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The Ergonom microscopes allows for the observation of living structures without pre-treatment, staining, etc. over a prolonged period. An extended working distance of 3-5mm allows the use of special heated chambers, which can be heated electrically to maintain any precise temperature within the range of 25 - 40°C (77-104°F).

This allows various living cell structures and/or cultures to be enclosed within the chamber with special self sealing openings that allow the injection of special nutrient solutions, etc. to enable a life span of between 8 days and 2 months.

These chambers are conceived in such a way that they can be put under the microscope and moved steplessly on the X and Y axis.

Due to the extended working distance and variable depth of field, it is also possible to focus up or down in order to view distinct individual layers of a cell structure (optical cuts) in the Z axis without the upper or lower layers interfering with the view allowing precise observation of the desired layer.
The Olbrich Chambers are a new, unique and very effective tool for medical research as the effect of injections (through any of the 6 self-sealing openings) on the cultures can be observed immediately allowing the positive or negative effectiveness of various medicines to be determined often within minutes.

Animal testing is no longer necessary especially as the results of animal cultures are often not transferable to humans.
The Olbrich chambers are particularly suitable for the more difficult medical research work like cancer, AIDS, gout and blood diseases (leukaemia).

For investigations that need to be made as simply and as quickly as possible, yet still provide significant results, it is for example possible to simply put a thin layer of live blood between the slide and cover slip, sealed with Vaseline where the samples are heated by hot air if necessary.  
The observations are then examined in various magnifications using a special phase contrast (without halation) and can also be recorded on video or still cameras with an extremely high resolution in true resolution (no pixelated images).
Of course, all observations requiring transmitted light are possible with the Ergonom microscope using white natural light.

There are a number of chambers and accessories available for the Ergonom microscopes, for controlled incubation of
various types of specimen, and to facilitate the administration of solutions both
radio frequency and chemical delivery into the environment.


A special chamber, for living structures with flow control and application of an electrostatic field.
e.g. to view lifecycles such as Legionella, from the development phase to full growth.
An enclosed chamber with openings on the side to enable the chamber to be filled with bacteria, etc. in a medium of water, saline or nutrient solution. This permits long term observations of specimens over weeks, even months. It is also possible to subject the specimens to magnetic and electrostatic fields.
This chamber is screwed together with a glass specimen holder, a seal and a thin cover glass. Living cell cultures are first applied to the thin circular cover glass before the chamber is closed. The chamber is then completely filled with nutrient solution (or any other medium). Cell cultures are then grown in an incubator with the cover glass facing downwards so that the cultured cells can then be observed, photographed or filmed with the Ergonom microscope. Reflected and transmitted, as well as side Illumination is possible.
A ring shaped electrically heated closed chamber. Six self-sealing access points allow the chamber to be filled with nutrients, serums, etc. as required by injection or extraction. Otherwise, see the comments for chamber 3. The brown carrier plate is made of heat insulating material to enable exact temperatures to be maintained over several days.
A special holder for slides, mainly used for thick layered specimens. The special construction allows the samples to be swiveled axially over 15°. The positioning can be fixed and is reproducible.
A holder for smaller objects, e.g. injection needles, etc. The longitudinal axis can be rotated 360° and angled up or down as much as 15°.
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