Patents by Inventor Dimitris Gorpas

Dimitris Gorpas 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).

  • Facilitating real-time visualization of tissue features derived from optical signals
    Patent number: 10422749
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that displays an image of the characteristics of the biological tissue. During operation, the system enables a user to illuminate a measurement location in an area of interest on the biological tissue by manipulating a point measurement probe, wherein the point measurement probe delivers both an excitation beam and an overlapping aiming beam that is visible to a camera. Next, the system obtains fluorescence information from a fluorescence signal emitted from the measurement location in response to the excitation beam. The system then captures an image of the area of interest using the camera and identifies a portion of the image that corresponds to the measurement location by identifying a location illuminated by the aiming beam. Finally, the system generates an overlay image by overlaying the fluorescence information onto the portion of the image that corresponds to the measurement location, and then displays the overlay image to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Laura Marcu, Dinglong Ma, Julien Bec, Dimitris Gorpas, Diego R. Yankelevich
  • FACILITATING REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE FEATURES DERIVED FROM OPTICAL SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20170370843
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that displays an image of the characteristics of the biological tissue. During operation, the system enables a user to illuminate a measurement location in an area of interest on the biological tissue by manipulating a point measurement probe, wherein the point measurement probe delivers both an excitation beam and an overlapping aiming beam that is visible to a camera. Next, the system obtains fluorescence information from a fluorescence signal emitted from the measurement location in response to the excitation beam. The system then captures an image of the area of interest using the camera and identifies a portion of the image that corresponds to the measurement location by identifying a location illuminated by the aiming beam. Finally, the system generates an overlay image by overlaying the fluorescence information onto the portion of the image that corresponds to the measurement location, and then displays the overlay image to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Laura Marcu, Dinglong Ma, Julien Bec, Dimitris Gorpas, Diego R. Yankelevich