Patent ID: 9510730
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61B,G02B

Claim Text:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising: a probe, comprising: an optical coupler that receives light from a light source and separates the received light into a first light and a second light; a first connection to send the first light from the optical coupler to the probe; a second connection to send the second light from the optical coupler to a power monitor, wherein an amount of power output to the sample is calculated based on a ratio between power coupled by the optical coupler into the first connection and power coupled by the optical coupler into the second connection; and a detection unit that receives a portion of light returned confocally by the sample and collected by the probe, wherein an image of the sample is constructed based at least in part on the portion of light detected by the detection unit and the raster scan of the observational field.