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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2022
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation AT Harbor-ucla Medical Center, Torrance, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Yanhe Lue, Torrance, CA (US);
Boris Hyle Park, Torrance, CA (US);
Ronald Swerdloff, Torrance, CA (US);
Jacob Rajfer, Torrance, CA (US);
Christina Wang, Torrance, CA (US);
Junze Liu, Torrance, CA (US);
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the methods include volumetrically imaging testicular tissue by optical coherence tomography to identify a testicular tissue location that is likely to contain sperm; and m-mode scanning using optical coherence tomography the identified testicular location to determine whether sperm are at least likely to be present at the location. Methods may further include harvesting sperm from the location, e.g., for use in in vitro fertilization. Also provided are devices and systems for practicing the methods.