Patents by Inventor Nikhil MUTYAL

Nikhil MUTYAL 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).

  • Automated calibration system for a fiber optic probe
    Patent number: 10921212
    Abstract: An automated calibration system that includes a probe guide and a target assembly. The probe guide receives an optical probe, and the target assembly includes one or more calibration targets. The target assembly is slideable relative to the probe guide so that a first calibration target is aligned under the optical probe in a first position of the target assembly and a second calibration target is aligned under the optical probe in a second position of the target assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, AMERICAN BIOOPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Vadim Backman, Bradley Gould, Nikhil Mutyal, Frank Garrett, Jr., The Quyen Nguyen, Michael Garrett
  • Pre-fabricated, on-demand interface for use in providing optical coupling between disposable and reusable members of a low coherence enhanced backscattering fiber-optic probe
    Patent number: 10881273
    Abstract: A pre-fabricated, on-demand interface provides optical coupling between disposable and reusable portions of a fiber-optic probe. The interface uses a pre-cured, compressible optically-transmissive gel in a cavity of the disposable portion, which can be a disposable insertion tip of the fiber optic probe. The disposable portion includes an elongated housing, or sheath, and the cavity is located within and proximal of a distal end of the elongated housing. A proximal end of an optical assembly of the disposable portion is located within the cavity and contacts the gel. A first coupling, provided at a proximal end of the elongated housing, detachably couples to a mating, second coupling of the probe reusable portion. When the disposable and reusable portions are coupled together, the gel is compressed between the proximal end of the optical assembly of the disposable portion and a distal optical member of an optical assembly of the reusable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Northwestern University, American Biooptics LLC
    Inventors: Vadim Backman, Bradley Gould, Andrew J. Cittadine, Nikhil Mutyal
  • AUTOMATED CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR A FIBER OPTIC PROBE
    Publication number: 20180368691
    Abstract: An automated calibration system that includes a probe guide and a target assembly. The probe guide receives an optical probe, and the target assembly includes one or more calibration targets. The target assembly is slideable relative to the probe guide so that a first calibration target is aligned under the optical probe in a first position of the target assembly and a second calibration target is aligned under the optical probe in a second position of the target assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Vadim BACKMAN, Bradley GOULD, Nikhil MUTYAL, Frank GARRETT, Quyen NGUYEN, Michael GARRETT
  • PRE-FABRICATED, ON-DEMAND INTERFACE FOR USE IN PROVIDING OPTICAL COUPLING BETWEEN DISPOSABLE AND REUSEABLE MEMBERS OF A FIBER-OPTIC PROBE
    Publication number: 20160256037
    Abstract: A pre-fabricated, on-demand interface provides optical coupling between disposable and reusable portions of a fiber-optic probe. The interface uses a pre-cured, compressible optically-transmissive gel in a cavity of the disposable portion, which can be a disposable insertion tip of the fiber optic probe. The disposable portion includes an elongated housing, or sheath, and the cavity is located within and proximal of a distal end of the elongated housing. A proximal end of an optical assembly of the disposable portion is located within the cavity and contacts the gel. A first coupling, provided at a proximal end of the elongated housing, detachably couples to a mating, second coupling of the probe reusable portion. When the disposable and reusable portions are coupled together, the gel is compressed between the proximal end of the optical assembly of the disposable portion and a distal optical member of an optical assembly of the reusable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Vadim BACKMAN, Bradley GOULD, Andrew J. CITTADINE, Nikhil MUTYAL