System and method for identifying tissue using low-coherence interferometry

GJ Tearney, MS Shishkov, NV Iftimia… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
An apparatus for needle biopsy with real time tissue differentiation using one dimensional
interferometric ranging imaging, comprising a biopsy device having a barrel and a needle …

Methods and systems for optical imaging or epithelial luminal organs by beam scanning thereof

GJ Tearney, M Shishkov, BE Bouma, BJ Vakoc… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Arrangements, apparatus, systems and systems are provided for obtaining data for at least
one portion within at least one luminal or hollow sample. The arrangement, system or appa …

Apparatus and method for obtaining and providing imaging information associated with at least one portion of a sample, and effecting such portion (s)

GJ Tearney, BE Bouma, D Yelin - US Patent 8,838,213, 2014 - Google Patents
Exemplary apparatus and process can be provided for imaging information associated with
at least one portion of a sample. For example,(i) at least two first different wavelengths of at …

Apparatus, method and system for performing phase-resolved optical frequency domain imaging

GJ Tearney, BE Bouma, JF De Boer, BJ Vakoc… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Apparatus, system and method are provided which utilize signals received from a reference
and a sample. In particular, a radiation is provided which includes at least one first electro …

Devices and arrangements for performing coherence range imaging using a common path interferometer

GJ Tearney, BE Bouma - US Patent 7,995,210, 2011 - Google Patents
US7995210B2 - Devices and arrangements for performing coherence range imaging using a
common path interferometer - Google Patents US7995210B2 - Devices and arrangements for …

Method and apparatus for imaging of vessel segments

GJ Tearney, M Shishkov, BE Bouma - US Patent 8,208,995, 2012 - Google Patents
An apparatus, method and software arrangement for imaging a surface of a structure that is
in contact with an opaque fluid is provided. The apparatus includes an article of manufacture …

Process, system and software arrangement for determining at least one location in a sample using an optical coherence tomography

JF De Boer, BH Park - US Patent 8,081,316, 2011 - Google Patents
A system, process and software arrangement are provided to determine at least one position
of at least one portion of a sample. In particular, information associated with the portion of …

Method And Apparatus For Integrating Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Or Astigmatism Surgery

RM Kurtz, T Juhasz - US Patent App. 12/823,072, 2010 - Google Patents
A method for integrated eye surgery can include determining a cataract-target region in a
lens of the eye; applying cataract-laser pulses to photodisrupt a portion of the determined …

Apparatus for obtaining information for a structure using spectrally-encoded endoscopy techniques and methods for producing one or more optical arrangements

M Shishkov, GJ Tearney, BE Bouma, D Yelin… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
Exemplary apparatus for obtaining information for a structure can be provided. For example,
first optical fiber arrangement (s) can be provided which transceives at least one first electro …

Photodisruptive laser treatment of the crystalline lens

RM Kurtz, F Raksi, P Goldstein - US Patent 9,456,925, 2016 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods of treating a hard lens region of an eye with a laser where one
method includes identifying a boundary of the hard lens region, selecting a laser-parameter …