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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Jingkuang Chen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
Jingkuang Chen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photoacoustic medical imaging device may include a substrate, an array of ultrasonic transducers on the substrate, at least one groove etched on the substrate, at least one optical fiber, and at least one facet. Each optical fiber is disposed in one of the grooves. Each facet is etched in one of the grooves and coated with a layer of metal having high infrared reflectivity. Each optical fiber is configured to guide infrared light from a light source through the fiber and toward the respective facet. The facet is configured to reflect the infrared light toward a target.