ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,648, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).
"Inverted microscope" was invented by Stefan Christ (Wetzlar, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inverted microscope is provided, the inverted microscope including a microscope stage which includes an opening prepared for transmitted light illumination and which is designed to receive a sample holder and an imaging optical unit arranged below the microscope stage. A closed lower incubation space which surrounds at least the imaging optical unit is arranged adjacent to a lower side of the microscope stage. The inverted microscope is configur...