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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190245 | Optical tomography system using short-pulse laser for early cancer diagnostics Time-resolved optical tomography systems using a short pulse laser, may be used in detection and treatment of cancer and tumors. Information is conveyed about tissue interior by the temporal variation of the observed scattered, and reflected measured when short-puls... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190244 | Gated optical coherence tomography (OCT) environmental chamber Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with gated optical coherence tomography (OCT) are described. One example method includes generating an image control signal to control an OCT apparatus to acquire an image of an embryonic heart at a specified point ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185189 | Investigation of body structures A pulsed radiation beam is directed toward a body structure having a configuration or physical characteristic that changes over time, the radiation being pulsed at a pulse modulation frequency. A detector detects acoustic oscillations set up in the body resultant fr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180436 | Systems for autofluorescent imaging and target ablation Apparatus, devices, methods, systems, computer programs and computing devices related to autofluorescent imaging and ablation are disclosed. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175689 | Skin elasticity measurement A method of measuring a characteristic of a skin, including varying an air pressure in a chamber positioned adjacent to a skin, in which the chamber has an opening that exposes the skin to changes in the air pressure in the chamber. A plurality of measurements of su... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175688 | Multispectral/hyperspectral medical instrument A medical instrument that comprises: a first-stage optic responsive to a tissue surface of a patient; a spectral separator optically responsive to the first stage optic and having a control input; an imaging sensor optically responsive to the spectral separator and ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170649 | Arrangement and method for assessing tissue qualities An arrangement and method for imaging and/or measuring tissue qualities, such as tissue thickness, tissue surface roughness and degree of tissue fiber linearization. The arrangement includes at least one light generating element, at least one light detecting element... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170650 | Implantable tissue perfusion sensing system and method A medical device for sensing cardiac events that includes a plurality of light sources capable of emitting light at a plurality of wavelengths, and a detector to detect the emitted light. A processor generates an ambient light measurement in response to ambient ligh... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170651 | Imaging volumes with arbitrary geometries in non-contact tomography A method for tomographic imaging of diffuse medium includes directing waves into a diffusive medium, solving a surface-bounded inversion problem by forward field calculations through decomposition of contributions from the multiple reflections from an arbitrary surf... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165663 | Vasculature and lymphatic system imaging and ablation In an embodiment, an untethered device includes one or more first energy sources configured to provide energy to elicit one or more image responses associated with one or more blood vessels or lymph vessels. The device includes one or more sensors configured to capt... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160681 | Raman instrument for measuring weak signals in the presence of strong background fluorescence A method for measuring a chemical concentration in tissue has two measurement steps. A portion of tissue is illuminated with a first generated light and a second generated light. A first Raman scattered light, corresponding to the first generated light, and a second... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160680 | Autofluorescent imaging and target ablation Apparatus, devices, methods, systems, computer programs and computing devices related to autofluorescent imaging and ablation are disclosed. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145295 | Methods and systems for untethered autofluorescent imaging, target ablation, and movement of untethered device in a lumen Apparatus, devices, methods, systems, computer programs and computing devices related to autofluorescent imaging and ablation are disclosed. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145294 | Method and apparatus for quantifying tissue histology Method of analysing at least one parameter of a body component is provided. The method includes illuminating the component or body with light of at least a first and second waveband, receiving light of at least said first and second wavebands remitted by the compone... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140147 | Determination of a measure of a glycation end-product or disease state using a flexible probe to determine tissue fluorescence of various sites Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus with a flexible probe suitable for determining properties of in vivo tissue from spectral information collected from various tissue sites. An illumination system provides light at a plurality of broadband ran... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131348 | Systems, methods and apparatuses of elastic light scattering spectroscopy and low coherence enhanced backscattering spectroscopy Systems, methods, and apparatuses of elastic light scattering spectroscopy and low-coherence enhanced backscattering spectroscopy are described here. An apparatus couple-able to a light source and a target object, to facilitate light transmission between the light s... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121670 | System for confocal imaging within dermal tissue An improved system for confocal imaging within dermal tissue of a patient is provided which minimizes instability in confocal images by reducing the relative motion of the tissue with respect to the confocal imaging optics of the system. The system includes a mechan... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121671 | Determination of a measure of a glycation end-product or disease state using tissue fluorescence preferentially from the dermis A method of determining a measure of a tissue state (e.g., glycation end-product or disease state) in an individual. A portion of the tissue of the individual is illuminated with excitation light, then light emitted by the tissue due to fluorescence of a chemical wi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116854 | Imaging tray with medium disposed therein for ratiometric determination of object shape The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116852 | System and method for detection of skin wounds and compartment syndromes A system configured to provide feedback regarding fluid parameters in the skin and/or compartments of an individual to facilitate early diagnosis of skin wounds and compartment syndromes. