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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:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Josh N. Hogan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Josh N. Hogan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides high speed, low cost scanning suitable for time domain OCT systems. According to the preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a piezo scanning device and partial reflecting surfaces that simultaneously generate two sets of multiple reference signals at two different wavelengths that can span different regions of a target enabling acquiring target information from a large range within the target. In one embodiment of the invention, information from both the front region and the back region of an eye is acquired in a coordinated manner.