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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2005
Applicant:
Kenji Karaki, Ina, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Karaki, Ina, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An objective lens can be reduced in diameter, which allows examination inside a specimen such as a living organism with minimum invasiveness and also reduces costs. The invention provides a microscope apparatus including an objective-lens mounting part for removably mounting an objective lens unit; an apparatus main body for supporting the objective-lens mounting part so as to be movable in the optical axis direction; and an urging mechanism, disposed between the apparatus main body and the objective-lens mounting part, for urging the objective-lens mounting part towards the tip of the objective lens unit relative to the apparatus main body.