Microinstrument system and method for recording an image by fibre-optic scanning, and computer-implemented method for generating an image

US12189106B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Delbert Peter Andrews · Oberkochen, DE
• Christian Voigt · Ebern, DE
• Carolin KLUSMANN · Oberkochen, DE
• Matthias Hillenbrand · Jena, DE
• Max Riedel · Lorch, DE
• Christian Marzi · Oberkochen, DE
• Franziska Mathis-Ullrich · Oberkochen, DE
• Fritz Hengerer · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 2022
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2025
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B26/103
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microinstrument system comprises: a microinstrument, having at least one integrated optical fiber which has a distal end facing the object to be observed; a recording apparatus, to which light from the object to be observed can be supplied for recording image data with the aid of the at least one optical fiber; a determining device, which is designed to determine the positions of the distal end of the at least one optical fiber at the recording times of the particular image data; wherein a data-processing device, connected to the recording apparatus in order to receive the image data; is connected to the determining device in order to receive the position data; and is designed to compile the image data with the aid of the position data to form a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image.