Patents by Inventor Robert Elde

Robert Elde 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 macroscope
    Publication number: 20030151742
    Abstract: A confocal macroscope is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention an imaging system includes a specimen stage, a source of a collimated excitation beam centered on a beam axis, and a scan-head movably positioned to focus the collimated excitation beam on a focal point in an object plane above the specimen stage and to receive light emitted or reflected from the object plane. According to another embodiment of the present invention the imaging system has three orthogonal motion axes that harness the quality of a collimated infinity space to stretch in scanning a specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Silvermintz, Robert Elde
  • Confocal macroscope
    Patent number: 6548796
    Abstract: A confocal macroscope is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention an imaging system includes a specimen stage, a source of a collimated excitation beam centered on a beam axis, and a scan-head movably positioned to focus the collimated excitation beam on a focal point in an object plane above the specimen stage and to receive light emitted or reflected from the object plane. According to another embodiment of the present invention the imaging system has three orthogonal motion axes that harness the quality of a collimated infinity space to stretch in scanning a specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Silvermintz, Robert Elde