US 12,189,106 B2
Microinstrument system and method for recording an image by fibre-optic scanning, and computer-implemented method for generating an image
Delbert Peter Andrews, Oberkochen (DE); Christian Voigt, Oberkochen (DE); Carolin Klusmann, Oberkochen (DE); Matthias Hillenbrand, Oberkochen (DE); Max Riedel, Oberkochen (DE); Christian Marzi, Oberkochen (DE); Franziska Mathis-Ullrich, Oberkochen (DE); and Fritz Hengerer, Oberkochen (DE)
Assigned to CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG, Jena (DE)
Appl. No. 18/556,195
Filed by CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG, Jena (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/060131
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/223469, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 109 825.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0329376 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 26/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 21/0032 (2013.01) [A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); G02B 21/0012 (2013.01); G02B 21/0036 (2013.01); G02B 21/0056 (2013.01); G02B 21/008 (2013.01); G02B 21/361 (2013.01); G02B 26/103 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microinstrument system for recording a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image of an observation object by fiber-optic scanning while the distal end of at least one optical fiber is moved laterally over the region of interest of the observation object with the aid of a microinstrument, comprising:
a microinstrument having at least one integrated optical fiber, which has a distal end to face the observation object,
a recording apparatus to which, for the purpose of recording image data, light from the observation object is suppliable with the aid of the at least one optical fiber,
a determination device designed to determine at least position data which represent the positions of the distal end of the at least one optical fiber at the recording times of the respective image data and to assign said position data to the image data; and
a data processing device, which
is connected to the recording apparatus for the purpose of receiving the image data;
is connected to the determination device for the purpose of receiving the position data; and
is designed to compile the image data to form a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image with the aid of the position data,
wherein the determination device is designed to determine the position data relative to the observation object.