Patents by Inventor Tuqiang Xie

Tuqiang Xie 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).

  • Optical coherent tomographic (OCT) imaging apparatus and method using a fiber bundle
    Patent number: 7576865
    Abstract: A fiber-optic bundle based optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe method is demonstrated in a multimode optical fiber bundle based OCT system. The system can achieve a lateral resolution of 12 ?m and an axial resolution of 10 ?m using a super-luminescent diode source. This imaging approach eliminates any moving parts in the probe and has a primary advantage for use in extremely compact and safe OCT endoscopes to image internal organs and great potential to be combined with confocal endoscopic microscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventors: Zhongping Chen, Tuqiang Xie, David Mukai, Matthew Brenner
  • Optical coherent tomographic (OCT) imaging apparatus and method using a fiber bundle
    Publication number: 20070038119
    Abstract: A fiber-optic bundle based optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe method is demonstrated in a multimode optical fiber bundle based OCT system. The system can achieve a lateral resolution of 12 ?m and an axial resolution of 10 ?m using a super-luminescent diode source. This imaging approach eliminates any moving parts in the probe and has a primary advantage for use in extremely compact and safe OCT endoscopes to image internal organs and great potential to be combined with confocal endoscopic microscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Zhongping Chen, Tuqiang Xie, David Mukai, Matthew Brenner