Patents by Inventor Yuankai K. Tao

Yuankai K. Tao 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).

  • Patent number: 10888455
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for image-guided delivery of therapeutics to an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager is configured to produce at least one OCT image of the eye. A therapeutic delivery system is configured to deliver a therapeutic to the eye through a distal end of a delivery mechanism. A system control is configured to determine a position of the distal end of the delivery mechanism and control the therapeutic delivery system according to at least the determined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sunil K. Srivastava, Justis P. Ehlers, Yuankai K. Tao
  • Publication number: 20190231591
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for image-guided delivery of therapeutics to an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager is configured to produce at least one OCT image of the eye. A therapeutic delivery system is configured to deliver a therapeutic to the eye through a distal end of a delivery mechanism. A system control is configured to determine a position of the distal end of the delivery mechanism and control the therapeutic delivery system according to at least the determined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Sunil K. Srivastava, Justis P. Ehlers, Yuankai K. Tao
  • Patent number: 10278859
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for image-guided delivery of therapeutics to an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager is configured to produce at least one OCT image of the eye. A therapeutic delivery system is configured to deliver a therapeutic to the eye through a distal end of a delivery mechanism. A system control is configured to determine a position of the distal end of the delivery mechanism and control the therapeutic delivery system according to at least the determined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sunil K. Srivastava, Justis P. Ehlers, Yuankai K. Tao
  • Patent number: 10045831
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a microscope-integrated intraoperative scanner system having automated tracking of an instrument tip. A scanning mirror is configured such that a field of view of the OCT system is determined by a position or orientation of the scanning mirror. A drive system is configured to control the scanning mirror. Camera assemblies are configured to determine respective two-dimensional projections of the positions of markers attached to a surgical instrument. A stereo vision system is configured to determine a three-dimensional location of each of the markers from the determined two-dimensional positions. An instrument tracking component is configured to determine a position of a working tip of the surgical instrument according to the determined three-dimensional locations. A drive control is configured to instruct the drive system to adjust the scanner mirror to control the field of view of the OCT system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Mohamed T. El-Haddad, Yuankai K. Tao
  • Patent number: 9848770
    Abstract: A surgical imaging system is provided. The surgical imaging system includes a surgical microscope and a telecentric optical coherence tomography scanning unit configured to scan a sample through at least one optical component associated with the surgical microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Justis P. Ehlers, Yuankai K. Tao, Sunil K. Srivastava
  • Publication number: 20160324593
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a microscope-integrated intraoperative scanner system having automated tracking of an instrument tip. A scanning mirror is configured such that a field of view of the OCT system is determined by a position or orientation of the scanning mirror. A drive system is configured to control the scanning mirror. Camera assemblies are configured to determine respective two-dimensional projections of the positions of markers attached to a surgical instrument. A stereo vision system is configured to determine a three-dimensional location of each of the markers from the determined two-dimensional positions. An instrument tracking component is configured to determine a position of a working tip of the surgical instrument according to the determined three-dimensional locations. A drive control is configured to instruct the drive system to adjust the scanner mirror to control the field of view of the OCT system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Mohamed T. El-Haddad, Yuankai K. Tao
  • Publication number: 20160106583
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for image-guided delivery of therapeutics to an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager is configured to produce at least one OCT image of the eye. A therapeutic delivery system is configured to deliver a therapeutic to the eye through a distal end of a delivery mechanism. A system control is configured to determine a position of the distal end of the delivery mechanism and control the therapeutic delivery system according to at least the determined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Sunil K. Srivastava, Justis P. Ehlers, Yuankai K. Tao
  • Publication number: 20150342460
    Abstract: Imaging and visualization systems, instruments, and methods using optical coherence tomography (OCT) are disclosed. A method for OCT image capture includes determining a location of a feature of interest within an operative field. The method also includes determining a relative positioning between the feature of interest and an OCT scan location. Further, the method includes controlling capture of an OCT image at a set position relative to the feature of interest based on the relative positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Cynthia A. Toth, Sina Farsiu, Paul V. Hahn, Yuankai K. Tao, Justis P. Ehlers, Justin V. Migacz, Stephanie J. Chiu
  • Publication number: 20150055093
    Abstract: A surgical imaging system is provided. The surgical imaging system includes a surgical microscope and a telecentric optical coherence tomography scanning unit configured to scan a sample through at least one optical component associated with the surgical microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Justis P. Ehlers, Yuankai K. Tao, Sunil K. Srivastava
  • Patent number: 8718743
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to in vivo volumetric bidirectional blood flow imaging using single-pass flow imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography. This technique uses a modified Hilbert transform algorithm to separate moving and non-moving scatterers within a depth. The resulting reconstructed image maps the components of moving scatterers flowing into and out of the imaging axis onto opposite image halfplanes, enabling volumetric bidirectional flow mapping without manual segmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Yuankai K. Tao, Anjul M. Davis
  • Patent number: 8366271
    Abstract: A surgical microscope assembly includes a microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics. The microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics define a viewing beam path that passes from a sample through the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The assembly includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) unit having an illumination beam and a collection beam and a beamsplitter between the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The beamsplitter is configured to direct a portion of light from the microscope main objective to the microscope imaging optics and to direct another portion of light from the microscope main objective to the OCT unit collection beam. The beamsplitter is further configured to direct an illumination beam from the OCT unit to the microscope main objective and to the sample. A beam forming unit is between the OCT unit and the beamsplitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Yuankai K. Tao, Cynthia A. Toth
  • Publication number: 20120184846
    Abstract: Imaging and visualization systems, instruments, and methods using optical coherence tomography (OCT) are disclosed. A method for OCT image capture includes determining a location of a feature of interest within an operative field. The method also includes determining a relative positioning between the feature of interest and an OCT scan location. Further, the method includes controlling capture of an OCT image at a set position relative to the feature of interest based on the relative positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Cynthia A. Toth, Sina Farsiu, Paul Hahn, Yuankai K. Tao, Justis P. Ehlers, Justin V. Migacz, Stephanie J. Chiu
  • Publication number: 20120092615
    Abstract: A surgical microscope assembly includes a microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics. The microscope main objective and microscope imaging optics define a viewing beam path that passes from a sample through the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The assembly includes an optical coherence tomography (OCT) unit having an illumination beam and a collection beam and a beamsplitter between the microscope main objective and the microscope imaging optics. The beamsplitter is configured to direct a portion of light from the microscope main objective to the microscope imaging optics and to direct another portion of light from the microscope main objective to the OCT unit collection beam. The beamsplitter is further configured to direct an illumination beam from the OCT unit to the microscope main objective and to the sample. A beam forming unit is between the OCT unit and the beamsplitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Yuankai K. Tao, Cynthia A. Toth
  • Publication number: 20090270738
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to in vivo volumetric bidirectional blood flow imaging using single-pass flow imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography. This technique uses a modified Hilbert transform algorithm to separate moving and non-moving scatterers within a depth. The resulting reconstructed image maps the components of moving scatterers flowing into and out of the imaging axis onto opposite image halfplanes, enabling volumetric bidirectional flow mapping without manual segmentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Yuankai K. Tao, Anjul M. Davis
  • Publication number: 20080204762
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for removing undesired artifacts in Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) systems using integrating buckets are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes introducing a variable phase delay between a reference arm and a sample arm of an FDOCT interferometer using sinusoidal phase modulation. Further, the method includes acquiring an interferometric intensity signal using an integrating buckets technique. The method also includes resolving the interferometric intensity signal to remove undesired artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Yuankai K. Tao, Mingtao Zhao