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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian J. Gates, Osceola, WI (US);
Robert J. DeVoe, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Tzu-Chen Lee, Woodbury, MN (US);
Bradford B. Wright, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A semi-submersible microscope objective () includes a microscope objective having a protective barrel () with an optical inlet () and optical outlet (), and a protective element () affixed to the microscope objective, sealing the optical outlet () but not the optical inlet (). A transparent portion () of the protective element is aligned with the optical exit (). The protective element is separable from the microscope objective without damaging the microscope objective. Use of the semi-submersible microscope objective in a multiphoton imaging method is also disclosed.