Patent ID: 8922885

Claim:
An arrangement for fluorescence microscopic examination of specimens, comprising: a fluorescence microscope including a control unit having operating elements corresponding to microscope functions including an operating element corresponding to a shutter function; an illumination device that includes: a housing including an interface configured to optically couple the housing and the fluorescence microscope; a plurality of light-emitting diodes disposed in the housing; a respective collector disposed downstream of each of the light emitting diodes and configured to generate a directed light flux; and at least one dichroic splitter disposed in the housing, the at least one dichroic splitter and the light-emitting diodes being spatially disposed with respect to one another so that the directed light fluxes are combinable via the at least one dichroic splitter into a common illumination beam path directed onto the interface; and a logical control device common to the fluorescence microscope and the illumination device, wherein functions of the illumination device are mapped onto the operating elements of the control unit of the microscope such that actuation of the operating elements on the fluorescence microscope causes the logical control device to logically convert signals triggered by the actuation of the operating elements into corresponding functions of the illumination device implemented in a purely electrical fashion and such that the actuation of the operating element corresponding to the shutter function causes the shutter function to be implemented by the illumination device without using a shutter.