Patents by Inventor Seungbum Woo

Seungbum Woo 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).

  • Publication number: 20200096311
    Abstract: Methods and systems for increasing resolution and mitigating sidelobe artifacts on point spread functions in optical coherence tomography systems by addressing (1) the swept source's power variation across the scan band, (2) errors in sampling instances, and (3) window function selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Bartley C. Johnson, Timothy N. Ford, Seungbum Woo, Walid A. Atia
  • Patent number: 8908188
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Joseph A. Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael E. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8368987
    Abstract: Provided is an optical processing device including: a beam emission portion which includes a plurality of optical fibers; a dispersion element which disperses a beam emitted from one optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers; a condenser lens which concentrates the beam passing through the dispersion element; and an optical path conversion optical system which converts an optical path of the beam passing through the condenser lens so that the beam is incident to one of the other optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. An optical axis of the condenser lens is inclined with respect to an optical axis direction from the beam emission portion to the optical path conversion optical system. The inclination angle is set so that a maximum difference in focal depth of a plurality of beams having different wavelengths obtained by the dispersion element becomes smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Nistica, Inc., Fujikura, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungbum Woo, Jefferson Wagener, Susumu Nakaya, Takaaki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20120140176
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Joseph A. Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael E. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8120779
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Joseph A. Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael E. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7999947
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Joseph A. Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael E. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20100321636
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Joseph A. Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael E. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20100315592
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Joseph A. Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael E. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7847951
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide optical coherence tomography systems including an OCT engine and a processor. The OCT engine is configured to provide both standard OCT imaging and spectral domain phase microscopy (SDPM) imaging. The processor is coupled to the OCT engine and is configured to use a first signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide standard OCT imaging and a second signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide SDPM imaging. Related methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Seungbum Woo, Joseph A. Izatt, William J. Brown
  • Patent number: 7830525
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Joseph A. Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael E. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20090237673
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide optical coherence tomography systems including an OCT engine and a processor. The OCT engine is configured to provide both standard OCT imaging and spectral domain phase microscopy (SDPM) imaging. The processor is coupled to the OCT engine and is configured to use a first signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide standard OCT imaging and a second signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide SDPM imaging. Related methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Seungbum Woo, Joseph A. Izatt, William J. Brown
  • Patent number: 7554669
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide optical coherence tomography systems including an OCT engine and a processor. The OCT engine is configured to provide both standard OCT imaging and spectral domain phase microscopy (SDPM) imaging. The processor is coupled to the OCT engine and is configured to use a first signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide standard OCT imaging and a second signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide SDPM imaging. Related methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Seungbum Woo, Joseph A. Izatt, William J. Brown
  • Publication number: 20090141237
    Abstract: A system for imaging a sample is provided that includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) portion having an associated OCT path. A second imaging portion is provided having an associated second image path, different from the OCT path. A fixation target having an associated fixation path, different from the second image path and the OCT path is also provided. The OCT path, the second image path and the fixation path are confocal at a common image plane. Related handheld systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Michael E. Sullivan, Seungbum Woo, Robert H. Hart, Eric Buckland
  • Publication number: 20080106696
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Eric Buckland, Joseph Izatt, Seungbum Woo, Michael Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20070206197
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide optical coherence tomography systems including an OCT engine and a processor. The OCT engine is configured to provide both standard OCT imaging and spectral domain phase microscopy (SDPM) imaging. The processor is coupled to the OCT engine and is configured to use a first signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide standard OCT imaging and a second signal processing method when the OCT engine is configured to provide SDPM imaging. Related methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Buckland, Seungbum Woo, Joseph Izatt, William Brown