Patents by Inventor Stephan Ruehling

Stephan Ruehling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7394979
    Abstract: A camera adapter for optical devices, in particular microscopes. The present solution includes a camera adapter which enables any video cameras and photographic cameras to connect to an existing image out-coupling system, e.g., the beam splitter of a microscope. The adapter can also be used for stereo microscopes. The camera adapter is arranged between the image out-coupling element and the camera. Its housing has two connection pieces. The microscope-side connection piece has a quick-change device and the camera-side connection piece has a filter thread. The technical solution provides a camera adapter for connecting digital cameras to a microscope. By using intermediate rings, the camera adapter is suitable for different cameras and facilitates exchange of cameras. The camera can be positioned in such a way that the observer can view the object through the eyepiece as well as on the camera monitor without substantially changing his/her sitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Egon Luther, Ingo Koschmieder, Jan Buchheister, Eberhard Hofmann, Mario Gerlach, Stephan Ruehling
  • Publication number: 20060077535
    Abstract: A camera adapter for optical devices, in particular microscopes. The present solution is directed to a camera adapter which makes it possible to connect any video cameras and photographic cameras to an existing image out-coupling system, e.g., the beam splitter of a microscope. The adapter can also be used for stereo microscopes and in particular for ophthalmic microscopes. The camera adapter is arranged between the image out-coupling element and the camera. Its housing has two connection pieces. The microscope-side connection piece has a quick-change device and the camera-side connection piece has a filter thread. The technical solution provides a camera adapter for connecting digital cameras, preferably having a monitor at the back of the housing, to a microscope, particularly an ophthalmic microscope. By using intermediate rings, the camera adapter is suitable for different cameras and facilitates exchange of cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Egon Luther, Ingo Koschmieder, Jan Buchheister, Eberhard Hofmann, Mario Gerlach, Stephan Ruehling