Miniature apparatus and method for optical stimulation of nerves and other animal tissue

JS Webb, CI Miyake, MP Bendett… - US Patent 7,988,688, 2011 - Google Patents
A hand-held self-contained nerve-stimulation device and method using light to provide a
source of precise stimulation on one or more nerve fibers. In some embodiments, this …

Nerve stimulator and method using simultaneous electrical and optical signals

MP Bendett, JD Wells, JS Webb, CA Lemaire - US Patent 8,160,696, 2012 - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for stimulating animal tissue (for example to trigger a nerve action
potential (NAP) signal in a human patient) by application of both electrical and optical …

Laser-based nerve stimulators for, eg, hearing restoration in cochlear prostheses and method

JD Wells, A Xing, MP Bendett, MD Keller… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Apparatus and method for optical-or optical-and-electrical stimulation of eg, auditory nerve
pathways, for example spiral ganglion in the cochlea or neurons in the cochlear nerve …

Eye-tracking visual prosthetic and method

ME Friend, Y Hu, CA Lemaire - US Patent 8,956,396, 2015 - Google Patents
An improved prosthesis and method for stimulating vision nerves to obtain a vision
sensation that is useful for the patient that has lost vision due to AMD, RP, and other …

[图书][B] Light scattering technology for food property, quality and safety assessment

R Lu - 2017 - books.google.com
Light Scattering Technology for Food Property, Quality and Safety Assessment discusses the
development and application of various light scattering techniques for measuring the …

Hybrid optical-electrical probes

MP Bendett, JS Webb - US Patent 7,883,536, 2011 - Google Patents
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Monte Carlo model of spatially offset Raman spectroscopy for breast tumor margin analysis

MD Keller, RH Wilson, MA Mycek… - Applied …, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We have previously demonstrated the discrimination of two layers of soft tissue, specifically
normal breast tissue overlying breast tumor, using spatially offset Raman spectroscopy …

Characterization of thin poly (dimethylsiloxane)-based tissue-simulating phantoms with tunable reduced scattering and absorption coefficients at visible and near …

GJ Greening, R Istfan, LM Higgins… - Journal of …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical phantoms are used in the development of various imaging systems. For certain
applications, the development of thin phantoms that simulate the physical size and optical …

Modeling the propagation of light in realistic tissue structures with MMC-fpf: a meshed Monte Carlo method with free phase function

R Watté, B Aernouts, R Van Beers, E Herremans… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Monte Carlo methods commonly used in tissue optics are limited to a layered tissue
geometry and thus provide only a very rough approximation for many complex media such …

Optical stimulation of the brainstem and/or midbrain, including auditory areas

DJ Lee, JD Wells - US Patent 8,744,570, 2014 - Google Patents
Apparatus and method for optical-or optical-and-electrical stimulation of midbrain and/or
brainstem tissue (eg, auditory nerve pathways). Peripheral neural stimulation using infrared …