Patents by Inventor Ray Yan

Ray Yan 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: 12171410
    Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for imaging and more particularly to minimally invasive medical devices, such as, but not limited to, spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE), endoscopy, and/or other catheter-related apparatuses and systems, methods, and storage mediums for use with same, are provided herein. One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may be for characterizing, examining and/or diagnosing, and/or measuring viscosity of, a sample or object in application(s) using an apparatus or system that includes, in one or more embodiments, an in-situ optics observation window or lens cleaning apparatus or system that provides a technique(s) for cleaning the medical device optic(s) without removing the medical device during a surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Yan, Seiji Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220104696
    Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for imaging and more particularly to minimally invasive medical devices, such as, but not limited to, spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE), endoscopy, and/or other catheter-related apparatuses and systems, methods, and storage mediums for use with same, are provided herein. One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may be for characterizing, examining and/or diagnosing, and/or measuring viscosity of, a sample or object in application(s) using an apparatus or system that includes, in one or more embodiments, an in-situ optics observation window or lens cleaning apparatus or system that provides a technique(s) for cleaning the medical device optic(s) without removing the medical device during a surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ray Yan, Seiji Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20220087507
    Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for imaging and for minimally invasive medical devices, such as, but not limited to, for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE), and/or Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), are provided herein. One or more embodiments may involve imaging reconstruction using a real-time signal of a rotary position from a near distal end encoder. One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may include, in one or more embodiments, a rotary encoder or sensor to detect an angular position of a rotary shaft or a drive cable, for example, to reduce imaging Non-Uniform Rotational Distortion. Examples of such applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ray Yan, Alexander Altshuler
  • Patent number: 10822827
    Abstract: Embodiments of racks are assembled on floating devices to secure mobile devices, foldable sunshades and foldable tents. A rack is composed of rack poles, pole holders, a hub, a cup lock, a pipe connector or a hub bottom screw. The pole holders are fixed around a floating device. The pole top ends may be inserted into the receptacles of a hub. A cup lock may cover the hub to lock the pole top ends in the receptacles. A pipe connector may connect to a hub with its top screw and connect to a mobile device holder or a pouch with its bottom end. Embodiments of foldable sunshades may be secured on the rack with elastic straps and hooks. Embodiments of foldable tents with a bottom hook-side belt of hook-and-loop may bind with a loop-side belt of hook-and-loop fixed on an inflatable raft or boat or on a low-profile hard-hull boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventors: Ray Yan, Jing Fu Yan