Olympus Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Gakuji Higuchi

Atsushi Yonetani

Toru Shinmura

Kenji Omachi

Masato Kanao

An operation system and a connecting adapter are provided. The operation system includes an operation microscope, an external device connectable to the operation microscope, and a connecting adapter for electrically connecting the operation microscope and the external device without bringing the operation microscope and the external device into contact with each other, which maintains a state of sterilization of the external device.

Operation system and mounting device for external device for use in the operation system

A microscope includes a column which stands upright on a base, an LED light source, a stage for placing a specimen irradiated with light from the LED light source, a lens barrel which is arranged to face the specimen on the stage, and has an observation optical system for acquiring the observation image of the specimen, an image sensing element which is arranged at the imaging position of the observation optical system of the lens barrel, and senses the observation image of the specimen, a monitor for displaying the observation image sensed by the image sensing element, and a recording unit for recording image data of the observation image sensed by the image sensing element. At least the LED light source, stage, observation optical system, and image sensing element are arranged along the optical axis of the observation optical system, and supported along the column.

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