Patents by Inventor Edward MacLin

Edward MacLin 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).

  • Non-invasive optical imaging for measuring pulse and arterial elasticity in the brain
    Patent number: 9167970
    Abstract: An optical imaging system and a method for generating a report regarding elasticity of arteries in the brain of a subject under test. Light output from the light source of the imaging system non-invasively illuminates at least one blood vessel or region of interest in the brain and, upon the interaction with the vessel, is registered with an optical detector to obtain a shape parameter of a hemodynamic pulse in the vessel. The shape parameter is further correlated to an elasticity parameter of the blood vessel(s) feeding the brain region of interest and presented in a form of report that may be a two- or a three-dimensional image of the parameter across the tested region of the brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Gabriele Gratton, Monica Fabiani, Kathy Low, Edward Maclin
  • Non-Invasive Optical Imaging for Measuring Pulse and Arterial Elasticity in the Brain
    Publication number: 20120215114
    Abstract: An optical imaging system and a method for generating a report regarding elasticity of arteries in the brain of a subject under test. Light output from the light source of the imaging system non-invasively illuminates at least one blood vessel or region of interest in the brain and, upon the interaction with the vessel, is registered with an optical detector to obtain a shape parameter of a hemodynamic pulse in the vessel. The shape parameter is further correlated to an elasticity parameter of the blood vessel(s) feeding the brain region of interest and presented in a form of report that may be a two- or a three-dimensional image of the parameter across the tested region of the brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Gabriele Gratton, Monica Fabiani, Kathy Low, Edward MacLin