Patent ID: 7233435
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope, comprising: a microscope stand comprising a sidewall that is defined by the microscope and includes an elongated opening; a microscope stage; at least one objective that, in a working position, defines an optical axis; and a focusing device having at least a first shaft and at least one operating element that is provided on the microscope stand, wherein the operating element generates a relative motion between the objective and the microscope stage in the direction of the optical axis and the operating element sits on the first shaft of the focusing device and the side wall, and wherein the focusing device is modifiable in terms of its position within the microscope stand in such a way that the spatial arrangement of the at least one operating element on a side wall of the microscope stand is adjustable substantially in the vertical and horizontal direction by means of a curved elongated hole.