Patent ID: 7088487
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A modifiable array of microscopic pinholes for filtering a light beam in a confocal microscope, comprising: a fixed plate ( a movable plate ( means to move the movable plate with respect to the fixed plate, from a first position in which each pinhole of the fixed plate is superimposed on a corresponding pinhole of the movable plate, to a second position in which each pinhole of the fixed plate is superimposed on a corresponding pinhole of the movable plate; wherein: the pinholes ( the pinholes ( whereby the size of the pinholes of the modifiable pinholes array when the movable plate is in the first position differs from the size of the pinholes of the modifiable pinholes array when the movable plate is in the second position.