Micropositioning device

aaaThis invention relates to a device for micropositioning of an object, e.g. for use in a microscope. The device comprises an acceleration unit and an intermediate part, connecting said acceleration unit with said object. The position of the object relative to the acceleration unit is variable at high acceleration or retardation of said acceleration unit, owing to mechanical inertia of the object. Further, the intermediate part has a first end (′), being attached to said acceleration unit, and a second end (″), being provided with an essentially circumferential contact surface, and the object is provided with clamping elements (′). These clamping elements (′) are adapted to clamp around said contact surface of said intermediate part in order to hold the object in relation to the intermediate part merely by the clamping force and the frictional force exerted by said clamping elements (′) upon said contact surface.