Patents Assigned to Microvideo Instruments, Inc.
  • Darkfield illuminator for a microscope slide
    Patent number: 5249077
    Abstract: A microscope slide illuminator for lighting a slide from the edges in a manner that limits light entering the microscope lens to light that is reflected or refracted by the specimen on the slide. The light source includes one or more fiber optic bundles with one end arranged in a fan like array aligned with the edge of a slide and the other end adopted to be connected to a lamp. The bundles are contained in a housing shaped to receive a slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Microvideo Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Laronga, Stanley Thorburn