Darkfield illuminator for a microscope slide
AssigneeMicrovideo Instruments, Inc.
InventorsVictor Laronga, Stanley Thorburn
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Abstract
A microscope slide illuminator for lighting a slide from the edges in a manner that limits light entering the microscope lens to light that is reflected or refracted by the specimen on the slide. The light source includes one or more fiber optic bundles with one end arranged in a fan like array aligned with the edge of a slide and the other end adopted to be connected to a lamp. The bundles are contained in a housing shaped to receive a slide.
Claims10
An illuminator for a microscope slide comprising
- a light source and means supporting said light source in longitudinal alignment with an edge of a slide, and means for confining light emanating from said light source to said edge of said slide.
An illuminator for a microscope slide comprising a pair of light sources and means supporting said light sources each in coplanar alignment with respective opposing edges of a slide, and means for confining light emitting from said light sources to said respective opposing edges of said slide.
An illuminator for a microscope slide comprising a plate having means for receiving a slide, a pair of light sources having high emittinq ends positioned in spaced aligned relation with one another, means for securing said light emitting ends in longitudinal alignment with opposite edges of said slide, and means for confining light emanating from said ends to said edges of said slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.