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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:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Rebecca Richards-kortum, Austin, TX (US);
Richard A. Schwarz, Houston, TX (US);
Ann M. Gillenwater, Pearland, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Austin, TX (US);
Richard A. Schwarz, Houston, TX (US);
Ann M. Gillenwater, Pearland, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for depth-resolved spectroscopy. A ball lens may be used to redirect light from a fiber-optic probe so that the light intersects the detection region of a collection probe in a specific depth layer of the specimen. A fiber-optic probe may comprise a collection fiber proximal to a central axis of a ball lens and a pair of illumination fibers distal to the central axis.