Patents by Inventor Fred Silvester Wouters

Fred Silvester Wouters 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).

  • Apparatus and method for all-solid-state fluorescence lifetime imaging
    Patent number: 7508505
    Abstract: Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a powerful technique increasingly used in the life sciences during the past decades. An all-solid-state fluorescence-lifetime-imaging microscope (1) with a simple lock-in imager (4) for fluorescence lifetime detection is described. The lock-in imager (4), originally developed for 3D vision, embeds all the functionalities required for FLIM in a compact system. Its combination with a light-emitting diode (2) yields a cost-effective and user-friendly FLIM unit for wide-field microscopes. The system is suitable for nanosecond lifetime measurements and achieves video-rate imaging capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignees: Mesa Imaging AG, Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmPH
    Inventors: Felix Lustenberger, Thierry Oggier, Alessandro Esposito, Fred Silvester Wouters