Patents by Inventor Nick McGregor

Nick McGregor 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).

  • LOUPE-BASED INTRAOPERATIVE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING DEVICE FOR THE GUIDANCE OF TUMOR RESECTION
    Publication number: 20240024063
    Abstract: This application concerns a loupe-based wearable device that is enhanced by a mounted visualization aid on the housing body of at least one of the loupe eyepieces, the aid providing a dual light source, a beam splitter, and a camera directed in the same optical path as a user's eyesight such that both visible light and fluorescent dye exciting light can be directed at a site of operation to enhance real time visualization of tissue resection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Guoqiang Yu, Thomas A. Pittman, Chong Huang, Nick McGregor
  • Loupe-based intraoperative fluorescence imaging device for the guidance of tumor resection
    Patent number: 11813118
    Abstract: This application concerns a loupe-based wearable device that is enhanced by a mounted visualization aid on the housing body of at least one of the loupe eyepieces, the aid providing a dual light source, a beam splitter, and a camera directed in the same optical path as a user's eyesight such that both visible light and fluorescent dye exciting light can be directed at a site of operation to enhance real time visualization of tissue resection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Guoqiang Yu, Thomas A. Pittman, Chong Huang, Nick McGregor
  • LOUPE-BASED INTRAOPERATIVE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING DEVICE FOR THE GUIDANCE OF TUMOR RESECTION
    Publication number: 20210038339
    Abstract: This application concerns a loupe-based wearable device that is enhanced by a mounted visualization aid on the housing body of at least one of the loupe eyepieces, the aid providing a dual light source, a beam splitter, and a camera directed in the same optical path as a user's eyesight such that both visible light and fluorescent dye exciting light can be directed at a site of operation to enhance real time visualization of tissue resection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Guoqiang Yu, Thomas A. Pittman, Chong Huang, Nick McGregor