Illuminating apparatus comprising a fiber light guide for a microscope
AssigneeMax-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
InventorsJorg Dreessen, Arthur Konnerth
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Abstract
Illuminating apparatus for a microscope comprising a light source and fil changer which is arranged in a beam path between the light source and a specimen location of the microscope. The light source and the filter changer are arranged in a unit spatially and mechanically separate from the microscope and the beam path between the filter changer and the microscope includes a flexible fiber light guide.
Claims10
Illuminating apparatus for a microscope comprising a light source (20) and a filter changer (30) which is arranged in a beam path between the light source and a specimen location (26) of the microscope (14), wherein the light source (20) and the filter changer (30) are arranged in a unit (10) spatially and mechanically separate from the microscope (14), wherein the beam path between the filter changer (30) and the microscope (14) includes a flexible fiber light guide (16), wherein there is provided a coupling-in unit (12) which is associated with the microscope (14) and which is mechanically and optically coupled to a light exit end (16b) of the flexible fiber light guide (16), and wherein the coupling-in unit includes a filter holder (42).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.