Patents by Inventor Millen Shishkov

Millen Shishkov 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).

  • Confocal microscopy with multi-spectral encoding and system and apparatus for spectroscopically encoded confocal microscopy
    Patent number: 6831781
    Abstract: A scanning confocal microscopy system and apparatus, especially useful for endoscopy with a flexible probe which is connected to the end of an optical fiber (9). The probe has a grating (12) and a lens (14) which delivers a beam of multi-spectral light having spectral components which extend in one dimension across a region of an object and which is moved to scan in another dimension. The reflected confocal spectrum is measured to provide an image of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett E. Bouma, Robert H. Webb, Constantinos Pitris, Millen Shishkov
  • Confocal microscopy with multi-spectral encoding and system and apparatus for spectroscopically encoded confocal microscopy
    Publication number: 20020122246
    Abstract: A scanning confocal microscopy system and apparatus, especially useful for endoscopy with a flexible probe which is connected to the end of an optical fiber (9). The probe has a grating (12) and a lens (14) which delivers a beam of multi-spectral light having spectral components which extend in one dimension across a region of an object and which is moved to scan in another dimension. The reflected confocal spectrum is measured to provide an image of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett E. Bouma, Robert H. Webb, Constantinos Pitris, Millen Shishkov