Re: Rotate microscope to view vertical specimen

Posted by Stephen Cody-2 on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Rotate-microscope-to-view-vertical-specimen-tp2636715p2636996.html

Dear Richard,

 

A simple and fairly cost effective way to do it may be with the "Objective Inverter"

http://www.lsmtech.com/objectiveinverter.html

 

The name implies inverting the objective. But I think it is capable of turning the objective to any angle.

 

No commercial interest, and I have not used this system either, but it looks very cleaver.

 

Cheers

Steve Cody

 

2009/4/15 Richard Superfine <[hidden email]>

We are interested in viewing a cell culture that has been turned vertically
so that the surface liquid can drain. We therefore need to rotate the
microscope so that its optical axis is horizontal. We want to be able to
rotate the microscope continuously from a vertical optical axis (normal
configuration) to a horizontal one. Does anyone know of a publication that
describes the mechanical design of a rotation assembly for accomplishing this?
Thanks,
Rich

Richard Superfine
Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Director, Center for Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and
Manipulation (CISMM) Phillips Hall CB3255 University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
919.962.1185   CISMM.org

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Stephen H. Cody
Consulting Microscopist