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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1997
Gary Brooker, Potomac, MD (US);
Scott McDonald, Germantown, MD (US);
Gregory Adams, Manassas, VA (US);
Jeff Brooker, Herndon, VA (US);
Atto Instruments, LLC., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
A novel attachment for a microscope to be coupled to an optical coupling tube of a microscope. The attachment for a microscope includes a light source generating a quasi-collimated light output. Elements are provided for reflecting the light output from the light source towards a specimen in the microscope. Further, elements are provided for propagating a reflection of the light output from the light source from the specimen to a viewing point. The elements for achieving the reflecting and the elements for achieving the propagating may each include a spinning Nipkow disk and a dichroic mirror. The quasi-collimated light output from the light source directly impinges on the Nipkow disk, i.e., without being focused on the Nipkow disk and without passing through a lens. A right angle mirror can also be positioned as one of the elements for achieving the reflecting and the propagating.