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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:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2010
Jonathan C. Condit, Austin, TX (US);
Nathaniel J. Kemp, Concord, MA (US);
Kumar Karthik, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Thomas E. Milner, Austin, TX (US);
Xiaojing (John) Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan C. Condit, Austin, TX (US);
Nathaniel J. Kemp, Concord, MA (US);
Kumar Karthik, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Thomas E. Milner, Austin, TX (US);
Xiaojing (John) Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Volcano Corporation, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided are forward-imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems and probes. In one embodiment, a scanning reflector surface is configured to be rotated about two axes in a single operating plane to direct light transmitted along the sample path to a sample to be imaged.