Patent ID: 8842208

Claim:
A scanning optical probe ( 1 ) comprising: a housing ( 3 ), an optical guide ( 2 ) with a distal end portion ( 2 a ) inside the housing, a first lens system ( 4 ) rigidly coupled to said distal end portion, actuation means ( 6 , 7 ) capable of displacing said distal end portion and the first lens system to enable optical scanning of a region of interest (ROI) at a distal end of the housing, and a second lens system ( 9 ) fixed inside the distal end of the housing to receive radiation from the first lens system, wherein the first lens system is selected to enable focusing of light from the optical guide at the region of interest, and wherein the second lens system is selected to enable a deflection of the focused light from the first lens system in a direction corresponding to a direction of displacement of the first lens system by the actuation means.