Patent ID: 8786946

Claim:
A surgical microscope system, comprising: a binocular microscope that includes an objective lens, a right ocular lens which provides a first image based on a first light flux transmitted through the objective lens, and a left ocular lens which provides a second image based on a second light flux transmitted through the objective lens; and a display that is disposable opposite to and in alignment with the binocular microscope, includes a right-eye image display for displaying the first image and a left-eye image display for displaying the second image, and is reversible about a horizontal axis extending in a direction along which the right-eye image display and the left-eye image display are located in alignment, wherein the binocular microscope and the display are configured to display the first image and the second image while being disposed adjacent one another and viewable in a same direction, and configured to display the first image and the second image while being disposed along a first same axis and viewable in opposite directions, and wherein the binocular microscope and the display are configured to be independently rotatable about a second same axis with the display being rotatable about the second same axis independently of the binocular microscope.