Inventors:
Victor Laronga - Mendon MA
Stanley Thorburn - Providence RI
Assignee:
Microvideo Instruments, Inc. - Avon MA
International Classification:
G02B 2110, G02B 600
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.