Patents by Inventor Austin Roorda

Austin Roorda 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).

  • RETINAL STIMULATOR
    Publication number: 20210236845
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the invention, systems and methods for stimulating the retina are presented, by a combination of some or all of the following: imaging and mapping the retina; determining or assigning parameters on the retinal map, including real and virtual cell types and properties; tracking the head and/or eye; receiving or creating, transforming and/or projecting desired image signal onto the retinal map; combining the desired image with retinal parameter map data in order to determine per-cell or per-retinal-location stimulus values; and delivering the desired stimulus values to the retina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yi-Ren Ng, Austin Roorda, Brian Schmidt, Utkarsh Singhal
  • Directional optical coherence tomography systems and methods
    Patent number: 9427147
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography system that includes an optical device having an adjustable optical element configured to displace a pupil entry point of light is provided. Optical coherence tomography methods using the optical coherence tomography system are also provided. The subject optical coherence tomography systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including imaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Lujan, Austin Roorda, Joseph Carroll, Carlos Rivera-Carpio, Vikram Makhijani
  • Directional Optical Coherence Tomography Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20150015846
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography system that includes an optical device having an adjustable optical element configured to displace a pupil entry point of light is provided. Optical coherence tomography methods using the optical coherence tomography system are also provided. The subject optical coherence tomography systems and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including imaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Brandon Lujan, Austin Roorda, Joseph Carroll, Carlos Rivera-Carpio, Vikram Makhijani
  • Method and apparatus for using adaptive optics in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope
    Patent number: 7118216
    Abstract: A scanning laser ophthalmoscope incorporates adaptive optics to compensate for wavefront aberrations in the eye. Light from a light source is scanned onto the retina. Light reflected from the retina is detected for imaging and is also used for wavefront sensing. The sensed wavefront aberrations are used to control an adaptive optic device, such as a deformable mirror, disposed in the path of the light from the source in order to compensate for the aberrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventor: Austin Roorda
  • Method and apparatus for using adaptive optics in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope
    Publication number: 20060087617
    Abstract: A scanning laser ophthalmoscope incorporates adaptive optics to compensate for wavefront aberrations in the eye. Light from a light source is scanned onto the retina. Light reflected from the retina is detected for imaging and is also used for wavefront sensing. The sensed wavefront aberrations are used to control an adaptive optic device, such as a deformable mirror, disposed in the path of the light from the source in order to compensate for the aberrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicants: University of Rochester, University of Houston
    Inventor: Austin Roorda
  • Method and apparatus for using adaptive optics in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope
    Patent number: 6890076
    Abstract: A scanning laser ophthalmoscope incorporates adaptive optics to compensate for wavefront aberrations in the eye. Light from a light source is scanned onto the retina. Light reflected from the retina is detected for imaging and is also used for wavefront sensing. The sensed wavefront aberrations are used to control an adaptive optic device, such as a deformable mirror, disposed in the path of the light from the source in order to compensate for the aberrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignees: University of Rochester, University of Houston
    Inventor: Austin Roorda
  • Method and apparatus for using adaptive optics in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope
    Publication number: 20030053026
    Abstract: A scanning laser ophthalmoscope incorporates adaptive optics to compensate for wavefront aberrations in the eye. Light from a light source is scanned onto the retina. Light reflected from the retina is detected for imaging and is also used for wavefront sensing. The sensed wavefront aberrations are used to control an adaptive optic device, such as a deformable mirror, disposed in the path of the light from the source in order to compensate for the aberrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: University of Rochester
    Inventor: Austin Roorda