Patent ID: 7859749

Claim:
An apparatus for imaging of one or more selected locations of a body of a patient comprising: an imaging head having a confocal microscope with an objective lens having an optical axis, wherein said head has a projecting nose; an upright support station; a first 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 position said head at said one or more selected locations; a second mechanism in said head enabling movement of said nose with respect to said objective lens in a plurality of directions generally perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective for fine positioning of said nose precisely at each of said one or more selected locations; and a third mechanism in said head for moving said objective lens in which said objective lens is movable by said third mechanism only along said optical axis of said objective lens, wherein said second mechanism and said third mechanism are operable separate from said first mechanism.