Patents Assigned to illumiSonics, Inc.
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Patent number: 11950882Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising exactly one laser source configured to generate a pulsed or intensity-modulated excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the excitation beam and the interrogation beam below a surface of the sample, a detector configured to detect the returning portion of the interrogation beam, and a processor configured to calculate an image of the sample based on a detected intensity modulation of the returning portion of the interrogation beam from below the surface of the sample.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell
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Publication number: 20240044777Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising one or more laser sources configured to generate a plurality of excitation beams configured to generate pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and a plurality of interrogation beams incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the plurality of interrogation beams returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the plurality of excitation beams at a first focal point and the plurality of interrogation beams at a second focal point, the first and second focal points being below the surface of the sample, and a plurality of detectors each configured to detect a returning portion of at least one of the plurality of interrogation beams.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Kevan BELL
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Patent number: 11841315Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising one or more laser sources configured to generate a plurality of excitation beams configured to generate pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and a plurality of interrogation beams incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the plurality of interrogation beams returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the plurality of excitation beams at a first focal point and the plurality of interrogation beams at a second focal point, the first and second focal points being below the surface of the sample, and a plurality of detectors each configured to detect a returning portion of at least one of the plurality of interrogation beams.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell
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Publication number: 20230355099Abstract: A method for visualizing details in a sample including directing an excitation beam to an excitation location below a surface of the sample, to generate signals in the sample; directing an interrogation beam toward the excitation location of the sample; directing a signal enhancement beam to the sample, to raise a temperature of a portion of the sample by 5 Kelvin or less, compared to a temperature of the portion of the sample in absence of the signal enhancement beam; detecting a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Zohreh HOSSEINAEE, Kevan BELL, Saad ABBASI, Benjamin ECCLESTONE
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Patent number: 11786128Abstract: A method for visualizing details in a sample including directing an excitation beam to an excitation location below a surface of the sample, to generate signals in the sample; directing an interrogation beam toward the excitation location of the sample; directing a signal enhancement beam to the sample, to raise a temperature of a portion of the sample by 5 Kelvin or less, compared to a temperature of the portion of the sample in absence of the signal enhancement beam; detecting a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Zohreh Hosseinaee, Kevan Bell, Saad Abbasi, Benjamin Ecclestone
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Publication number: 20230225618Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising exactly one laser source configured to generate a pulsed or intensity-modulated excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the excitation beam and the interrogation beam below a surface of the sample, a detector configured to detect the returning portion of the interrogation beam, and a processor configured to calculate an image of the sample based on a detected intensity modulation of the returning portion of the interrogation beam from below the surface of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Kevan BELL
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Publication number: 20230114192Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (NI-PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Roger ZEMP
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Patent number: 11564578Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising exactly one laser source configured to generate a pulsed or intensity-modulated excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the excitation beam and the interrogation beam below a surface of the sample, a detector configured to detect the returning portion of the interrogation beam, and a processor configured to calculate an image of the sample based on a detected intensity modulation of the returning portion of the interrogation beam from below the surface of the sample.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: illumiSonics Inc.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Kevan Bell
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Patent number: 11517202Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (NI-PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: illumiSonics Inc.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Roger Zemp
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Publication number: 20220265148Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Roger ZEMP
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Patent number: 11298027Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: illumiSonics Inc.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Roger Zemp
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Publication number: 20220022752Abstract: A method for visualizing details in a sample including directing an excitation beam to an excitation location below a surface of the sample, to generate signals in the sample; directing an interrogation beam toward the excitation location of the sample; directing a signal enhancement beam to the sample, to raise a temperature of a portion of the sample by 5 Kelvin or less, compared to a temperature of the portion of the sample in absence of the signal enhancement beam; detecting a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Zohreh HOSSEINAEE, Kevan BELL, Saad ABBASI, Ben ECCELSTONE
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Publication number: 20210404948Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising one or more laser sources configured to generate a plurality of excitation beams configured to generate pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and a plurality of interrogation beams incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the plurality of interrogation beams returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the plurality of excitation beams at a first focal point and the plurality of interrogation beams at a second focal point, the first and second focal points being below the surface of the sample, and a plurality of detectors each configured to detect a returning portion of at least one of the plurality of interrogation beams.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Kevan BELL
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Publication number: 20210199566Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising exactly one laser source configured to generate a pulsed or intensity-modulated excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the excitation beam and the interrogation beam below a surface of the sample, a detector configured to detect the returning portion of the interrogation beam, and a processor configured to calculate an image of the sample based on a detected intensity modulation of the returning portion of the interrogation beam from below the surface of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Kevan BELL
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Patent number: 11022540Abstract: A camera-based photoacoustic remote sensing system (C-PARS) for imaging a subsurface and deep structures in a sample, has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; a camera to map the returning portion of the interrogation beam over the entire field of view.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Roger Zemp
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Publication number: 20210121070Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (NI-PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Roger ZEMP
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Publication number: 20200359903Abstract: A coherence gated photoacoustic remote sensing system for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample with optical resolution may include an excitation beam source configured to generate an excitation beam that induces ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation team source configured to generate an interrogation team incident on the sample at an interrogation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals, the interrogation beam being a low-coherent beam; an optical system that focuses the excitation beam onto the sample at an excitation location, and focuses the interrogation beam onto the sample at an interrogation location, at least the interrogation location being below the surface of and within the sample; and a low coherence interferometer that isolates a returning portion of the interrogation beam that corresponds to an interrogation event of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Roger ZEMP, Kevan BELL
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Publication number: 20200237232Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Roger ZEMP
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Publication number: 20200209147Abstract: A camera-based photoacoustic remote sensing system (C-PARS) for imaging a subsurface and deep structures in a sample, has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; a camera to map the returning portion of the interrogation beam over the entire field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: ILLUMISONICS INC.Inventors: Parsin HAJI REZA, Roger ZEMP
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Patent number: 10682061Abstract: A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: illumiSonics Inc.Inventors: Parsin Haji Reza, Roger Zemp