Adapter for microscope
CA 2015228 C · Owner: Yale University · Inventors: Rathbone, Richard Rodion; Wardlaw, Stephen Clark
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The present invention concerns an adapter to be coupled to an objective lens of a microscope comprising a body member having a first coupling means at one end thereof to receive an objective lens of a microscope and having a second coupling means at the other end thereof to receive a microscope component. The body member has an axial light path running longitudinally therethrough and has a radial light path which intersects the axial light path. A source of light is disposed in the radial light path. A first filter is disposed in the radial light path downstream of the source of light for passing light at wavelengths which excite fluorescence in a specimen to be examined in a microscope and …
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- Filed April 24, 1990 and granted January 25, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 2010.
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