IP Library Granted Patent US 10,228,553
Granted Patent B2
US 10,228,553 · App. 15/821,605 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Microscope device

Inventor: Yoshihiro Shimada (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
G02B21/26G02B21/0032G02B21/0076G02B21/24G02B21/33G02B21/36G02B21/367G02B21/06
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Patent No.
US 10,228,553
App. No.
15/821,605
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microscope device 100 includes: a sample container holder 7 that is capable of housing a plurality of sample containers 9 and that is supported so as to be attachable, each of the sample containers 9 housing a sample S and a first immersion medium and including a transparent section that transmits light; an illumination optical system 1 that emits illumination light to the sample S via the transparent section; a detection optical system 2 that detects light from the sample S via the transparent section; and a movement mechanism 16 that relatively moves the sample container holder 7 , the detection optical system 2 , and the illumination optical system 1 in a gravity direction. The sample container holder 7 houses the plurality of sample containers S in the gravity direction.

Claims (32)

1. A microscope device comprising:

a sample container holder that is capable of housing a plurality of sample containers and that is supported so as to be attachable, each of the sample containers housing a sample and a first immersion medium and including a transparent section that transmits light;

an illumination optical system that emits illumination light to the sample via the transparent section;

a detection optical system that detects light from the sample via the transparent section; and

a movement mechanism that relatively moves the sample container holder, the detection optical system, and the illumination optical system in a first direction that is orthogonal to an optical axis of the illumination optical system and that is orthogonal to the optical axis of the detection optical system, the first direction being a gravity direction when the microscope device is mounted on a horizontal mounting surface, wherein

the sample container holder stacks and houses the plurality of sample containers in the first direction.

2. The microscope device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a medium container that stores a second immersion medium that has a refractive index that is almost identical to that of the first immersion medium, and that immerses the sample holder with the second immersion medium, wherein

the medium container includes a second transparent section that transmits light,

the illumination optical system emits the illumination light to the sample via the second transparent section and the transparent section, and

the detection optical system detects the light from the sample via the second transparent section and the transparent section.

3. The microscope device according to claim 2 , wherein

the sample container holder and the medium container are configured so as not to relatively move in the first direction.

4. The microscope device according to claim 3 , wherein

the movement mechanism is connected to the sample container holder and the medium container.

5. The microscope device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second movement mechanism that rotationally moves the sample container holder with the first direction as an axis.

6. The microscope device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a presser that presses, in the first direction, the plurality of sample containers that have been stacked in the first direction and have been housed in the sample container holder.

7. The microscope device according to claim 6 , wherein

the presser includes an elastic body, and

the plurality of sample containers are pressed in the first direction by using an elastic force of the elastic body.

8. The microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sample container holder includes a third transparent section, and houses the plurality of sample containers in an airtight state,

the illumination optical system emits the illumination light to the sample via the third transparent section and the transparent section, and

the detection optical system detects the light from the sample via the third transparent section and the transparent section.

9. The microscope device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third movement mechanism that rotationally moves with an axis of the first direction as a center; and

a plurality of the sample container holders, wherein

the sample container holder to be arranged on optical paths of the illumination optical system and the detection optical system is switched from among the plurality of the sample container holders due to a movement of the third movement mechanism.

10. The microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein

the illumination optical system emits the illumination light to the sample from a second direction that is orthogonal to both the first direction and a direction of the optical axis of the detection optical system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062492/0267 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2017
From: SHIMADA, YOSHIHIRO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044202/0677 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-022291 · Feb 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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