Patents
- Tearney GJ, Boppart SA, Bouma BE, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, Fujimoto JG. Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope. Issued October 17, 2000. Patent # 6,134,003.
- Boppart SA, Tearney GJ, Bouma BE, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, Fujimoto JG. Method and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments. Issued November 26, 2002. Patent # 6,485,413.
- Tearney GJ, Boppart SA, Bouma BE, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, Fujimoto JG. Fiber optic imaging endoscope interferometer with at least one faraday rotator. Issued December 31, 2002. Patent # 6,501,551.
- Pitris C, Boppart SA, Li XD, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, McNamara E, Fujimoto JG. Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging. Issued May 13, 2003. Patent #6,564,087.
- Boppart SA, Marks DL, Suslick KS, Toublan FJJ. Optical contrast agents for optically modifying incident radiation. Issued April 3, 2007. Patent #7,198,777.
- Suslick KS, Toublan FJJ, Boppart SA, Marks DL. Surface modified protein microparticles. Issued May 15, 2007, Patent #7,217,410.
- Marks DL, Boppart SA. Volumetric endoscopic coherence microscopy using a coherent fiber bundle. Issued November 11, 2008, Patent 7,450,243.
- Marks DL, Boppart SA. Distinguishing non-resonant four-wave-mixing noise in coherent Stokes and anti-Stokes Raman scattering. Issued September 8, 2009, Patent #7,586,618.
- Ralston TS, Marks DL, Carney PS, Boppart SA. Interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy. Issued October 13, 2009, Patent #7,602,501.
- Boppart SA, Wei A. Multi-functional plasmon-resonant contrast agents for optical coherence tomography. Issued October 27, 2009, Patent #7,610,074.
- Boppart SA, Marks DL. Nonlinear interferometric vibrational imaging. Issued October 13, 2009, Patent #7,602,501.
- Marks DL, Davis BJ, Boppart SA, Carney PS. Partially coherent illumination for inverse scattering full-field interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy. Issued January 5, 2010, Patent #7,643,155.
- Boppart SA, Xu C. Contrast enhanced spectroscopic optical coherence tomography. Issued May 25, 2010, Patent #7,725,169.
- Oldenburg AL, Boppart SA, Crecea V, Liang X. Magnetomotive optical coherence tomography. Issued July 6, 2010, Patent #7,751,057.
- Zysk AM, Adie SG, Leigh MS, Armstrong JJ, Sampson DD, Boppart SA. Method and apparatus for measurement of optical properties in tissue. Issued August 31, 2010, U.S. Patent #7,787,129; Issued September 18, 2013, Australian Patent #2007211061.
- Boppart SA, Xi C. Device and method for imaging the ear using optical coherence tomography. Issued February 14, 2012, Patent #8,115,934.
- Marks DL, Boppart SA, Zysk AM, Schlachter SC. Group refractive index reconstruction with broadband interferometric confocal microscopy. Issued July 10, 2012, Patent #8,218,152.
- Marks DL, Geddes JB, Boppart SA. Matched pulse stimulated Raman scattering. Issued October 30, 2012, Patent #8,300,228.
- Tu H, Boppart SA. Optical frequency up-conversion of infrared laser pulses into visible pulses by Cherenkov radiation and intermodal four-wave mixing in photonic crystal fibers. Issued November 6, 2012, Patent #8,305,682.
- Boppart SA. Apparatus and method for measuring a characteristic of a composition reactive to a magnetic field. Issued May 21, 2013, Patent #8,447,373.
- Tu H, Boppart SA. Coherent fiber continuum source from transform-limited pulse compression in all-normal dispersion fiber. Issued September 3, 2013, Patent #8,526,772.
- Boppart SA, Jung W. Apparatus for biomedical imaging. Issued November 26, 2013, Patent #8,594,757.
- Boppart SA, Nguyen FT, Zysk AM. Low-coherence interferometry and optical coherence tomography for image-guided surgical treatment of solid tumors. Issued March 17, 2015, Patent #8,983,580.
- Boppart SA, Zhao Y. Optical parametric amplification of weak signals for imaging biological tissue. Issued November 29, 2016, Patent #9,506,858.
- Tu H, Boppart SA. Bright few-cycle visible fiber source using 1550-nm converted Cherenkov radiation with Gaussian-like spectra. Issued March 29, 2016, Patent #9,300,107.
- Boppart SA, Shelton RL, Shemonski ND. Smart phone attachment for 3-D optical coherence tomographic imaging. Issued May 2, 2017, Patent #9,638,511.
- Boppart SA, Carney PS, Cittadine A. Handheld optical probe in combination with a fixed-focus fairing. Issued October 27, 2020, Patent #10,813,553.
- Boppart SA, Carney PS, Shemonski ND. Phase measurement, analysis, and correction methods for coherent imaging systems. Issued January 7, 2020, Patent 10,524,663.
- Boppart SA, Pande P, Shelton RL. Method and apparatus for obtaining a three-dimensional map of tympanic membrane thickness. Issued September 3, 2019, Patent #10,401,141.
- Boppart SA, Tu H, You S, Liu Y. Molecular imaging biomarkers. Issued October 15, 2019, Patent #10,445,880.
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