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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2008
Jannick P. Rolland, Chuluota, FL (US);
Kevin P. Thompson, Pittsford, NY (US);
Supraja Murali, Oviedo, FL (US);
Jannick P. Rolland, Chuluota, FL (US);
Kevin P. Thompson, Pittsford, NY (US);
Supraja Murali, Oviedo, FL (US);
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
An optical system suitable for use in an optical instrument such as a handheld optical probe, the optical system including a scanning element and an objective, the objective including a variable focus lens that can be electronically controlled to change the focal length of the optical system. In some embodiments, the optical system can axially and laterally scan a subject material by sequentially focusing at an axial depth using the variable focus lens and laterally scanning the material at that depth using the scanning element.