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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Keiji Shimizu, Fussa, JP;
Minoru Sukekawa, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiro Hayashi, Akishima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mochizuki, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Keiji Shimizu, Fussa, JP;
Minoru Sukekawa, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiro Hayashi, Akishima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mochizuki, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmission illumination apparatus for a microscope has an optically transparent sample mount plate on which a sample is mounted, a surface light source that projects substantially uniform illumination light toward the sample mount plate, and a light orientation member that restricts diffusion of the illumination light in relation to at least one direction.