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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Applicant:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jiheun Ryu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/18 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/1814 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 5/0068 (2013.01); G02B 21/0028 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01);
Abstract
A probe for performing endomicroscopy, including: a light source; a waveguide coupled to the light source; a diffraction grating, the waveguide directing light from the light source to the diffraction grating; and a lens having a first aspheric surface and a second biconic surface, diffracted light from the diffraction grating being directed into the aspheric surface of the lens and being emitted from the biconic surface of the lens towards a transparent cylindrical surface of the probe.