Patent ID: 8107059
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A61B,G01J,G01N

Abstract:
1. A non-invasive probe for measuring body components, the probe comprising: a single probe housing; an input light transferring unit, which transfers an input light emitted from a light source; a light splitting unit, which splits the input light into a plurality of incident lights; a light condensing unit, which condenses the plurality of incident lights so that each of the plurality of the incident lights can be irradiated onto one of a plurality of measuring points, each measuring point corresponding to one of the plurality of incident lights; and an output light transferring unit, which transfers a plurality of output lights, which each correspond to one of the plurality of measuring points and which are obtained by irradiating the plurality of incident lights, to a spectrometer that classifies the output lights by wavelength; wherein each of the light splitting unit and the light condensing unit are disposed within the single probe housing, and the light splitting unit includes a beam splitter having an input light incident surface that reflects a portion of the input light as a first incident light of the plurality of incident lights and transmits an unreflected portion of the input light as a second incident light of the plurality of incident lights, and an output light reflecting surface opposite to the input light incident surface which reflects the output lights, and the probe further comprises a selective transmission mirror that reflects the second incident light and transmits the output lights.