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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Jonathan Michael Butler, Gainesville, GA (US);
Robert Troy Hewlett, Cumming, GA (US);
Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Dawsonville, GA (US);
Hewlett Robert Mccoy, Cumming, GA (US);
Jonathan Michael Butler, Gainesville, GA (US);
Robert Troy Hewlett, Cumming, GA (US);
Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Dawsonville, GA (US);
Hewlett Robert McCoy, Cumming, GA (US);
Endure Medical, Inc., Cumming, GA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for illuminating a surface to be observed microscopically using a retractable beamsplitter. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of coaxial illumination when the beamsplitter is positioned in the operator's line of sight. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of non-coaxial illumination without reducing the amount of illumination that reaches the operator when the beamsplitter is retracted from the operator's line of sight. As a result a single system can be used effectively to provide various types of illumination.