Patents by Inventor Joseph Gardecki
Joseph Gardecki 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).
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Publication number: 20240180534Abstract: Apparatus and method can be provided for obtaining at least one anatomical sample. For example, it is possible to provide and insert a housing into a body or provided on a hydrated anatomical structure. Further, with a source, it is possible to emit an electromagnetic radiation which causes at least the anatomical sample(s) to attach to at least one portion of the housing. A compound can be provided on a surface of the housing, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive. The source can provide the radiation to the housing, and can change properties of a surface thereof to be adhesive. A component can be provided on a surface of the anatomical structure, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Joseph Gardecki, Chia-Pin Liang
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Patent number: 11864743Abstract: Apparatus and method can be provided for obtaining at least one anatomical sample. For example, it is possible to provide and insert a housing into a body or provided on a hydrated anatomical structure. Further, with a source, it is possible to emit an electromagnetic radiation which causes at least the anatomical sample(s) to attach to at least one portion of the housing. A compound can be provided on a surface of the housing, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive. The source can provide the radiation to the housing, and can change properties of a surface thereof to be adhesive. A component can be provided on a surface of the anatomical structure, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Joseph Gardecki, Chia-Pin Liang
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Publication number: 20230238135Abstract: A computer-implemented method for diagnosing a medical condition of a patient is provided. The method can include causing, using one or more processors, an excitation source to emit an excitation light towards a region of interest of an artery, receiving, using the one or more processors and a detector, imaging data of the region of interest of the artery, generating, using the one or more processors and the imaging data, an image of the region of interest, determining, using the one or more processors, a risk region of an atheromatous plaque, based on the imaging data, and determining, using the one or more processors, that the patient has a severe case of an atheromatous plaque, based on the determined risk region of the atheromatous plaque.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Farouc Amin Jaffer, Guillermo Tearney, Joseph Gardecki, Mazen Albaghdadi, Ryutaro Ikegami, Mohamad Kassab
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Patent number: 11553841Abstract: Exemplary systems, devices, methods, apparatus and computer-accessible media for providing and/or utilizing optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and fluorescence of structures and, e.g., multimodality imaging using OFDI techniques and fluorescence imaging techniques are described. For example, an arrangement can provide at least one electro-magnetic radiation to an anatomical structure. Such exemplary arrangement can include at least one optical core and at least one cladding at least partially surrounding the fiber(s). A region between the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) can have an index that is different from indexes of the optical core(s) and the cladding(s). The arrangement can also include at least one apparatus which is configured to transmit the radiation(s) via the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) to the anatomical structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene Bouma, Hongki Yoo, Milen Shishkov, Joseph Gardecki, Roman Shubochkin, Theodore Morse, Farouc Amin Jaffer
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Publication number: 20210401414Abstract: Apparatus and method can be provided for obtaining at least one anatomical sample. For example, it is possible to provide and insert a housing into a body or provided on a hydrated anatomical structure. Further, with a source, it is possible to emit an electromagnetic radiation which causes at least the anatomical sample(s) to attach to at least one portion of the housing. A compound can be provided on a surface of the housing, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive. The source can provide the radiation to the housing, and can change properties of a surface thereof to be adhesive. A component can be provided on a surface of the anatomical structure, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Joseph Gardecki, Chia-Pin Liang
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Publication number: 20210267460Abstract: Exemplary systems, devices, methods, apparatus and computer-accessible media for providing and/or utilizing optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and fluorescence of structures and, e.g., multimodality imaging using OFDI techniques and fluorescence imaging techniques are described. For example, an arrangement can provide at least one electro-magnetic radiation to an anatomical structure. Such exemplary arrangement can include at least one optical core and at least one cladding at least partially surrounding the fiber(s). A region between the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) can have an index that is different from indexes of the optical core(s) and the cladding(s). The arrangement can also include at least one apparatus which is configured to transmit the radiation(s) via the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) to the anatomical structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene Bouma, Hongki Yoo, Milen Shishkov, Joseph Gardecki, Roman Shubochkin, Theodore Morse, Farouc Amin Jaffer
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Patent number: 10959712Abstract: Apparatus and method can be provided for obtaining at least one anatomical sample. For example, it is possible to provide and insert a housing into a body or provided on a hydrated anatomical structure. Further, with a source, it is possible to emit an electromagnetic radiation which causes at least the anatomical sample(s) to attach to at least one portion of the housing. A compound can be provided on a surface of the housing, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive. The source can provide the radiation to the housing, and can change properties of a surface thereof to be adhesive. A component can be provided on a surface of the anatomical structure, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Joseph Gardecki, Chia-Pin Liang
