US Patent 7312922 Confocal microscope

Patent 7312922 was granted and assigned to Olympus Group on December, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Olympus Group

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

73129220

Patent Inventor Names

Yusuke Amano0

Date of Patent

December 25, 2007

Patent Application Number

108816830

Date Filed

June 29, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Stephone B. Allen

Patent abstract

A disk unit for a confocal microscope has a rotary disk having many confocal openings, a rotary drive portion, which rotates the rotary disk, a holding member, which holds the rotary disk and the rotary drive portion, a drive portion, which is allowed to insert into and remove from an optical axis the rotary disk, and a disk replacement mechanism, which allows the rotary disk to be attached to and detached from the rotary drive portion.