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116853 | Three-dimensional imaging using an inflatable membrane and an intensity ratio based on differential light absorption at two wavelengths The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112146 | Three-dimensional imaging using a luminescent surface and a differentially attenuating medium The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108031 | Methods for in-vivo flow cytometry The present invention provides methods and systems for performing in-vivo flow cytometry to obtain desired information regarding one or more cell types of interest flowing through a subject's circulatory system. In one embodiment of the invention, a portion of the s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108032 | Optical coherent tomography diagnostic apparatus An optical coherent tomography diagnostic apparatus including: a light source; a splitter for splitting the light outputted from the light source into a measuring light and a reference light; a measuring light path; a reference light path; a probe inserted into a bo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103332 | Head-coupled holder for living body optical measurement A head-coupled holder the optical measurement of a living body that securely brings a light irradiation module and a light detection module in close contact with the scalp of a person to be examined, and gives the person no excessive pressure feeling. Each light irr... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103331 | Systems and methods for in-vivo optical imaging and measurement Disclosed are methods and systems for: (i) sequentially illuminating a specimen with different spatial distributions of light, wherein each illumination causes an object embedded in the specimen to emit radiation in response to the light; (ii) for each different spa... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099156 | Cochlear optical analysis system and approach therefor A micro-optical probe approach facilitates imaging, testing and/or analysis of cochlear tissue. According to an example embodiment, a probe is implanted into cochlear tissue of a live being and used to obtain an image of cochlear tissue and the image is used to char... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099157 | Medical scanning system and related method of scanning The present invention is directed to a scanning system that uses uniform rotary motion of an optical reflector to create reciprocal linear scanning. The system converts uniform rotation into uniform longitudinal scanning. The system thereby creates mechanical recipr... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8082024 | Micro-scale compact device for in vivo medical diagnosis combining optical imaging and point fluorescence spectroscopy An apparatus and method for medical practitioners to detect the presence of abnormal cells including cancerous and pre-cancerous cells by using a transport capsule containing an imaging apparatus including UV sources and fluorescence detectors for obtaining images a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078266 | Flow reduction hood systems Flow reduction hood systems are described which facilitate the visualization of tissue regions through a clear fluid. Such a system may include an imaging hood having one or more layers covering the distal opening and defines one or more apertures which control the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078265 | Systems and methods for generating fluorescent light images An imaging system divides image pixels intensities by exposure time to generate image data in units of intensity per time. The imaging system divides a fluorescent light image in intensity per time units by an excitation light image in intensity per time units to pr... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078267 | Imaging of macular pigment distributions Macular pigments are measured by spectrally selective lipofuscin detection. Light from a light source that emits light at a selected range of wavelengths that overlap the absorption band of macular carotenoids is directed onto macular tissue of an eye for which macu... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078268 | System and method of chemical imaging using pulsed laser excitation and time-gated detection to determine tissue margins during surgery System and method for differentiating tissue margins in a biological sample using pulsed laser excitation and time-gated detection. A region containing a biological tissue is irradiated with substantially monochromatic pulsed laser light to thereby produce Raman sca... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068897 | Endoscopic smart probe and method An improved endoscopic device which is introduced into the intestinal tract of a living organism and which operates autonomously therein, adapted to obtain and store or transmit one or more types of data such as visual image data, laser autofluorescence data, or ult... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064989 | Portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) devices and related systems Portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) devices including at least one mirror configured to scan at least two directions are provided. The portable OCT devices are configured to provide a portable interface to a sample that can be aligned to the sample without r... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060189 | System and method for detection of hematoma A system and method for determining brain hematoma including a handheld device for emitting and detecting radiation with a removable light guide assembly. A method for determining a brain hematoma condition that includes determining optical density of various region... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050746 | Tissue visualization device and method variations Tissue visualization device and method variations are described herein where an imaging hood is temporarily sealed against a region of tissue to be treated while under direct visualization. Such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050747 | Method and apparatus for determination of atherosclerotic plaque type by measurement of tissue optical properties Methods for diagnosing vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque using optical coherence tomography to measure tissue optical properties, including backreflectance of heterogeneous layers, such as plaque cap, lipid pool composition and macrophage presence. Methods also incl... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046056 | Body fat measurement apparatus and method of operating the apparatus A method measuring a body fat by using a body fat measurement device including an optical detector and at least two light sources, the method including: detecting an optical signal which is scattered by a biological tissue by the optical detector, and measuring a fi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036732 | Hemoglobin contrast in magneto-motive optical doppler tomography, optical coherence tomography, and ultrasound imaging methods and apparatus A novel contrast mechanism for imaging blood flow using magneto-motive optical Doppler tomography (MM-ODT), Optical Coherence Tomography, and Ultrasound. MM-ODT, OCT, and ultrasound combined with an externally applied temporally oscillating high-strength magnetic fi... | 10/11/2011 |
