Occlusion-crossing devices

RR Newhauser, MW Askew - US Patent 9,949,754, 2018 - Google Patents
A catheter device for crossing occlusions includes an elongate catheter shaft, a rotatable tip
configured to rotate relative to the elongate catheter shaft, a drive shaft, and an OCT imaging …

Lumen morphology image reconstruction based on the scan line data of OCT

JM Schmitt, JM Friedman, C Petroff… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen
boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel …

Fiber-optic rotational device, optical system and method for imaging a sample

BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, M Shishkov - US Patent 7,382,949, 2008 - Google Patents
A device, system and method for transmitting electro-magnetic radiation between at least
two separate fibers (as well as for imaging a sample) are provided. For example, a first …

Non-contact optical system, computer-accessible medium and method for measurement at least one mechanical property of tissue using coherent speckle technique …

SK Nadkarni, GJ Tearney - US Patent 9,351,642, 2016 - Google Patents
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method for determining at least one material
property of an anatomical structure can be provided. According to one exemplary …

Fourier domain optical coherence tomography employing a swept multi-wavelength laser and a multi-channel receiver

Y Zhou, MJ Everett - US Patent 7,391,520, 2008 - Google Patents
The present invention is an alternative Fourier domain optical coherence system (FD-OCT)
and its associated method. The system comprises a swept multi-wavelength laser, an optical …

Occlusion-crossing devices, imaging, and atherectomy devices

JB Simpson, HN Patel, M Zung, CW McNall… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to:(1) guidewire support/placement catheters;(2)
support/placement catheters with imaging;(3) atherectomy catheters,(4) atherectomy …

Process and apparatus for a wavelength tuning source

B Bouma, SHA Yun, WYW Oh, J Deboer… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
An apparatus and source arrangement for filtering an electromagnetic radiation can be
provided which may include at least one spectral separating arrangement configured to …

Catheter-based off-axis optical coherence tomography imaging system

MK Spencer, CB White, CW Mcnall… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Abstract Catheter-based Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems utilizing an optical
fiber that is positioned off-axis of the central longitudinal axis of the catheter have many …

Miniature optical elements for fiber-optic beam shaping

D Adler, S McCartin, C Petersen, J Schmitt - US Patent 8,582,934, 2013 - Google Patents
In part, the invention relates to optical caps having at least one lensed surface configured to
redirect and focus light outside of the cap. The cap is placed over an optical fiber. Optical …

Quantitative methods for obtaining tissue characteristics from optical coherence tomography images

JM Schmitt, C Xu - 2014 - Google Patents
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