Patent ID: 8324562

Claim:
A fiber scanning system comprising: housing ( 102 ) with a bottom and a wall, fiber ( 13 ), inside the housing ( 102 ), comprising a fixed part and a free end, the fixed part being attached to the bottom of the housing, the fiber ( 13 ) extending parallel to the wall of the housing ( 102 ), at least one electrical coil ( 12 ), attached to the wall at a position in between the fixed part and the free end of the fiber ( 13 ), a winding of the electrical coil ( 12 ) being in a plane parallel to the fiber ( 13 ), and magnet ( 11 ), attached to the fiber ( 13 ) at a position just before or after the electrical coil ( 12 ), a width of the magnet ( 11 ) being such that the magnet ( 11 ) extends over the electrical coil ( 12 ).