Patent ID: 8077386

Claim:
An optical microscope system, comprising: a stage that includes a specimen region for holding a specimen; an infinity-corrected objective lens providing a field-of-view along a first optical axis perpendicular to said specimen region; an imaging body having an opening for receiving light from said infinity-corrected objective lens along a second optical axis parallel to said first optical axis of said infinity-corrected objective lens, said imaging body including an imaging lens fixed relative to said imaging body; and a mirror system that includes: a plurality of mirrors, including: a first mirror fixed along said second optical axis and pivotable thereabout, said first mirror for directing light from a third optical axis perpendicular to said second optical axis to along said second optical axis; and a second mirror fixed relative to said infinity-corrected objective lens and movable in a direction parallel to said third optical axis, said second mirror for directing light from said field of view along a fourth optical axis parallel to said third optical axis; and a support supporting said plurality of mirrors so as to allow said plurality of mirrors to pivot about said second optical axis; wherein said mirror system is configured so that said first optical axis of said infinity-corrected objective lens is positionable so as to be coaxial with said second optical axis of said imaging body by translation of said first mirror relative to said second mirror.