Abstract: An adjustable seat post arrangement, including a seat post, a pneumatic cylinder, a pressure vessel, a control valve and a valve actuating means, wherein the seat post is operatively connected to a cylinder barrel of the pneumatic cylinder, wherein the pneumatic cylinder includes a first chamber, which is situated on one side of a piston, and includes an open second chamber, which is situated on an opposite side of the piston, wherein the control valve is actuatable by the valve actuating means, wherein compressed air can be fed from the pressure vessel via lines and the control valve to the first chamber, wherein a first line leads from the control valve to the first chamber, and wherein a pressure spring which acts on the piston is provided in the open second chamber.

Abstract: An imaging device for imaging samples received in a sample carrier includes an imaging position configured to receive the sample carrier. The sample carrier includes at least one sample receiving compartment configured to receive a sample. The imaging device further includes an optical detection system configured to image the sample when the sample carrier is received in the imaging position, an annealing position configured to receive the sample carrier, and a temperature control unit configured to control a temperature of the sample receiving compartment when the sample carrier is received in the annealing position.

Abstract: A sample carrier for an imaging device includes at least two sample receiving elements. Each sample receiving element has a sample receiving compartment configured to receive a sample. The sample receiving elements are either arranged in or form a frame. The frame is configured to be received in the imaging device. The sample carrier further includes a temperature control unit configured to control a temperature of the sample receiving compartments individually.

Abstract: A system for microscopic examination of a sample has a microscope and an incubation environment conditioning unit connected to the microscope. The microscope has a microscope housing enclosing an illumination optics, a microscope stage and an imaging optics, an integrated sample chamber located within the microscope housing and formed by a separated housing section within the microscope housing. The housing section has a microscope interface for connecting the incubation environment conditioning unit to the sample chamber and/or to a stage top chamber for placing within the sample chamber and for receiving the sample. The system provides a first and a second incubation modes. In the first incubation mode the sample chamber is incubated by supply of a first incubation atmosphere by the incubation environment conditioning unit. In the second incubation mode the stage top chamber is incubated by supply of a second incubation atmosphere by the incubation environment conditioning unit.

Abstract: A microscope parameter controller for controlling microscope parameters for handling, maintaining and/or imaging a sample. The microscope parameter controller for controlling microscope parameters is configured to determine at least one predefined setting of microscope parameters from one or more user-defined user settings of microscope parameters.

Abstract: An inverted microscope is provided, the inverted microscope including a microscope stage which includes an opening prepared for transmitted light illumination and which is designed to receive a sample holder and an imaging optical unit arranged below the microscope stage. A closed lower incubation space which surrounds at least the imaging optical unit is arranged adjacent to a lower side of the microscope stage. The inverted microscope is configured such that a temperature in the lower incubation space is adjustable to a specifiable target temperature, for the purposes of which at least one temperature sensor is arranged in the lower incubation space, the measurement signal of the at least one temperature sensor serving to set the specifiable target temperature.

Abstract: A microscope system includes a microscope stage having a top surface configured to have a sample carrier arranged thereon, the sample carrier being configured to receive at least one sample. The microscope system also includes an imaging system configured to image the at least one sample. The microscope system also includes an injector configured to inject a predetermined amount of a liquid into the sample carrier by injecting multiple successive and temporally spaced jets of the liquid into the sample carrier, each jet including a predetermined portion of the amount of liquid.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: an enclosed sample chamber for receiving a sample carrier in an examining position in which a sample arranged on the sample carrier is microscopically examinable; an enclosed incubation chamber that is separated from the sample chamber and that receives the sample carrier in at least one storing position; and a sample carrier transfer unit including an enclosed transfer chamber that is connected to the sample chamber by a first opening, and to the incubation chamber by a second opening, and a sample carrier handling device arranged within the transfer chamber for moving the sample carrier between the storing position and the examination position.

Abstract: A microscope for examining a sample received in a sample carrier having a lid includes: a sample chamber for receiving the sample carrier; a microscope stage arranged below the sample chamber, the microscope stage being arranged to have the sample carrier arranged thereon; and a sample carrier handling device that is at least partially arranged within the sample chamber and that removes the lid from the sample carrier to provide access to the sample.

Abstract: A microscope includes: a sample chamber; a microscope stage arranged below the sample chamber, the microscope stage having a top surface for receiving a sample carrier in an examining position, in which a sample arranged on the sample carrier is microscopically examinable; a sample carrier storing unit arranged within the sample chamber for receiving the sample carrier in at least one storing position; and a sample carrier handling device for moving the sample carrier between the storing position and the examination position.

