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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, Seoul, KR;
Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Hong Ki Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Min Woo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeong Soo Nam, Seoul, KR;
Wang Yuhl Oh, Daejeon, KR;
Jin Won Kim, Seoul, KR;
Woo Jae Kang, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an imaging catheter system that utilizes optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. The disclosed imaging catheter system may include: an autofluorescence light source; an OCT device; a catheter device configured to receive rays inputted from the autofluorescence light source and an OCT light source of the OCT device and scan a specimen; an optical detector unit configured to detect autofluorescence generated from the specimen; and a first optics system configured to transfer the autofluorescence to the optical detector unit and transfer a ray of the OCT light source reflected from the specimen to the OCT device.