Patents by Inventor Roger Graham King

Roger Graham King 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 microscope and endoscope
    Patent number: 5659642
    Abstract: A confocal microscope including a light source; an optical fiber bundle defining a plurality of optical channels for receiving light from the light source and for transmitting the light to an object and for allowing light to return from the object through the optical fiber bundle; a switch for selectively switching selected fibers in the optical fiber bundle so as to allow light to selectively be transmitted and returned through individual optical channels until an image of the object is produced; and a detector for receiving returned light from the optical fiber bundle to enable the image of the object to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignees: Optiscan Pty. Ltd., Monash University
    Inventors: Roger Graham King, Peter Maxwell Delaney, Martin Russell Harris