Patents by Inventor Thomas Gary Bifano

Thomas Gary Bifano 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).

  • Reverberation microscopy systems and methods
    Patent number: 11226474
    Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano
  • REVERBERATION MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200355897
    Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano
  • Reverberation microscopy systems and methods
    Patent number: 10678037
    Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano
  • REVERBERATION MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200018940
    Abstract: A method for obtaining one or more images of a sample using a microscope includes dividing, using a reverberation cavity, a first one of a plurality of laser pulses into a plurality of sequential sub-pulses, each of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses having a power that is less than a previous one of the plurality of sequential sub-pulses, directing, using the one or more lenses of the microscope, the plurality of sequential sub-pulses onto a portion of the sample to generate a plurality of signals, each of the plurality of signals being associated with a different depth within the sample, and detecting the plurality of signals from the sample to generate one or more images of at least a portion of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jerome Charles Mertz, Devin Robert Beaulieu, Thomas Gary Bifano