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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189975 | Fiber spectroscopic probe mountable on a microscope A fiber spectroscopic probe that can be mounted directly above the objective lens of a standard microscope to add a spectroscopic function to the microscope. The fiber spectroscopic probe only consists of a minimum number of optical components and is compact enough ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7953308 | System and method for fiber optic bundle-based illumination for imaging system A system and method for fiber optic bundle-based illumination for an imaging system is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a fiber optic bundle that comprising a plurality of optical fibers. Each optical fiber receive... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7869679 | Modular imaging system, modules for this system and method implemented using this system An imaging device includes an illumination module comprising at least one emitter for emitting at least one excitation beam; a scanning and injection module comprising an image guide, a proximal end and a distal end of which are linked by a plurality of optical fibe... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7801405 | Method and device for generating a structure-free fiberscopic picture An image free from interfering structures may be generated by means of a fiber bundle of several optical fibers, when for the system of fiber bundle and sensor imaging parameters are provided, which describe the geometrical characteristics of the intensity course ge... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7760976 | Method and system for pointing a laser beam Apparatus and method for directing a laser beam at an object. Some embodiments include generating direction-control information, based on the direction-control information, directing laser energy into a first fiber at a first end of a first fiber bundle during a fir... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751667 | Microfabricated light collimating screen A microfabricated light collimating screen is provided. A microfabricated screen, in one form, is made from a photopolymer such as SU-8 material. It is able to collimate light in two dimensions and for improved degrees of collimation. It may also be directly pattern... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7734134 | Fiber scope An image fiber includes an image fiber body having a twisted portion which is formed by heating, softening, and twisting a portion of the image fiber body. The rate of twist in the twisted portion is made to be constant. Moreover, the rate of twist may preferably be... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7603013 | Fiberscopes and fiber bundles An elongate imaging fiber bundle may include a plurality of elongate optical fibers coherently arranged in the bundle, the plurality including peripheral fibers at a periphery of the bundle and deep fibers deep to the peripheral fibers, and a coating surrounding the... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7587109 | Hybrid fiber coupled artificial compound eye A hybrid, wide angle imaging system combines high sensitivity superposition arrays with a high resolution apposition array to generate distortion free images with an infinite depth of field. A conformal, superposition array of Keplerian telescope objectives focuses ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583876 | Illuminable image-conducting optical assembly including light-conductive optics housing for creating an illuminating halo An illuminable image-conducting optical assembly includes an illuminable image-transporting optical fiber bundle having (i) an inner image-conducting bundle with opposed image-input and image-output faces and (ii) a plurality of illumination conduits disposed periph... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7522796 | Camera integral with optical fiber A camera (1) has a tubular housing (3) having an emission window (7). A unitized optical fiber bundle (9) is provided on the inner surface of the housing (3) by utilizing a bundle of light guiding optical fibers on the inner surfac... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7492998 | Fiber bundles and methods of making fiber bundles The present invention relates to fiber bundles and methods for making fiber bundles. According to one embodiment of the invention, at the endface of the fused fiber bundle, the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the endface to the cross sectional area of the plura... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7480433 | Electro-optical stimulation/measurement An electro-optical system includes an array including a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of electrodes, and an insulator. The optical fibers are configured to transmit light, the optical fibers being mechanically coupled at distal ends in a distal arrange... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7460755 | Method and apparatus for combining laser light A fiber optic apparatus formed by fusing together multiple optical fibers and stretching the fused optical fibers to form a tapered portion. The tapered portion is cleaved or cut and polished to form a facet at which an optical beam is received or transmitted. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444046 | Diode laser array coupling optic and system A single piece optic for coupling the output of a diode laser array into an optical fiber array is provided. The coupling optic has a planar back surface which, during use with a diode laser array, is positioned substantially parallel to the front face of the laser ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433563 | Optical fiber microscopy launch system and method A launch system and method for microscopy having an optical fiber positioned proximate a sample slide with an optical fiber mounting element so as to deliver an EMR from a terminal end of the optical fiber across a surface of the sample slide to an opposing side sur... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430350 | Multi-length flexible image bundle A method for manufacturing an image fiber bundle that includes the steps of aligning a plurality of image fibers into a bundle, bonding the plurality of image fibers in at least three regions to form an image fiber bundle with a useable length and at least one useab... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7418178 | Multi-core fiber A multi-core optical fiber apparatus is disclosed. The multi-core optical fiber apparatus includes a cladding comprising quartz and a plurality of cores embedded in the cladding. Each of the cores has a diameter (D) ranging from 1.3 μm to 2.0 μm, a numerical apert... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413311 | Speckle reduction in laser illuminated projection displays having a one-dimensional spatial light modulator A projection display including a one-dimensional light modulator includes an optical arrangement for projecting light from a laser onto the modulator in the form of a line of light. Light from the laser is divided to create in effect a two-dimensional array of mutua... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412131 | Multilayer optic device and system and method for making same An optic device, system and method for making are described. The optic device includes a first solid phase layer having a first index of refraction with a first photon transmission property and a second solid phase layer having a second index of refraction with a se... