OPTICAL FIBER SCOPE WITH BOTH NON-RESONANT ILLUMINATION AND RESONANT COLLECTION/IMAGING FOR MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION - Patent 2059838

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EP 2 059 838 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.05.2009 Bulletin 2009/21

(21)	Application number: 06801970.2

(22)	Date of filing: 21.08.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02B 6/06^(2006.01)
H01L 27/00^(2006.01)

A61B 1/06^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/032545

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/024101 (28.02.2008 Gazette 2008/09)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

(71)	Applicant: University of Washington
	Seattle, WA 98105-4608 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SEIBEL, Eric Seattle,Washington 98117 (US) JOHNSTON, Richard Washington 98075 (US) SOPER, Timothy Seattle,Washington 98105 (US) MELVILLE, Charles Washington 98029 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
	Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München 80802 München (DE)

(54)	OPTICAL FIBER SCOPE WITH BOTH NON-RESONANT ILLUMINATION AND RESONANT COLLECTION/IMAGING FOR MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION