Patents by Inventor Tom VETTENBURG

Tom VETTENBURG 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).

  • Systems, devices and methods for non-invasive hematological measurements
    Patent number: 11963750
    Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universidad Politecnica De Madrid
    Inventors: Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez Ferro, Jason Tucker-Schwartz, Alberto Pablo Trinidad, Maria J. Ledesma Carbayo, Tom Vettenburg
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE HEMATOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS
    Publication number: 20220254024
    Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universidad Politecnica De Madrid
    Inventors: Carlos CASTRO-GONZALEZ, Ian BUTTERWORTH, Aurelien BOURQUARD, Alvaro Sanchez FERRO, Jason TUCKER-SCHWARTZ, Alberto PABLO TRINIDAD, MARIA J. LEDESMA CARBAYO, Tom Vettenburg
  • Systems, devices and methods for non-invasive hematological measurements
    Patent number: 11244452
    Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, Ian Butterworth, Aurelien Bourquard, Alvaro Sanchez-Ferro, Jason Tucker-Schwartz, Alberto Pablo-Trinidad, Maria J. Ledesma-Carbayo, Tom Vettenburg
  • Airy beam light sheet and airy beam light sheet microscope
    Patent number: 10816787
    Abstract: An optical system for generating an Airy beam light sheet comprising an optical arrangement for generating a Gaussian beam, and an optical element for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet, wherein a single optical element is provided for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREW
    Inventors: Michael Mazilu, Tom Vettenburg, Kishan Dholakia, Miguel Preciado, Zhengyi Yang
  • AIRY BEAM LIGHT SHEET AND AIRY BEAM LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20190361214
    Abstract: An optical system for generating an Airy beam light sheet comprising an optical arrangement for generating a Gaussian beam, and an optical element for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet, wherein a single optical element is provided for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
    Inventors: Michael MAZILU, Tom VETTENBURG, Kishan DHOLAKIA, Miguel PRECIADO, Zhengyi YANG
  • High resolution imaging of extended volumes
    Patent number: 10444520
    Abstract: A light sheet optical system comprising means for forming a light sheet using a non-diffractive or quasi non-diffractive and/or propagation invariant beam that has an asymmetric intensity beam profile transverse to the direction of propagation, such as an Airy beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
    Inventors: Kishan Dholakia, Tom Vettenburg
  • Airy beam light sheet and airy beam light sheet microscope
    Patent number: 10353188
    Abstract: An optical system for generating an Airy beam light sheet comprising an optical arrangement for generating a Gaussian beam, and an optical element for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet, wherein a single optical element is provided for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
    Inventors: Michael Mazilu, Tom Vettenburg, Kishan Dholakia, Miguel Preciado, Zhengyi Yang
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE HEMATOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS
    Publication number: 20190139221
    Abstract: A system for non-invasive hematological measurements includes a platform to receive a body portion of a user and an imaging device to acquire a set of images of a capillary bed in the body portion. For each image, a controller detects one or more capillaries in the body portion of the finger to identify a first set of capillaries by estimating one or more attributes of each capillary (e.g., structural attributes, flow attributes, imaging attributes, or combinations thereof), wherein at least one attribute of each capillary meets a predetermined criterion. The controller also identifies a second set of capillaries from the first set of capillaries such that each capillary of the second set of capillaries is visible in a predetermined number of images of the set of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, Ian BUTTERWORTH, Aurelien BOURQUARD, Alvaro SANCHEZ-FERRO, Jason TUCKER-SCHWARTZ, Alberto PABLO-TRINIDAD, MARIA J. LEDESMA-CARBAYO, Tom VETTENBURG
  • AIRY BEAM LIGHT SHEET AND AIRY BEAM LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20170199363
    Abstract: An optical system for generating an Airy beam light sheet comprising an optical arrangement for generating a Gaussian beam, and an optical element for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet, wherein a single optical element is provided for converting the Gaussian beam into an Airy beam light sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: University Court of the University of St. Andrews
    Inventors: Michael MAZILU, Tom VETTENBURG, Kishan DHOLAKIA, Miguel PRECIADO, Zhengyi YANG