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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Neal T. Sullivan, Lunenberg, MA (US);
Assignee:
Soluris Inc., Concord, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/100 ; G01B 1/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/100 ; G01B 1/106 ;
Abstract
A fixture and method is provided for aligning optical elements in a microscope. The fixture attaches to an objective lens plane of the microscope and supports an alignment optical element. During optical component alignment, an alignment beam is directed along the illumination and imaging paths of the microscope through the objective lens port and into the fixture for reflection by the alignment optical element. The fixture allows an alignment optical element positioned in a single location to be used for aligning the microscope components and for adjusting the microscope objective lens.