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Patent number: 10939825Abstract: Exemplary systems, devices, methods, apparatus and computer-accessible media for providing and/or utilizing optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and fluorescence of structures and, e.g., multimodality imaging using OFDI techniques and fluorescence imaging techniques are described. For example, an arrangement can provide at least one electro-magnetic radiation to an anatomical structure. Such exemplary arrangement can include at least one optical core and at least one cladding at least partially surrounding the fiber(s). A region between the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) can have an index that is different from indexes of the optical core(s) and the cladding(s). The arrangement can also include at least one apparatus which is configured to transmit the radiation(s) via the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) to the anatomical structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Trustees of Boston UniversityInventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene Bouma, Hongki Yoo, Milen Shishkov, Joseph Gardecki, Roman Shubochkin, Theodore Morse, Farouc Amin Jaffer
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Patent number: 10893806Abstract: An apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can include a first section(s) and a second section(s) which can have a cross-section that can be smaller than that of the first section. The first and second sections can be a particular section and can include memory-forming characteristics. An imaging arrangement can be in communication with the first section or the second section. The particular section can have a first shape when the particular section can be constrained, and the particular section can have a second shape when the particular section can be unconstrained. The second shape can be more curved than the first shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, William C. Warger, II, Joseph Gardecki, Jose L. Guerrero, Farouc Jaffer, Kevin Gallagher
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Publication number: 20180070932Abstract: Apparatus and method can be provided for obtaining at least one anatomical sample. For example, it is possible to provide and insert a housing into a body or provided on a hydrated anatomical structure. Further, with a source, it is possible to emit an electromagnetic radiation which causes at least the anatomical sample(s) to attach to at least one portion of the housing. A compound can be provided on a surface of the housing, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive. The source can provide the radiation to the housing, and can change properties of a surface thereof to be adhesive. A component can be provided on a surface of the anatomical structure, and the source provides the radiation to the compound and changes properties thereof to be adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: GUILLERMO J. TEARNEY, JOSEPH GARDECKI, CHIA-PIN LIANG
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Patent number: 9795301Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, apparatus and method can be provided for generating information for at least one structure. For example, using at least one first arrangement, it is possible to receive at least one first radiation from the at least one structure and at least one second radiation from a reference, and interfere the first and second radiations to generate at least one third radiation. Further, with at least one second arrangement, it is possible to generate spectroscopic data as a function of the at least one third radiation, and reduce at least one scattering effect in the spectroscopic data to generate the information. In addition or as an alternative, according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to classify a type of the structure based on the spectroscopic data to generate the information.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Christine Fleming, Brett Eugene Bouma, Joseph Gardecki, Guillermo J. Tearney
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Publication number: 20170135584Abstract: Exemplary systems, devices, methods, apparatus and computer-accessible media for providing and/or utilizing optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and fluorescence of structures and, e.g., multimodality imaging using OFDI techniques and fluorescence imaging techniques are described. For example, an arrangement can provide at least one electro-magnetic radiation to an anatomical structure. Such exemplary arrangement can include at least one optical core and at least one cladding at least partially surrounding the fiber(s). A region between the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) can have an index that is different from indexes of the optical core(s) and the cladding(s). The arrangement can also include at least one apparatus which is configured to transmit the radiation(s) via the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) to the anatomical structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene Bouma, Hongki Yoo, Milen Shishkov, Joseph Gardecki, Roman Shubochkin, Theodore Morse, Farouc Amin Jaffer
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Patent number: 9557154Abstract: Exemplary systems, devices, methods, apparatus and computer-accessible media for providing and/or utilizing optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and fluorescence of structures and, e.g., multimodality imaging using OFDI techniques and fluorescence imaging techniques are described. For example, an arrangement can provide at least one electro-magnetic radiation to an anatomical structure. Such exemplary arrangement can include at least one optical core and at least one cladding at least partially surrounding the fiber(s). A region between the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) can have an index that is different from indexes of the optical core(s) and the cladding(s). The arrangement can also include at least one apparatus which is configured to transmit the radiation(s) via the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) to the anatomical structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Boston UniversityInventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene Bouma, Hongki Yoo, Milen Shishkov, Joseph Gardecki, Roman Shubochkin, Theodore Morse, Farouc Amin Jaffer
