Patent ID: 7154083

Claim:
A confocal probe that emits a scanning beam to a target and receives light returned from the target to obtain an image of the target, the confocal probe having a body accommodating an optical system, the optical system comprising: an optical fiber through which a light beam is introduced to the optical system; a converging lens that converges the light beam introduced by the optical fiber; an optical element having a light incident surface, a first surface and a light emerging surface which statically define an optical path of the light beam; and a deflecting device mounted on the first surface of the optical element, wherein the optical fiber, the converging lens and the optical element are secured on an inner wall of the body at predetermined positions, and wherein the light beam emerged from the converging lens enters the optical element through the light incident surface, the light beam passed through the light incident surface entering the deflecting device through the first surface, the deflecting device dynamically deflecting the light beam incident thereon, the light beam deflected by the deflecting device being directed to the light emerging surface and emerging therethrough, as the scanning beam, toward the target.