Patents by Inventor Toro Ohasi

Toro Ohasi 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).

  • Opto-acoustic imaging devices and methods
    Patent number: 8753281
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical subsystem comprising a transmission fiber, the optical subsystem capable of transmitting and collecting light of a predetermined range of wavelengths along a first beam having a predetermined beam size. The probe also includes an ultrasound subsystem, the ultrasound subsystem positioned within the sheath and adapted to propagate energy of a predetermined range of frequencies along a second beam having a second predetermined beam size, wherein a portion of the first and second beams overlap a region during a scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Lightlab Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Christopher Petersen, Toro Ohasi, Tetsuya Nakamatsu
  • Opto-Acoustic Imaging Devices and Methods
    Publication number: 20130012811
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a probe. The probe includes a sheath, a flexible, bi-directionally rotatable, optical subsystem positioned within the sheath, the optical subsystem comprising a transmission fiber, the optical subsystem capable of transmitting and collecting light of a predetermined range of wavelengths along a first beam having a predetermined beam size. The probe also includes an ultrasound subsystem, the ultrasound subsystem positioned within the sheath and adapted to propagate energy of a predetermined range of frequencies along a second beam having a second predetermined beam size, wherein a portion of the first and second beams overlap a region during a scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: LIGHTLAB IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Christopher Petersen, Toro Ohasi, Tetsuya Nakamatsu