SHAPED REFLECTOR FOR ALTERNATIVE MICROSCOPY LIGHTING TECHNIQUES

A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening. The microscope may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector ada...

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Main Authors CASSADY, Kevin, BRACE, Jay Gregory, ADAMS, Robert Matthew
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.09.2022
Subjects
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
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Summary:A microscope may receive a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening. The microscope may align a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter of the microscope, wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule endface. The microscope may transmit light onto the shaped reflective surface and may receive reflected light from the ferrule endface and with a camera of the microscope.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202117443187