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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:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Maie A. St. John, Oakland, CA (US);
Peter Andras Pellionisz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Oscar M. Stafsudd, Oakland, CA (US);
Yong Hu, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for imaging tissue is provided. The method includes illuminating a target tissue via a light-emitting diode. The method further includes acquiring a plurality of timed images of the target tissue including an excitation image corresponding to an excitation state of the light-emitting. Additionally, the method includes generating a relative lifetime map of the target tissue based on the plurality of timed images.