US 11,966,063 B2
Microsphere lens assembly
Sorin Stanescu, Birmingham (GB); Sebastien Vilain, Birmingham (GB); Ching Tzu Goh, Birmingham (GB); and Lin Li, Birmingham (GB)
Assigned to LIG NANOWISE LIMITED, Birmingham (GB)
Appl. No. 16/627,185
Filed by LIG Nanowise Limited, Birmingham (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/051816
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/002873, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1710324 (GB), filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0166769 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. G02B 27/58 (2006.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/58 (2013.01) [B23K 26/0665 (2013.01); G02B 3/0037 (2013.01); G02B 21/02 (2013.01); G02B 21/0036 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microscope apparatus comprising a microscope and a microsphere lens assembly, the microsphere lens assembly comprising: a base lens; a microsphere lens and a column of optically clear material extending from a front surface of the base lens to the microsphere lens, wherein the microsphere lens is fixed to the base lens by the column, wherein the column has a substantially conical shape extending from the front surface of the base lens to edges of the microsphere lens, and wherein the microsphere lens is comprised of a different material than the column.