Patent ID: 8556427

Claim:
An operating microscope system ( 200 ) for ophthalmology, comprising: an operating microscope ( 10 ) comprising a microscope illumination ( 15 ) and a wide-angle device ( 20 ) arranged on the objective side in front of the operating microscope ( 10 ), the wide-angle device ( 20 ) having a wide-angle lens ( 21 ) arranged on the object side of the wide-angle device ( 20 ); and a prism arrangement ( 22 ) for righting the image arranged on the microscope side of the wide-angle lens ( 21 ); wherein the wide-angle device ( 20 ) comprises an illuminating unit ( 25 ) arranged to illuminate an object ( 40 ) through the wide-angle lens ( 21 ) by an illuminating light ( 29 ), the object being arranged in front of the wide-angle lens ( 21 ).