公开(公告)号：US11730548B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17125785

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Inventor： De Yi Chiou ,  Kai-Hsiang Chen ,  Chi Shen Chang

IPC: A61B34/20 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G02B27/10 ,  A61N1/05 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: A61B34/20 ,  A61B5/0066 ,  A61N1/0534 ,  G02B26/103 ,  G02B27/106 ,  A61B5/0042 ,  A61B2034/2055

Abstract: An OCT scanning probe includes a tubular housing, at least one electrode, an optical fiber scanner and an auxiliary localization component. The electrode is disposed on an outer surface of the tubular housing. The optical fiber scanner is disposed in the tubular housing and includes an optical fiber and an optical element. The optical element is disposed on an emitting end of the optical fiber and at corresponding position to a light transmittable portion of the tubular housing. The auxiliary localization component is disposed on the tubular housing, and overlaps part of the light transmittable portion. A light beam emitted from the optical fiber scanner passes through the light transmittable portion to obtain a tomographic image. An interaction of the light beam with the auxiliary localization component causes a characteristic in the tomographic image, with the characteristic corresponding to the auxiliary localization component.