US 7,576,912 B2
Microscope table and insert
Karin Schütze, Tutzing (Germany); Raimund Schütze, Tutzing (Germany); and Thomas Staltmeier, Hohenpeissenberg (Germany)
Assigned to P.A.L.M. Microlaser Technologies GmbH, Bernried (Germany)
Filed on Nov. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/557,356.
Application 11/557356 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2005/004750, filed on May 02, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 022 484 (DE), filed on May 07, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0153369 A1, Jul. 05, 2007
Int. Cl. G02B 21/26 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 359—391 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microscope table having a recess to receive an object-holder means,
wherein the recess is dimensioned in such a way that it is suitable for receiving a standard microtiterplate and wherein the microscope table has a hole region disposed outside the recess and wherein paths of travel of the microscope table are configured so that the hole region can be brought into an observation position in which an optical axis of a microscope system provided with the microscope table extends through the hole region.