ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,434, issued on June 24, was assigned to IOLIGHT Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Compact microscope stage" was invented by Andrew Monk (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Richard Williams (Romsey, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microscope stage comprising a planar base (1) with two or more parallel grooves (2) formed extending in a first direction (5). A carriage (3) is mounted on the base with at least two projections (4) that slide in the grooves. The carriage receives a microscope slide or other sample holder (6). The carriage includes at least one guide and a biasing means (7) to urge the sample holder against the guide while pe...