Abstract: A microscope includes: a sample chamber; a microscope stage arranged below the sample chamber for having a sample carrier arranged thereon; a pipetting device for pipetting the sample carrier; and a moving mechanism for moving the pipetting device between a non-operating position in which the pipetting device is arranged outside the sample chamber sample carrier and an operating position in which the pipetting device is arranged inside the sample chamber facing the sample carrier.

Abstract: A controlling system is provided for operating an examination system configured for microscopic examination of a sample. The examination system includes a microscope, an incubation environment conditioning unit connected to the microscope, and a user interface. The examination system provides an incubation mode in which a sample chamber is incubated by supplying an incubation atmosphere generated by the incubation environment conditioning unit. The controlling system is configured to receive a target setpoint of at least one examination parameter upon user input via the user interface, select, based on the received at least one target setpoint, predefined adjustment setpoints for at least one incubation environment parameter of the incubation mode and for at least one microscope parameter, and operate the incubation environment conditioning unit and the microscope based on the selected adjustment setpoints.

Abstract: A microscope for microscopic examination of a sample includes an illumination optics for illuminating the sample, an imaging optics for imaging the sample, a sample chamber for receiving the sample. The sample chamber has a door providing access into the sample chamber. The microscope further includes a first fan assembly arranged on a first side of the sample chamber for blowing atmosphere into the sample chamber or for draining atmosphere out of the sample chamber, through at least one first opening arranged on the first side in a first side wall of the sample chamber, and at least one second opening arranged on a second side in a second side wall of the sample chamber for allowing atmosphere from inside the sample chamber to exit the sample chamber or for allowing atmosphere from outside the sample chamber to enter the sample chamber.

Abstract: An adjustable seat post arrangement, including a seat post, a pneumatic cylinder, a pressure vessel, a control valve and a valve actuating means, wherein the seat post is operatively connected to a cylinder barrel of the pneumatic cylinder, wherein the pneumatic cylinder includes a first chamber, which is situated on one side of a piston, and includes an open second chamber, which is situated on an opposite side of the piston, wherein the control valve is actuatable by the valve actuating means, wherein compressed air can be fed from the pressure vessel via lines and the control valve to the first chamber, wherein a first line leads from the control valve to the first chamber, and wherein a pressure spring which acts on the piston is provided in the open second chamber.

Abstract: A microscope for microscopic examination of a sample includes: a microscope housing enclosing an illumination optics, a microscope stage, and an imaging optics; an integrated sample chamber located within the microscope housing; and an integrated reagent chamber located within the microscope housing, the integrated reagent chamber supplying a reagent to the sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microscopic examination device comprising a microscope and a sample preparation arrangement for preparing one or more samples to be examined in said microscope, said preparing including pipetting one or more liquids into one or more sample receptacles for said one or more samples, said sample preparation arrangement comprising a base and a receiving structure adapted to receive said one or more sample receptacles, said sample preparation arrangement further comprising a pipetting guide movably fixed or fixable in relation to the receiving structure, said pipetting guide comprising one or more pipette guiding structures positionable in relation to said one or more sample receptacles by pivoting said pipetting guide in relation to said base. A method of preparing one or more samples for microscopic examination is also part of the present invention.

Abstract: A system for microscopic examination of a sample has a microscope and an incubation environment conditioning unit connected to the microscope. The microscope has a microscope housing enclosing an illumination optics, a microscope stage and an imaging optics, an integrated sample chamber located within the microscope housing and formed by a separated housing section within the microscope housing. The housing section has a microscope interface for connecting the incubation environment conditioning unit to the sample chamber and/or to a stage top chamber for placing within the sample chamber and for receiving the sample. The system provides a first and a second incubation modes. In the first incubation mode the sample chamber is incubated by supply of a first incubation atmosphere by the incubation environment conditioning unit. In the second incubation mode the stage top chamber is incubated by supply of a second incubation atmosphere by the incubation environment conditioning unit.

Abstract: A discharging device for the discharge of liquid media is specified, with a pump chamber that comprises an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and with a piston that is displaceable in the pump chamber. The object is to be able to dispense a medium with high accuracy using the discharging device. For this purpose, the piston comprises a projection which enters the inlet opening after a predetermined stroke of the piston.

Abstract: A discharging device for the discharge of liquid media is specified, with a pump chamber that comprises an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and with a piston that is displaceable in the pump chamber. The object is to be able to dispense a medium with high accuracy using the discharging device. For this purpose, the piston comprises a projection which enters the inlet opening after a predetermined stroke of the piston.

Abstract: According to a method for the production of composite hollow articles, such as in particular tubular composite hollow articles, a braided fabric, a woven fabric or a laid fabric (5) is applied to an elongate supporting core (1) which consists essentially of an elastomer material or an at least partially plastic or flexible material. The braided fabric, woven fabric or laid fabric is then strengthened by means of a binder, whereupon the supporting core is removed once the binder has cured.