Carl Zeiss has launched the Axio Examiner fixed stage microscope, designed for complex experimental set-ups, ancillary manipulators and probes, and large specimens.
The Axio Examiner's sloping turret maximises the working area on the large stage and allows a working distance of more than 100mm.
The open space permits unimpeded access to the experimental area and a degree of flexibility in configuring options.
Carl Zeiss said the system could be valuable in neuroscience research for patch clamp experiments on nerve cells, examination of brain sections and the measurement of cellular electrical signals.
The stable stand design provides freedom from mechanical and electrical interference, and in all motorised versions the motors are automatically deactivated after the target position has been reached and can be actively grounded.
Multiphoton imaging is available by combining the Axio Examiner fixed stage with the new Zeiss LSM 710 NLO microscope, and the new Zeiss AxioVision 4.7 software includes a special physiology module for the quantitative evaluation of many typical experimental procedures.
The optical design developed for Axio Examiner also offers maximum optical quality for transmitted light techniques and for advanced fluorescence applications.
With the W N-ACHROPLAN and W Plan-APOCHROMAT series, water immersion objectives specially developed to meet the requirements of neuroscience are available for visible light and infra-red.
Users may choose from transmitted light through to laser scanning with manual or motorised control.
The modular design offers a choice of four upper bodies, two lower bodies, up to three camera interfaces, visible or infra-red illumination, DIC and Dodt Gradient contrast and two and four position objective turrets.
