Patent ID: 6869397

Claim:
A non-tethered macro-to-micro endoscope, comprising: (a) an electromagnetic source to deliver electromagnetic energy to a tissue inside a body; (b) an image detector to detect reflected electromagnetic energy from said tissue as real-time images; (c) a macro-to-micro lens set to change the magnification of said reflected electromagnetic energy at said image detector, wherein said lens set having different magnification levels of 1× for macroscopy and at least one for microscopy that is selected from a range of 5× to 200×; (d) a filter set to filter said reflected electromagnetic energy at said image detector, wherein said filter set comprises at least two types of filters; (e) a control means to control said macro-to-micro lens set by selecting one of said magnifications levels, said selected lens providing said magnification of said reflected electromagnetic energy; and (f) a control means to control said filter set by selecting one of said filters, said selected filter providing said filtering of said reflected electromagnetic energy.