Optical: systems and elements – Compound lens system – Microscope
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-09
2010-12-14
Font, Frank G (Department: 2872)
Optical: systems and elements
Compound lens system
Microscope
C359S385000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07852551
ABSTRACT:
A clear image having suppressed blurring due to pulsing is obtained by in-vivo examination of biological tissue or various internal organs of mammals, including small laboratory animals. The invention provides an optical-scanning microscope examination apparatus including a light source; a light-transmitting member for transmitting light from the light source; a collimator optical system for converting the transmitted light to a collimated beam; a beam-scanning unit for scanning the collimated beam on a subject; a focusing optical system for focusing the scanned beam onto the subject; a pupil-projection optical system; a light detector for detecting return light returning from the subject via the focusing optical system, the pupil-projection optical system, the beam-scanning unit, the collimator optical system, and the light-transmitting member; an actuator for moving the collimator optical system in an optical-axis direction; a control apparatus for controlling driving thereof; and a deflecting mechanism for deflecting the light issuing from the light-transmitting member in a direction intersecting the optical axis thereof, wherein the actuator is disposed in a space parallel to a plane including optical axes before and after deflection by the deflecting mechanism.
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Hara Mitsuhiro
Horii Akihiro
Tanikawa Yoshihisa
Tokuda Kazunari
Tosaka Hiroshi
Font Frank G
Olympus Corporation
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
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