STAGE DEVICE AND MANIPULATION SYSTEM

• Main Author: IWASAKI TOMOKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.01.2023
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

To provide a stage device and a manipulation system with which it is possible to change the attitude of a sample within a microscope field without requiring complicated control.SOLUTION: The stage device comprises: a sample stage 30 where a sample is supported on a holding plane 30a which is perpendicular to the observation direction of a microscope 22; a planar direction movement unit (horizontal movement unit 40) capable of moving the sample stage 30 in a direction parallel to the holding plane 30a; and a rotation unit 50 capable of rotating the sample stage 30 and the planar direction movement unit, relatively to the microscope 22, around the axis of rotation that matches the center of visual field (optical axis 26) of the microscope 22. A manipulation system 10 includes the stage device, a microscope unit 20 that includes the microscope 22 whose center of visual field matches the axis of rotation, and a manipulator 60 that includes a jig 64 for manipulating a sample.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】複雑な制御を必要とせず、顕微鏡視野内で試料の体勢を変更することができるステージ装置及びマニピュレーションシステムを提供する。【解決手段】ステージ装置は、顕微鏡２２の観察方向に垂直な保持面３０ａに試料が支持される試料ステージ３０と、試料ステージ３０を保持面３０ａに平行な方向に移動可能な面方向移動ユニット（水平移動ユニット４０）と、顕微鏡２２に対して試料ステージ３０及び面方向移動ユニットを顕微鏡２２の視野中心（光軸２６）に一致する回転軸回りに回転させることが可能な回転ユニット５０と、を備える。マニピュレーションシステム１０は、ステージ装置と、視野中心が回転軸に一致する顕微鏡２２を含む顕微鏡ユニット２０と、試料を操作するための治具６４を含むマニピュレータ６０と、を備える。【選択図】図１