Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Kazyuki Minami

Hiroshi Fujiwara

Takashi Nagano

Tomonori Ishikawa

Masahiko Kinukawa

Kosaku Tsuboshima

Shigeo Tokunaga

Masami Hamada

Masanori Kaneda

Toshiyuki Tsunoda

The surgical microscope comprises a stand, an arm movably attached to said stand for sustaining a microscope body, an electric control equipment divided into a plural number of units removably piled up on said stand and a foot switch unit to be used for executing various types of functions. Accommodated in each unit are a function control means having a single specific function or plural specific functions different from those of the other units and an independent power source means connected to said function control means in a relation of 1:1 or in a different combination. The surgical microscope can be designed compact as a whole, has high operability and assures high security during operation. Should a function be lost due to troubles during operation, the surgical microscope prevents the other functions from being influenced by the troubles and allows to speedily restore the lost function.

Surgical miscroscope with a modular stand

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Musashino, Japan

Kazyuki Minami