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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Yoshihisa Tanikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Hyodo, Hachioji, JP;
Kayuri Muraki, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Dynamic movement of a specimen in a pressing direction and in directions intersecting the pressing direction is effectively suppressed, while maintaining the viability of the specimen. A stabilizer for in vivo examination that is placed in contact with a biological specimen during examination of the specimen to suppress movement thereof includes a contact-area increasing portion that is provided on a contact surface with the biological specimen and that is configured to increase the contact area with the biological specimen by virtue of a pressure applied during the contact.