US 12,259,539 B2
Optical microscope
James Alan Brozik, Pullman, WA (US); and Andrew James Thompson, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to SMI DRUG DISCOVERY LIMITED, Cambridge (GB)
Appl. No. 17/616,595
Filed by SMI DRUG DISCOVERY LIMITED, Cambridge (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051336
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245579, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907953 (GB), filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229280 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 21/0072 (2013.01) [G02B 21/0032 (2013.01); G02B 21/0076 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical microscope comprising:
a first optical microscope that uses a first light source;
a second optical microscope with a different mode of operation to the first optical microscope, wherein the second optical microscope uses a second light source;
an objective lens, wherein the first light source and the second light source pass through the objective lens;
wherein the objective lens has a numerical aperture of at least 1.37; and
wherein the optical microscope is configured such that the first optical microscope and the second optical microscope simultaneously view a sample.