The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Welford, Danvers, MA (US);
Badr Elmaanaoui, Billerica, MA (US);
Assignee:
Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01J 9/02 (2006.01); H01S 3/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 9/0246 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); G01J 2009/0226 (2013.01); H01S 3/06791 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for narrowing a wavelength emission of light. In certain aspects, methods of the invention involve transmitting light through a filter and passing a portion of the filtered light through a gain chip assembly at least two times before that portion of light passes again through the filter.