Patents by Inventor Derek S. Olender

Derek S. Olender 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).

  • Publication number: 20240369488
    Abstract: A method of evenly illuminating a tissue sample in a wide field Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) and a system for practice thereof. Particularly provided here is a method of evenly illuminating a slide containing a tissue sample in a wide field light source by (i) illuminating the slide containing the tissue sample from more than one side, or (ii) illuminating the slide containing the tissue sample using a square wave excitation, or (iii) illuminating the slide containing the tissue sample using a combination of (i) and (ii) and capturing an individual wide field image or a plurality of wide field images of the tissue sample for accurate medical diagnosis of a medical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lu Wang, Rachel Beth Wellner MD, Derek S. Olender
  • Publication number: 20230213448
    Abstract: A method is provided comprising: positioning a slide that includes a concave region that is formed in a top surface of the slide and that can contain an object, such that a focal point of an objective lens of a fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) device is within an area of the concave region between a bottom surface of the concave region and the top surface of the slide; and using the FLIM device to capture a sequence of wide field images of a portion of the object within a field of view of the objective lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Derek S. Olender, Rachel Beth Wellner, Lu Wang