Patent ID: 7394592
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for imaging of selected locations of a body of a patient comprising: an imaging head having a confocal microscope; an upright support station; and an arm mechanism attaching said head to said support station and providing a multiplicity of movements in horizontal and vertical displacement and in rotations of said head to precisely position said head at said selected locations, said head comprising an integrated mechanical assembly of optical and electronic components for providing said confocal microscope said assembly comprises a plate providing a main chassis supporting said optical components including an objective, a detector and source of illumination of said selected locations via said objective, an optical path for said illumination to said locations on said body from said source via said objective, said path returning to said objective to said detectors said paths being over one side of said plate, said path being in the same plane generally parallel to said one side of said plate, and said path to said objective and to said detector crossing each other in said plane, said optical components comprising a rotatable polygon scanner defining a first part of said path extending from said polygon to said objective, and a beam splitter in a second part of said path between said beam splitter and said detector, said crossing being of said first and second parts of said path.