Patent ID: 8089691
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A projection device for use with an optical microscope, the optical microscope having a lens configuration defining an object plane and projecting the object plane to a detector plane, the optical microscope including a photo-port for receiving of the detector plane, the projection device comprising: a photo-port interface for attachment to the photo-port of the optical microscope and being optically coupled to the photo-port of the optical microscope; a light source interface for receiving of illumination from a light source, the illumination defining an illumination path; a beam splitter located within the illumination path for directing the illumination path through the photo-port interface onto the object plane of the optical microscope and for directing light from the detector plane to a detector interface; and a pattern mask located within the illumination path for projecting one or a plurality of objects, structures, or patterns directly on a sample located at the object plane of the optical microscope.