Top Brands of Clinical Microscopes

The demand for clinical microscopes results to brands popping left and right. We reach a point wherein brands of clinical microscopes are like brands of clothing. A shopper will have a hard time choosing the clinical microscope that is right for his application, his needs, his preference and his budget because there are just too many to choose from.

Meiji Techno is a popular clinical microscope manufacturer in Japan. The clinical microscopes they make are used for clinical, industrial and student purposes. In fact, they are the top-selling brand for these applications, that is why they are listed number one on our list. They also have stereomicroscopes and they don’t stop there. They have introduced new models year in and year out.

Motic is the number one manufacturer of clinical microscopes in China. The brands they import are strictly made in China. Their success resulted to a collaboration with Zeiss which is to manufacture the latest model from both brands – the Zeiss Primo Star microscope. Motic clinical microscopes are of good quality and inexpensive. Their product line also continues to improve and expand every year.

Leica is a conglomerate that has been formed by the merging of other brands of clinical microscopes which include Litz, Bausch & Lomb, Jung, Reichert, Cambridge, American Optical and Wild. It is under the Martin Microcope Company but is considered to be multinational because of the production facilities in a lot of countries.

Wild Heerbrugg is now part of Leica. Both companies are from Switzerland and they give the best quality clinical microscopes in the country. Their creations are constantly in demand and boast of top quality optic lenses.

Leitz Wetzler is also part of Leica. The clinical microscopes that are manufactured by Leitz Wetzler are of excellent quality in a traditional German sense. The series of their microscopes continue to evolve and have been in demand for almost 40 years.

American Optical The clinical microscope designs from American Optical are popular in clinical and educational microscopy. American Optical was the pioneer in infinity optic lenses and they ingeniously designed the nosepieces which focused on the arm, head and the stage’s fixed positions. The fixed stage was quite appropriate for future clinical microscope applications. It is strange though that no other clinical microscope manufacturer or brand have tried doing the same design as that of the American Optical.

Bausch & Lomb , B&L clinical microscopes were originally made in the United States. They are popular because of the Stereozoom line. Now, they have been discontinued by the brand Leica.

Reichert has also been consolidated by Leica. It was popular because of the MeF metallographs as well as the OmE microtomes. These creations are still popular in the industry for textile and fiber making.

Carl Zeiss is a German brand that is popular for making quality optic lenses. Zeiss, Leica, Nikon and Olympus are the four full-line clinical microscopes out there right now. Just like Leica, Zeiss has facilities everywhere in the world. The high end clinical microscopes are made in China and Mexico but Zeiss continues to deal in the United States.

Nikon is a popular clinical microscope manufacturer in Japan. Their quality improved through out the years and is considered to be world-class. The older models though should be avoided. The new ones, especially the Labophot and Optiphot scopes as well s the Eclipse series are the best from the manufacturing brand. The student microscopes are cheapened because of direct competition with China. They are no longer recommended.

Olympus is another Japanese brand for clinical microscopes. The BH and BX series are popular nowadays. The CX31 which was made in the Philippines is a good student microscope whereas the CX21 made in China is not recommended.

Labomed is an Indian manufacturer of clinical microscopes that are known for their nice and economic line. Most of their products are labeled by Seiler Instrumen, Wesco and Accu-Scope among others. However, they sell directly through Martin Microscope. They make optic lenses alongside Leica. They are better compared to clinical microscopes from China.

Scion Corporation is a digital manufacture. They made a name by porting the image analysis of what is seen in the stereoscopes through the Macintosh computers. They are referred to as Scion Images and can be obtained by linking these pictures to the frame grabbers.

Diagnostic,These have long been notorious for excellent market stands of clinical microscopes. They are made in the United States.