Patent ID: 7738762
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. A scanning fiber device comprising: an actuator tube; an optical fiber inserted through the actuator tube, the optical fiber having a free end portion outside of the actuator tube; a first bead around the optical fiber, at least part of the first bead within a distal portion of the actuator tube; an adhesive adhering the first bead to the distal portion of the actuator tube; a second bead around the optical fiber, at least part of the second bead within a proximal portion of the actuator tube; an adhesive adhering the second bead to the proximal portion of the actuator tube; a housing enclosing the actuator tube, the free end portion, the first bead, and the second bead, in which the housing has a length that is less than 20 millimeters, and a thickness that is less than 5 millimeters; and one or more lenses of the housing in an optical path of light directed through the free end portion of the optical fiber.