adjusting a separation distance between the light-emitting surface and the underside of the slide to achieve a selected value of a realized numerical aperture of the microscope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.