Patent ID: 8273015

Claim:
A scanner assembly and a collector that converts from a first conformation to facilitate percutaneous insertion into a patient's anatomy and a second conformation to facilitate imaging a portion of the anatomy after the percutaneous insertion comprising: a scanner assembly that scans radiation from a radiation source across a portion of the anatomy, the scanner assembly having an insertion end; and a plurality of collecting fiber bundles that receive radiation returned from the portion of the anatomy, collecting fiber bundles being arranged around the periphery of the scanner assembly, wherein each of the collecting fiber bundles are longitudinally staggered a distance away from the insertion end of the scanner and are staggered relative to one another in the first conformation such that the combination of the plurality of collecting fiber bundles and the scanner assembly provides a pointed end for percutaneously inserting the scanner assembly and the collecting fiber bundles into the anatomy and in the second conformation the plurality of collecting fiber bundles were moved through the distance to place an end of each of the collecting fiber bundles into alignment with the insertion end of the scanner assembly to provide an imaging end.