Patents by Inventor Gary Rondeau

Gary Rondeau 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).

  • Optomechanical module for converting a microscope to provide selective plane illumination microscopy
    Patent number: 9316824
    Abstract: A module for engagement with a conventional microscope to provide selective plane illumination microscopy is disclosed. The module is coupled to the translational base of the microscope and defines a mounting having a mount body in which an excitation objective having a first longitudinal axis is engaged to one portion of the mount body and a detection objective having a second longitudinal axis is engaged to another portion of the mount body such that the first longitudinal axis is in perpendicular geometric relation with the second longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Hari Shroff, Yicong Wu, Gary Rondeau
  • OPTOMECHANICAL MODULE FOR CONVERTING A MICROSCOPE TO PROVIDE SELECTIVE PLANE ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY
    Publication number: 20140126046
    Abstract: A module for engagement with a conventional microscope to provide selective plane illumination microscopy is disclosed. The module is coupled to the translational base of the microscope and defines a mounting having a mount body in which an excitation objective having a first longitudinal axis is engaged to one portion of the mount body and a detection objective having a second longitudinal axis is engaged to another portion of the mount body such that the first longitudinal axis is in perpendicular geometric relation with the second longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health
    Inventors: Hari Shroff, Yicong Wu, Gary Rondeau
  • Stage assembly and method for optical microscope including Z-axis stage and piezoelectric actuator for rectilinear translation of Z stage
    Publication number: 20050225852
    Abstract: A stage assembly mountable on an optical microscope for orienting a sample into a desired focal position includes an X-axis plate operable for rectilinear shifting in the X-axis direction and a Y-axis plate mounted on the X-axis plate operable for rectilinear translation in the Y-axis direction. A Z-axis plate is mounted on the XY plate assembly for carrying a sample to be investigated and a piezoelectric actuator mechanism is interposed between the XY plate assembly and the Z-axis plate operable for rectilinear translation of the Z-axis plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Gary Rondeau, John Zemek