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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);
Robert H. Webb, Lincoln, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/100 ;
Abstract
A scanning confocal microscopy system, especially useful for endoscopy with a flexible probe which is connected to the end of an optical fiber( ). The probe has a grating( ) and a lens( ) which delivers a beam of multi-spectral light having spectral components which extend in one dimension across a region of an object and which is moved to scan in another dimension. The reflected confocal spectrum is measured to provide an image of the region.