Modules made for microscopy
The Ultimeyes Microscopy System is a new and highly versatile inverted microscope system developed by Ultimeyes.
Inspired in part by the OpenFrame (concieved by Photonics Group at Imperial College London and implemented by Cairn Research Ltd.), the Ultimeyes Microscopy System brings high-performance microscopy imaging to users who previously relied on inflexible, off-the-shelf instruments. Affordability is achieved through focus on the functionality required by the future user.
Consisting of a range of versatile modules, the Ultimeyes Microscopy System is a flexible and future-proof microscopy solution. Built from a focusing module downward, the multifunctional modules can act as illumination or detection layers, and even allow horizontal branching off of the main optical axis. This branching off makes it extremely easy to implement illumination combiners or image splitters directly in the microscope frame.
Specialised modules such as objective changers, illuminators (for use with both LEDs and lasers), tube lens focusers, our clickMounts for easy camera mounting and rotational alignment, blackout stage enclosures and a hardware autofocus, complete the system to the most versatile collection of dedicated microscopy modules available.
For sustainability, UMS offers the flexibility to reconfigure existing modules or add new ones as experiments develop and the resulting instrumentation requirements change.
As a result, the Ultimeyes Microscopy System can be used to configure a microscope fulfilling your experimental needs now, and can evolve and grow with your work to suit your needs in the future.
Open in function and interfacing
The Ultimeyes Microscopy System provides an accessible approach to high-performance imaging. All interfacing is made openly available, to allow researchers and users to adapt their microscopes to their individual needs. In contrast to many microscopy solution providers, this is not limited to optical or mechanical interfaces, but also the software interfaces for controlling the motorised components, such as focus drive and objective changers. This openness makes microscopes built from with UMS modules software agnostic, with existing support in most indepent imaging software packages.
The openness in mechanical and optical interfacing makes in possible to use tube lenses and objectives from all larger microscopy manufacturers. Similarly, XY stages from companies such as Nikon, Märzhäuser, Sensapex, ASI, Zaber and ITK have been successfully used with UMS microscopes. Using our easy to align clickMount camera mounts, a range of standard camera mounts is supported, allowing for use of microscopy cameras even with large sensors of over 29 mm sensor diagonal. Should even more flexiblity be required, we provide interfacing to industry standard opto-mechanical systems (e.g. SM2 interfaces).
