Miniaturization of plastic lens by injection molding for disposable endoscopie optical coherence tomography system

Minimally invasive robotic surgery required disposable endoscopie optical coherence tomography (OCT) for high-resolution deep tissue imaging and cross-contamination prevention. Here, we developed a miniaturized plastic lens by injection molding for developing a disposable endoscopie optical coherence tomography system for the first time. Injection molding provided low-cost and high-production rate to produce a disposable plastic lens and enabled the miniaturization of plastic lens. Transmittance and curvature of the plastic lens was measured. The plastic lens was integrated with an endoscopie OCT system, and the images of human-skin and microspheres embedded in agarose gel were captured. We are currently trying to integrate the plastic lens with a disposable endoscopie OCT system.

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