Patent ID: 9247991
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An endoscope device, comprising: a light source that provides an optical imaging beam; an optical catheter comprising an optical fiber to guide an optical imaging beam and an optical probe head, located at a distal end of the fiber to direct the optical imaging beam from the fiber to a target and to receive light returned from the target under illumination of the optical imaging beam, the optical probe head of the optical catheter comprising a prism that reflects the optical imaging beam from the fiber to a location of the target and collects the light returned from the target into the fiber under the illumination of the optical imaging beam; a detection module to process the light returned from the target under illumination of the optical imaging beam to measure a temperature at a location illuminated by the optical imaging beam; an energy source that produces energy that is applied to the target to raise a temperature at a location of the target where the energy is applied; and a control mechanism that controls the energy source to set a power level of the energy produced by the energy source based on the measured temperature from the detection module.