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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Brendan Brinkman, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.