Abstract:
A retention mechanism for an immersion medium (31) for use in a device which observes/measures a sample by use of an objective lens (10), wherein a member for retaining the immersion medium near a tip portion of the objective lens is constituted by a first material (± portion) having a low affinity with the immersion medium, and a second material (² portion) which has a high affinity with the immersion medium, the retention mechanism being provided with a supply unit (34) and a drip draining unit (35) for supplying respectively draining the immersion medium.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid immersion objective lens reducing the risk that a liquid immersion medium supplied to an objective lens tip part spills out and drops down from the objective lens tip part, in observing and measuring a sample, even when a moving amount for measurement is large, and even when requiring a long time, a holding mechanism for the liquid immersion medium, and a manufacturing method therefor. SOLUTION: This liquid immersion object lens is formed of the tip part, a lens ring part, and a lens outer frame 10, the lend ring part includes the whole inclined surface inclined from the lens of the tip part up to the lens outer frame, and includes the first ring-like member (α part) for holding the liquid immersion medium that is an area surface-treated with the first material for holding the liquid immersion medium ring-likely, to surround the tip part within an area including the tip part of the liquid immersion objective lens and the lend ring part, and an affinity of the first ring-like member to the liquid immersion medium is lower than that of an area adjacent to an inner side of the surface-treated area to the liquid immersion medium. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a box type microscopic apparatus capable of easily placing a sample container at an optimum position without adjusting the position of the sample container on a stage when changing the sample container with inexpensive and simple constitution, and easily and rapidly changing the sample container. SOLUTION: The box type microscopic apparatus which includes the stage 12, a microscope and a housing 20, and where the housing 20 is equipped with a fixed housing 21 and a movable housing 22 capable of moving to be openable/closable relative to the fixed housing 21 includes: a sample container positioning means 50 fixing the sample container 40 placed on the stage 12 at the fixed position on the stage 12; and a positioning release means 60 for actuating the sample container positioning means 50 when the movable housing 22 moves in a closing direction, and releases the positioning of the sample container 40 relative to the stage 12 by the sample container positioning means 50 when the movable housing 22 is opened. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image acquiring apparatus capable of controlling flows of hot air above and below an X-Y stage, thereby precisely controlling the temperature of a micro-plate well. SOLUTION: The image acquiring apparatus includes an X-Y stage 1 for placing a micro-plate well 3. In the image acquiring device, the X-Y stage 1 and the objective lens 7 are surrounded by a housing 11 in order to maintain a specimen environment. In addition, the housing 11 is provided with a blower opening 12 and an exhaust opening 13 for heated air. The apparatus is provided with a straightening vane 23, so that heated air entering from the blower opening 12 into the housing 11 is separated into an upper layer and a lower layer flowing above and below the X-Y stage, respectively, and flows into the exhaust port 13. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluorescent imaging method and a fluorescent imaging apparatus by which an excellent fluorescence image can be obtained by maintaining an excellent liquid pouring state without forcing an observer to continuously monitor the liquid pouring state over a long term in long-term observation such as time lapse observation. SOLUTION: The fluorescent imaging method, in which an inverted fluorescence imaging apparatus provided with an immersion objective is used to image fluorescent observation object for a fixed term, includes: a step S1 of locating a preset well in a vessel having a plurality of wells storing the fluorescent observation object at the imaging position of the fluorescent imaging apparatus; a liquid pouring step S2 of pouring a preset amount of liquid between the top portion of the immersion objective in the fluorescent imaging apparatus and the preset well; an imaging step S3 of imaging the fluorescent observation object in the preset well in a state where a space between the top portion of the immersion objective and the preset well is filled with the liquid; and a control step S4 of repeating a series of operations including the liquid pouring step S2 of a single operation and the imaging step S3 of a preset number of times of operations performed after the liquid pouring step S2 of the single operation, at preset time intervals. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT