Olympus Corporation

Brendan Brinkman

Yoshihiro Shimada

Daisuke Nishiwaki

An immersion liquid holderis an immersion liquid holder that is used for an observation devicefor observing sample S by using an immersion method, and includes a supporting memberconfigured to support an absorption memberthat has absorbed an immersion liquid and a connection unitconfigured to relatively fix the absorption memberthat has absorbed the immersion liquid with respect to an optical system, which is an optical system included in the observation device, and to fix the absorption memberon an optical path of the optical system, by fixing the supporting memberto the observation device

Optical system, immersion liquid holder and observation device

Provided is a microscope including: a chamber storing a solution in which a cuvette accommodating a solution together with a sample is immersed and that has an index of refraction identical to that of the solution; an immersion objective lens being placed outside the chamber and collecting light from the sample; a camera acquiring an image of the light collected by the lens; a targeting section moving the lens in a direction along a detection light axis thereof; and a movable stage supporting the cuvette in the chamber so as to be movable in at least a direction along the detection light axis. Each of the cuvette and the chamber has a transparent section that can transmit light coming from the sample. The lens is placed so as to face the transparent section of the cuvette with the transparent section of the chamber interposed therebetween.

Microscope including a medium container containing an immersion medium in which a specimen container containing an immersion medium and a sample is immersed

This inverted microscope comprises the following elements: an immersion objective lens, a medium container which is disposed above the immersion objective lens with a gap, and which has a bottom surface having a transparent portion and being capable of retaining a first immersion medium between the transparent portion and the immersion objective lens, and also which is capable of storing inside thereof a second immersion medium having a refractive index which is the same as or similar to that of the first immersion medium; and a movable stage to support a sample container, which accommodates a specimen, in a horizontally movable manner inside the medium container and which has a transparent portion in at least a part of a bottom surface thereof.

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Hopkinton, MA, United States of America

Brendan Brinkman