Patents by Inventor James F. O'Rourke

James F. O'Rourke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for detecting leakage from vascular tissue
    Patent number: 5377686
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for directly imaging fluorophores in tissue or fluid. The apparatus includes a fluorescence exciter light source for generating fluorescence exciter light, a collimater for collimating and directing the light onto the material, and a filter between the material and a camera or the examiner's eye for passing selected wavelengths of light to the camera or to the examiner's eye. The apparatus is useful for detecting leakage in vascular eye tissue, particularly leakage from iris capillaries into surrounding tissues or into the anterior chamber of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: The University of Connecticut
    Inventors: James F. O'Rourke, Robert H. Fagan