Patent ID: 8077328

Claim:
An alignment device for use in the alignment of a subject, the alignment device comprising: an incoherent light source, wherein the incoherent light source is a multi-color light source that emits incoherent light; a first convex cylindrical lens that receives the incoherent light and collimates the incoherent light to produce a low divergence light beam; a mirror rod, wherein the low divergence light beam is directed to and reflected off of the mirror rod, wherein the mirror rod demagnifies and diverges the low divergence light beam; a second convex cylindrical lens that receives the divergent and demagnified light beam from the mirror rod and focuses the divergent and demagnified light beam to a convergent light beam directed at the subject; and a controller coupled to the incoherent light source, the controller operating the incoherent light source to produce incoherent light of a selected wavelength.