Patent ID: 7573635

Claim:
A microscope device for examining a sample, comprising a microscope objective, a light source for generating a light beam bundle, a scanning device operable to selectively deflect said light beam bundle, a beam deflection element operable to selectively couple said light beam bundle deflected by said scanning device via a selected one of a first path and a second path into said microscope objective, wherein a focal or vision plane of said scanning device, via said first path and said second path, respectively, is imaged differently in such a manner that, upon coupling of said light beam bundle via said first path, deflection of said light beam bundle by means of said scanning device causes a shift of a position of said light beam bundle in one of an object plane and a plane close to said object plane, whereas, upon coupling of said light beam bundle via said second path, deflection of said light beam bundle by means of said scanning device causes a shift of a position of said light beam bundle in a plane of one of an objective pupil and a plane close to said plane of said objective pupil; wherein a tube lens is arranged in front of said microscope objective; wherein in said first path said light beam bundle is deflected by said beam deflection element directly into said tube lens, without any imaging elements being located between said beam deflection element and said tube lens.