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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2006
Applicants:

Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;

Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;

Akitsugu Kagayama, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Yoneyama, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;

Atsuhiro Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;

Akitsugu Kagayama, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Yoneyama, Tokyo, JP;

Katsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Provided is a microscope having an immersion objective lens, a nozzle, and a liquid supplying mechanism. The immersion objective lens condenses light from a sample through liquid. The nozzle supplies the liquid to an upper surface of the immersion objective lens. The liquid supplying mechanism cooperates with one of a lens moving mechanism that moves the immersion objective lens and a sample moving mechanism that maintains and moves the sample, and moves the nozzle relative to the immersion objective lens to supply the liquid.


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