Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Spooner

Gregory J. Spooner 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).

  • System and method utilizing guided fluorescence for high intensity applications
    Patent number: 7998181
    Abstract: A fluorescence concentrator system that provides for high brightness light source. The system can include a host doped with fluorescent material, which is optically pumped by an adjacent illumination source. The fluorescence concentrator captures a portion of the isotropically emitted fluorescent light and guides it to an output surface. The fluorescent energy emerging the output surface provides a high brightness light source suitable for a number of applications. For example, the fluorescence concentrator system can be used as the light source in a medical apparatus suitable for various aesthetic procedures. Further aspects of the fluorescent concentrator system can include providing for controlling the illumination source to output pumping energy suitable for high energy applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Cutera, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Nightingale, Gregory J. Spooner, David A. Gollnick, Dean A. MacFarland
  • System and method utilizing guided fluorescence for high intensity applications
    Patent number: 7208007
    Abstract: A fluorescence concentrator system that provides for high brightness light source. The system can include a host doped with fluorescent material, which is optically pumped by an adjacent illumination source. The fluorescence concentrator captures a portion of the isotropically emitted fluorescent light and guides it to an output surface. The fluorescent energy emerging the output surface provides a high brightness light source suitable for a number of applications. For example, the fluorescence concentrator system can be used as the light source in a medical apparatus suitable for various aesthetic procedures. Further aspects of the fluorescent concentrator system can include providing for controlling the illumination source to output pumping energy suitable for high energy applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Cutera, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Nightingale, Gregory J. Spooner, David A. Gollnick, Dean A. MacFarland