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 …

Method and apparatus for performing optical imaging using frequency-domain interferometry

SH Yun, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney, JF De Boer - US Patent 7,733,497, 2010 - Google Patents
3,090,753 3,601.480 3,856,000 3,872.407 3,941,121 3,973,219 3,983,507 4,030,827
4,140,364 4,141,362 4,224,929 4,295,738 4,300,816 4,303.300 4,428,643 4,479,499 …

System and method for optical coherence imaging

M Shishkov, BE Bouma, GJ Tearney - US Patent 7,366,376, 2008 - Google Patents
Apparatus and method are provided for transmitting at least one electro-magnetic radiation
is provided. In particular, at least one optical fiber having at least one end extending along a …

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 …

Apparatus and method for ranging and noise reduction of low coherence interferometry LCI and optical coherence tomography OCT signals by parallel detection of …

JF De Boer, GJ Tearney, BE Bouma - US Patent 7,355,716, 2008 - Google Patents
Apparatus, method, logic arrangement and storage medium are provided for increasing the
sensitivity in the detection of optical coherence tomography and low coherence interfer …

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 …

Optical coherence tomography apparatus and methods

JM Schmitt, A Koski, M Atlas, C Petersen - US Patent 7,848,791, 2010 - Google Patents
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for imaging biological tissues and other
materials using Small-diameter, forward-looking probes. The disclosed methods are based …

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 …