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Patent number: 9510758Abstract: Exemplary apparatus and method for obtaining information for at least one structure can be provided. For example, it is possible to forward at least one first electro-magnetic radiation to the at least one structure which is external from the apparatus. At least one second electro magnetic radiation provided from the at least one structure (which is based on the first electro-magnetic radiation(s)) can be detected. It is also possible to determine at least one characteristic of the structure(s) based on the second electro-magnetic radiation(s), and obtain data relating to a pressure of at least one portion of the structure(s) based on the characteristic(s).Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATIONInventors: William C. Warger, II, Simon C. Schlachter, Joseph Gardecki, Brett Eugene Bouma, Guillermo J. Tearney
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Publication number: 20160192845Abstract: Exemplary apparatus and method for obtaining information for at least one structure can be provided. For example, it is possible to forward at least one first electro-magnetic radiation to the at least one structure which is external from the apparatus. At least one second electro-magnetic radiation provided from the at least one structure (which is based on the first electro-magnetic radiation(s)) can be detected. It is also possible to determine at least one characteristic of the structure(s) based on the second electro-magnetic radiation(s), and obtain data relating to a pressure of at least one portion of the structure(s) based on the characteristic(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: William C. Warger, Simon C. Schlachter, Joseph Gardecki, Brett Eugene Bouma, Guillermo J. Tearney
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Publication number: 20140213896Abstract: An apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can include a first section(s) and a second section(s) which can have a cross-section that can be smaller than that of the first section. The first and second sections can be a particular section and can include memory-forming characteristics. An imaging arrangement can be in communication with the first section or the second section. The particular section can have a first shape when the particular section can be constrained, and the particular section can have a second shape when the particular section can be unconstrained. The second shape can be more curved than the first shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: GUILLERMO J. TEARNEY, WILLIAM C. WARGER, II, JOSEPH GARDECKI, JOSE L. GUERRERO, FAROUC JAFFER
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Publication number: 20120108956Abstract: Exemplary apparatus and method for obtaining information for at least one structure can be provided. For example, it is possible to forward at least one first electro-magnetic radiation to the at least one structure which is external from the apparatus. At least one second electro magnetic radiation provided from the at least one structure (which is based on the first electro-magnetic radiation(s)) can be detected. It is also possible to determine at least one characteristic of the structure(s) based on the second electro-magnetic radiation(s), and obtain data relating to a pressure of at least one portion of the structure(s) based on the characteristic(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: William C. Warger, II, Simon C. Schlachter, Joseph Gardecki, Brett Eugene Bouma, Guillermo J. Tearney
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Publication number: 20120101374Abstract: Exemplary systems, devices, methods, apparatus and computer-accessible media for providing and/or utilizing optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and fluorescence of structures and, e.g., multimodality imaging using OFDI techniques and fluorescence imaging techniques are described. For example, an arrangement can provide at least one electro-magnetic radiation to an anatomical structure. Such exemplary arrangement can include at least one optical core and at least one cladding at least partially surrounding the fiber(s). A region between the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) can have an index that is different from indexes of the optical core(s) and the cladding(s). The arrangement can also include at least one apparatus which is configured to transmit the radiation(s) via the optical core(s) and the cladding(s) to the anatomical structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Eugene Bouma, Hongki Yoo, Milen Shishkov, Joseph Gardecki, Roman Shubochkin, Theodore Morse, Farouc Amin Jaffer
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Publication number: 20110292400Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, apparatus and method can be provided for generating information for at least one structure. For example, using at least one first arrangement, it is possible to receive at least one first radiation from the at least one structure and at least one second radiation from a reference, and interfere the first and second radiations to generate at least one third radiation. Further, with at least one second arrangement, it is possible to generate spectroscopic data as a function of the at least one third radiation, and reduce at least one scattering effect in the spectroscopic data to generate the information. In addition or as an alternative, according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to classify a type of the structure based on the spectroscopic data to generate the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Christine Fleming, Brett Eugene Bouma, Joseph Gardecki, Guillermo J. Tearney
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Publication number: 20070167836Abstract: The present invention relates to multimodal spectroscopy (MMS) as a clinical tool for the in vivo diagnosis of disease in humans. The MMS technology combines Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy. A preferred embodiment involves diagnosis cancer of the breast and of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, esophageal, colon, cervical and bladder cancer. MMS is used to provide a more comprehensive picture of the metabolic, biochemical and morphological state of a tissue than afforded by either Raman or fluorescence and reflectance spectroscopies alone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Inventors: Obrad Scepanovic, Joseph Gardecki, Michael Feld