Patent ID: 7379239

Claim:
A zero-degree assistant's device for a microscope, the device comprising: a microscope body interface ( 5 ) for mounting the zero-degree assistant's device on a microscope body; a tube carrier ( 2 ) for a principal observer's tube, the tube carrier ( 2 ) being mounted on the microscope body interface ( 5 ) for rotation about a tilt axis ( 10 ) relative to the microscope body interface ( 5 ) between a working position and an adjustment position; and an assistant's module ( 6 ) including an interface ( 7 ) for an assistant's tube, the assistant's module being pivotable about a pivot axis ( 4 ) relative to the microscope body interface ( 5 ) through at least 180 degrees when the tube carrier ( 2 ) is tilted about the tilt axis ( 10 ) to the adjustment position.