Patents by Inventor Gerrit Best

Gerrit Best 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).

  • Patent number: 9874737
    Abstract: A fluorescence microscope for obtaining super-resolution images of a sample labeled with at least one fluorescent label by combining localization microscopy and structured illumination microscopy is provided. The fluorescence microscope includes one or more light sources, an illumination system having a structured illumination path for illuminating the sample with structured illumination light and a localization illumination path for illuminating the sample with localization illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM MIKROSKOPIE (FZM), LUCIAOPTICS GEMEINNÜTZIGE UG
    Inventors: Gerrit Best, Christoph Cremer, Sabrina Rossberger, Stefan Dithmar
  • Patent number: 9517009
    Abstract: A method for non-invasive observations of a fundus using an ophthalmoscope is provided. The method includes illuminating a retinal region of an eye by projecting an illumination pattern of illumination light onto the retinal region, at least one of detecting a portion of fluorescent light emitted from the retinal region and detecting a portion of illumination light reflected from the retinal region, thereby capturing a series of images of the retinal region at a plurality of different relative positions of the retinal region with respect to the illumination pattern projected onto the retinal region, wherein between the capturing of at least two images of the series the relative position of the retinal region with respect to the illumination pattern projected onto the retinal region is shifted in a non-controlled manner, and processing the captured images to extract a sub-resolution image of the retinal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Inventors: Christoph Cremer, Gerrit Best, Roman Amberger, Rainer Heintzmann, Stefan Dithmar, Thomas Ach
  • Publication number: 20160124208
    Abstract: A fluorescence microscope for obtaining super-resolution images of a sample labeled with at least one fluorescent label by combining localization microscopy and structured illumination microscopy is provided. The fluorescence microscope includes one or more light sources, an illumination system having a structured illumination path for illuminating the sample with structured illumination light and a localization illumination path for illuminating the sample with localization illumination light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Mikroskopie (FZM), LuciaOptics gemeinnützige UG
    Inventors: Gerrit Best, Christoph Cremer, Sabrina Rossberger, Stefan Dithmar
  • Publication number: 20150297076
    Abstract: A method for non-invasive observations of a fundus using an ophthalmoscope is provided. The method includes illuminating a retinal region of an eye by projecting an illumination pattern of illumination light onto the retinal region, at least one of detecting a portion of fluorescent light emitted from the retinal region and detecting a portion of illumination light reflected from the retinal region, thereby capturing a series of images of the retinal region at a plurality of different relative positions of the retinal region with respect to the illumination pattern projected onto the retinal region, wherein between the capturing of at least two images of the series the relative position of the retinal region with respect to the illumination pattern projected onto the retinal region is shifted in a non-controlled manner, and processing the captured images to extract a sub-resolution image of the retinal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Cremer, Gerrit Best, Roman Amberger, Rainer Heintzmann, Stefan Dithmar, Thomas Ach
  • Publication number: 20150260978
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a sub-resolution image of a specimen using a microscope is provided. The method includes projecting an illumination pattern of illumination light onto the specimen, thereby illuminating the specimen, at least one of detecting at least a portion of fluorescent light emitted from the specimen and detecting at least a portion of illumination light reflected from the specimen, thereby capturing a series of images of the specimen at a plurality of different relative positions of the specimen with respect to the illumination pattern projected onto the specimen, wherein between the capturing of at least two images of the series the relative position of the specimen with respect to the illumination pattern projected onto the specimen is shifted in a non-controlled manner, and processing the captured images to extract a sub-resolution image of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Cremer, Gerrit Best, Roman Amberger, Rainer Heintzmann