System and method for high-resolution, high-speed capsule endomicroscopy
AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorsGuillermo J. Tearney, Jiheun Ryu
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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.
Claims34
A probe for performing endomicroscopy, comprising:
- 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.
A method for performing endomicroscopy, comprising a probe including:
- a light source,
- a waveguide coupled to the light source,
- a diffraction grating, and
- a lens having a first aspheric surface and a second biconic surface, the method comprising:
- the waveguide directing light from the light source to the diffraction grating, and
- the diffraction grating directing diffracted light 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.