Patent ID: 8208995
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for imaging a structure using optical coherence tomography, comprising: an article of manufacture; a first fluid delivery arrangement configured to deliver a volume of a fluid to an external location with respect to the article of manufacture; and a second arrangement including an imaging arrangement which is configured to obtain optical coherence tomography data associated with the structure at least one of before, during or after the volume of the fluid is delivered to the external location, wherein at least one first portion of the second arrangement or at least one second portion of the article of manufacture is translated along a path which approximately corresponds to an axis of extension of a surface, wherein the second arrangement includes a computer controlled which is configured to automatically control at least one of the translation or a rotation of the at least one first portion of the second arrangement or the at least one second portion of the article of manufacture as a function of the data.