Patent ID: 7924502
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope comprising: a main objective including a movable lens assembly, and an illuminating unit with an illumination deflector element for generating an illumination extending along an illuminating beam path directed onto an object plane and extending outside the main objective, wherein the movable lens assembly is movable along an optical axis of the main objective for setting various focal lengths of the main objective, the position of the illumination deflector element is adjustable for centering the illumination dependent on various focal lengths of the main objective, the illumination deflector element is arranged such that it is movable in parallel to the optical axis of the main objective, and the illumination deflector element is directly firmly and fixedly connected to the movable lens assembly of the main objective such that it is inevitably guided by the movable lens assembly and keeps the illumination beam path centered onto the object plane regardless of the position of the movable lens assembly.