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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Dotter Inc., Incheon, KR;
Yosuf Syed Ahmed, Incheon, KR;
Juhyun Chung, Incheon, KR;
Jong Woo Han, Incheon, KR;
Hyung Il Kim, Incheon, KR;
DOTTER INC., Incheon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The OCT system may include: a light source unit generating light; an optical interferometer including an optical coupler splitting the light generated by the light source unit into first distribution light and second distribution light, a reference arm reflecting the first distribution light, a sample arm reflecting the second distribution light, and an optical detector detecting the light reflected by the reference arm and the sample arm; an OCT catheter including an optical fiber having a shape in which the optical fiber is insertable into at least a part of a human body and is rotatable and discharging the light to a tissue and collecting OCT data for the tissue; an OCT engine including a processor and a storage unit and processing the OCT data collected by the OCT catheter; and an OCT controller connected to a proximal end of the OCT catheter and controlling rotation of the OCT catheter.