1. A transmitted-light microscope for imaging sample vessels, the microscope comprising:
an illumination beam path for illuminating a sample vessel from above with an illumination beam bundle along an optical axis;
an imaging beam path for imaging the sample vessel from below along the optical axis;
a pipette access channel for introducing a reagent into the sample vessel;
a block having a passage for the illumination beam bundle, and a through channel, the pipette access channel extending through the through channel, wherein the through channel and the passage lie adjacent to one another in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, the block being selectively positionable in a first position in which the through channel is aligned to the optical axis, and a second position in which the passage is aligned to the optical axis;
a guide device for the block defining a path between the first position and the second position, wherein the block is shiftable along the path in a single movement; and
a drive mechanism for driving movement of the block between the first position and the second position.
2. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein the single movement is a rotational movement.
3. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein the single movement is a linear movement along an axis.
4. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 3, wherein the axis is perpendicular to the optical axis.
5. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein the through channel has an annular collar which functions as a stop for a tip of the pipette.
6. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 5, wherein the stop can be moved along the optical axis.
7. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 1, wherein a transparent cover is provided over the sample vessel, which cover has a hole on the optical axis, through which hole the reagent is introduced.
8. A transmitted-light microscope for imaging well-shaped, liquid-containing sample vessels, wherein the microscope comprises:
an illumination beam path for illuminating a sample vessel along an optical axis from above with an illumination beam bundle, wherein the illumination beam path has an illuminating element aligned to the optical axis, the illuminating element irradiating the illumination beam bundle onto the sample vessel;
an imaging beam path for imaging the sample vessel from below, along the optical axis; and
a pipette access channel for introducing a reagent into the sample vessel, wherein the illuminating element is annular and has an opening on the optical axis with the pipette access channel extending through the opening.
9. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 8, wherein the illuminating element is an annular light source or an annular beam deflection element.
10. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 9, wherein a condenser objective for condensing the illumination beam bundle is arranged between the illuminating element and the sample vessel, the condenser objective having an opening on the optical axis.
11. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 8, wherein the pipette access channel has an annular collar below the annular element, the collar functioning as a stop for a tip of a pipette disposed in the pipette access channel.
12. The transmitted-light microscope of claim 8, wherein a transparent cover is provided over the sample vessel, the cover having a hole on the optical axis, through which hole the reagent is introduced.
13. A method for transmitted-light microscopy of vessels, comprising:
illuminating the sample vessel from above along an optical axis with an illumination beam bundle;
imaging the sample vessel from below along the optical axis;
introducing a reagent into the sample vessel via a pipette access channel in a through channel in a selectively positionable block, wherein the block further has a passage for the illumination beam bundle adjacent to the through channel in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; and
positioning the block in a single movement between a first position in which the through channel is aligned with the optical axis, and a second position in which the passage is aligned with the optical axis.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein a distance between a bottom end of the tip of a pipette in the pipette access channel, and a bottom, an edge or a liquid level of the sample vessel is ascertained from information about the tip of the pipette used, and the stop is set such that the bottom end of the tip of the pipette is in a predetermined position relative to the liquid level.
15. A method for transmitted-light microscopy of well-shaped, liquid-containing sample vessels, comprising:
illuminating the sample vessel from above along an optical axis with an illumination beam bundle, wherein an illuminating element is aligned to the optical axis, the illuminating element irradiating the illumination beam bundle onto the sample vessel, the illuminating element having an opening on the optical axis through which runs a pipette access channel;
imaging the sample vessel from below along the optical axis; and
introducing a reagent into the sample vessel via the pipette access channel
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Method for processing a set of data stored on a storage medium on which a first data section of said set of data is stored in a read-only memory area of said storage medium and a second data section of said set of data is stored in a readwrite memory area of said storage medium, wherein said set of data includes language-independent data and language-dependent data,
and whereby in a handling device at least a part of said set of data is processed either in a first processing form related to a first language, or is processed in at least one other processing form different from said first processing form and related to a second language different from said first language, the processing form actually used being selected by means of said handling device,
and wherein language-independent data and language-dependent data which are related to said first language are included in said first data section, and language-dependent data which are related to said second language are included in said second data section,
and wherein in said at least one other processing form, data from said second data section as well as data from said first data section are processed.
2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said storage medium comprises at least one of a DVD, a CD and a Minidisc.
3. Method according to claim 1, wherein said handling device comprises at least one of a computer, a video playback device and an audio playback device.
4. Method according to claim 1, wherein said set of data comprises a movie and the related video data and language-dependent audio data which are related to said first language are included in said first data section and language-dependent data which are related to said second language are included in said second data section.
5. Method according to claim 2, wherein said set of data comprises a movie and the related video data and language-dependent audio data which are related to said first language are included in said first data section and language-dependent data which are related to said second language are included in said second data section.
6. Method according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the data items for said second data section are retrieved from a communication network.