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412140 | Apparatus for acquiring image information using array of image acquisition units having optical device The present invention relates to an apparatus for acquiring image information using array of image acquisition units, each having an optical device. The apparatus for acquiring image information includes a geometric array of image acquisition units, each having opti... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410286 | Flat-panel display using tapered waveguide A video display for two or three dimensions has a flat liquid-crystal screen which ejects light from the plane at a selectable line. One or, in the case of a 3-D display, several video projectors project a linear image into the plane from an edge. A complete image i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7376314 | Fiber coupled artificial compound eye A multiple aperture array, wide angle imaging system incorporates compound refractive optics modeled after the eyes of insects. The system channels light through the apertures of a convex spatial filter and a pair of lenslet arrays hot press molded on a positive men... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376329 | Laser hardening tool The invention provides a laser hardening tool having little laser output loss. The laser hardening tool 100 condenses the irradiated beams LB1 from a semiconductor laser stack 120 via a condensing optical lens 134, and creates paralle... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371347 | Device for dispensing and observing the luminescence of individual specimens in multi-specimen arrangements The invention is directed to a device for dispensing and observing the luminescence of individual specimens in multi-specimen arrangements, particularly for the examination of biological, chemical or cytobiological assays with high specimen throughput. It is the obj... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371562 | Guided mode resonant filter biosensor using a linear grating surface structure Methods and compositions are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also provides optical devices useful as narrow band filters. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369721 | Optical imaging system with optical delay lines An electromagnetic signal processing system (10) comprises a plurality of optical fiber arrays (11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16) each having a cluster of optical fibers with their one ends (40) oriented to receive electromagnetic radiation from... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366382 | Optical beam diagnostic device and method An optical beam diagnostic device includes one or more sets of coherent optical fiber bundles, wherein one end of the coherent optical fiber bundles is arranged to receive optical information from a dynamic moving or static optical beam or beams, and the other end o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364543 | Paired angled rotation scanning probes and methods of use Probes, and systems and methods for optically scanning a conical volume in front of a probe, for use with an imaging modality, such as Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). A probe includes an optical fiber having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an axis, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362846 | Shielded x-ray detector An x-ray shielded imaging detector is disclosed. In one embodiment, the x-ray shielded imaging detector comprises a scintillator, a photodetector, and an optical connection between the scintillator and the photodetector. The x-ray shielded imaging detector also incl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359123 | Optical field flatteners and converters Optical field flattener and converter having an array of gradient index rod lenses. Each gradient index rod lens is substantially in proximity with at )east one other gradient index rod lens. The array is capable of receiving electromagnetic radiation and imaging th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359601 | Device and method for delivery of long wavelength laser energy to a tissue site A laser energy delivery device is provided that is suitable for irradiating a body tissue with relatively long wavelength laser energy in the presence of an aqueous liquid without significant absorption of the laser energy by the liquid. The device includes an elong... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355795 | Head-up display device with curved optical surface having total reflection A display device for displaying information is provided with an optical system for guiding the light of the display device to the eye, the optical system having, in the order in the proceeding direction of the light, an entrance face for receiving the light, a curve... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352938 | Drive for system for processing fiber optic connectors An apparatus for moving a fiber including a plurality of fiber optic connectors through a system for processing the plurality of fiber optic connectors. The apparatus can include a first drive mechanism for moving the fiber through the system, such as a cart and a c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351966 | High-resolution optical channel for non-destructive navigation and processing of integrated circuits An optical-fiber based light channel system is included in an ion/electron beam tool for imaging and/or processing integrated circuits. The optical channel system includes an image collection portion, an optical fiber image transmission portion and a detector portio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349590 | Polarization modulation interrogation of grating-coupled waveguide sensors An optical interrogation system and a GCW sensor are described herein that are used to determine whether a biological substance (e.g., cell, molecule, protein, drug) is located in a sensing region of the GCW sensor. The optical interrogation system includes a light ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349605 | Fiber breakout with radio frequency identification device A fiber breakout for connecting a branch cable to a fiber optic distribution cable is disclosed. The fiber breakout can include an optical ribbon separated from the distribution cable at a breakout location. An overmold is formed over the optical ribbon and a portio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349606 | Three color digital gobo system A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally contro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349098 | Simultaneous beam-focus and coherence-gate tracking for real-time optical coherence tomography Method and apparatus for achieving dynamic focus tracking during real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) by simultaneously implementing geometric focus tracking (GFT) and coherence gate tracking (CGT). GFT tracking involves changing a position of the focal poin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346245 | Switch-type imaging fiber apparatus and branch-type imaging fiber apparatus A switch-type imaging fiber apparatus and a branch-type imaging fiber apparatus are provided. Light emitted from a laser light source is made incident on an opening of an IF (image fiber) guided by a GM (galvanometer), output from an optical system provided at a lea... | 03/18/2008 |
