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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Applicants:
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dongkyun Kang, Somerville, MA (US);
Mitsuhiro Ikuta, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kenji Yamazoe, Tochigi, JP;
Anderson Thi Mach, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jacob Schieffelin Brauer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignees:
CANON U.S.A., INC., Melville, NY (US);
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01); G02B 23/02 (2006.01); H04N 9/07 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01); G02B 23/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2453 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); G02B 3/0087 (2013.01); G02B 23/02 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01); G02B 26/103 (2013.01); G02B 27/1086 (2013.01); G02B 27/425 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 9/07 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
Exemplary apparatus, systems, methods of making, and methods of using a configuration in an optical arrangement for forward viewing spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE) probe can be provided. For example, the probe can comprise a light focusing component, a light guiding component, a light reflecting component, and a grating component.