Patent ID: 7225010
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for dermatological examination of the skin tissue of a patient comprising: a plate; means for maintaining an area of the skin tissue under stress by application of force against said plate, in which said maintaining means comprises a member extending from said plate; and an imaging head, coupled to said maintaining means, capable of producing one or more images representing optically formed sections of said stressed skin tissue from light returned through said plate from focused light under the surface of said skin tissue to provide therewith an integrated assembly in which said stress applied to said tissue stabilizes said skin tissue with respect to said imaging head, wherein said imaging head comprises at least an objective lens for focusing the light under the surface of said skin tissue and collecting the returned light through said plate, and at least one actuator capable of moving said objective lens to change location of said focusing in said tissue.