Stereoscopic microscope

Abstract

Stereoscopic microscope comprising an optical inverter system ( 21 a, 21 b ) for erecting a pseudo-stereoscopic image and reversing the viewing beams thereof, wherein the inverter system comprises at least one deflector element ( 21 a , 21 b ) having a focal power.

1 . A stereoscopic microscope comprising: 
 a main objective;    a beam path passing through the main objective;    means for splitting the beam path into a pair of stereoscopic viewing beam paths; and    an optical inverter system for erecting a pseudo-stereoscopic image and reversing the viewing beam paths of the pseudo-stereoscopic image, wherein the inverter system includes a deflector element having a focal power.    
   
   
       2 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 1 , wherein the inverter system includes two deflector elements each having a focal power.  
   
   
       3 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 1 , wherein the deflector element is a concave mirror.  
   
   
       4 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two deflector elements is a concave mirror.  
   
   
       5 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 1 , wherein the main objective defines a first optical axis, and the microscope further comprises a plurality of deflector elements for deflecting a beam path running parallel to the first optical axis along a second optical axis within a first plane I of the microscope that is substantially perpendicular to the first optical axis and subsequently along a third optical axis within a second plane II of the microscope that is substantially parallel to and above the first plane I of the microscope.  
   
   
       6 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 5 , further comprising a zoom system provided along the second optical axis or the third optical axis, wherein the zoom system includes at least two stereoscopic viewing channels.  
   
   
       7 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 5 , wherein the deflector element of the inverter system is one of the plurality of deflector elements.  
   
   
       8 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 1 , further comprising a decoupling device arranged to couple out an assistant viewing beam path.  
   
   
       9 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 1 , further comprising a supplementary optical system selectively insertable into the beam path in front of the main objective, the supplementary optical system including an ophthalmoscopical lens and a correcting lens.  
   
   
       10 . The stereoscopic microscope according to  claim 9 , wherein the inverter system and the supplementary optical system are electromechanically coupled to one another.