Patents by Inventor Austin Broderick McElroy

Austin Broderick McElroy 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).

  • Real time SD-OCT with distributed acquisition and processing
    Patent number: 9347765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to distributed computing system to acquire, process, and display OCT images at real-time frame rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kemp, Austin Broderick McElroy, Joseph P. Piercy
  • Apparatus and methods for uniform frequency sample clocking
    Patent number: 8593641
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for producing an OCT image from a swept laser source. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve producing light from a swept laser source, splitting the light into a first and a second portion, in which the first portion is sent to an OCT interferometer to produce an OCT signal and the second portion is sent to a uniform frequency sample clock, processing the second portion into an external clock signal that is accepted by a digitizer, sending the OCT signal and the clock signal to the digitizer, and generating an OCT image from a combination of the OCT signal and the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kemp, Roman Kuranov, Austin Broderick McElroy, Thomas E. Milner
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR UNIFORM FREQUENCY SAMPLE CLOCKING
    Publication number: 20120013914
    Abstract: A method and a system for Uniform Frequency Sample Clocking to directly sample the OCT signal with a temporally-non-linear sampling clock derived from a k-space wavemeter on the external sample clock input port of a digitizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: VOLCANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kemp, Roman Kuranov, Austin Broderick McElroy, Thomas E. Milner
  • Apparatus and methods for uniform frequency sample clocking
    Patent number: 8049900
    Abstract: A method and a system for Uniform Frequency Sample Clocking to directly sample the OCT signal with a temporally-non-linear sampling clock derived from a k-space wavemeter on the external sample clock input port of a digitizer. The Uniform Frequency Sample Clocking comprises at least one Pathway, which includes characterizing the swept light source, creating a digital representation of the waveform based from the characterization data, and generating a clock signal using a waveform generator to output the clock signal to a digitizer external clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kemp, Roman Kuranov, Austin Broderick McElroy, Thomas E. Milner
  • REAL TIME SD-OCT WITH DISTRIBUTED ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20090093980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to distributed computing system to acquire, process, and display OCT images at real-time frame rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: CardioSpectra, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kemp, Austin Broderick McElroy, Joseph P. Piercy
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR UNIFORM SAMPLE CLOCKING
    Publication number: 20090046295
    Abstract: A method and a system for Uniform Frequency Sample Clocking to directly sample the OCT signal with a temporally-non-linear sampling clock derived from a k-space wavemeter on the external sample clock input port of a digitizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kemp, Roman Kuranov, Austin Broderick McElroy, Thomas E. Milner