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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Eric Swanson, Gloucester, MA (US);
Inventor:
Eric Swanson, Gloucester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01); G01B 9/02004 (2022.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/028 (2006.01); G01B 9/02091 (2022.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); A61B 1/00163 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); G01B 9/02004 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); G02B 6/0288 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); G01N 21/4795 (2013.01); G01N 21/65 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6484 (2013.01); G02B 6/2861 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are configurations for few-mode fiber optical endoscope systems employing distal optics and few-mode, double-clad or other optical fiber wherein the systems directing an optical beam to a sample via the optical fiber; collecting light backscattered from the sample; direct the backscattered light to a detector via the optical fiber; and detect the backscattered light; wherein the directed optical beam is single mode and the collected light is one or more higher order modes.