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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2010
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Melissa Suter, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);
Farouc A. Jaffer, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US);
Melissa Suter, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brett E. Bouma, Quincy, MA (US);
Farouc A. Jaffer, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus, system and method can be provided to measure a flow of fluid within an anatomical structure. For example, it is possible to use at least one first probe arrangement structured to be insertable into a vessel and configured to direct at least one radiation to at least one portion of the anatomical structure. Further, it is possible to provide at least one second arrangement which configured to detect an interference between a first radiation provided from the fluid via the probe arrangement and second a second radiation provided from a reference path as a function of wavelength thereof. Further, at least one third arrangement can be provided which is configured to determine at least one characteristic of the fluid as a function of the interference.