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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nathaniel J. Kemp, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
VOLCANO CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/35 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/354 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); G02B 6/28 (2013.01); G02B 6/3592 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to optical circuits for mitigating power loss in medical imaging systems and methods for using such circuits. Circuits of the invention can involve a first optical path, a second optical path, and a means for recombining an optical signal transmitted through the first and second optical paths by sequentially gating the first and second optical paths to a single output.