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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
Dirk Mühlhoff, Kunitz, DE;
Elke Ebert, Jena, DE;
Karsten Festag, Jena, DE;
Uwe Wolf, Magdala, DE;
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, DE;
Abstract
An adapter for mechanically coupling a laser processing device to an object. The adapter has a central region which can be moved into the beam path of the laser processing device and a peripheral region located outside the central region. The beam path extends up to the object along an optical axis. The adapter is fixable to the laser processing device on the one hand and provided so as to contact the object with its central region on the other hand. A fixture is provided at the peripheral region that allows the adapter to be releasably fixed to a receiving part of the laser processing device such that, upon application of a determined pulling force along the optical axis, the The fixture is removable from the receiving part.