Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – With raman type light scattering
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-15
2010-10-19
Geisel, Kara E (Department: 2877)
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
With raman type light scattering
C356S318000, C356S417000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07817267
ABSTRACT:
A system for multispectral confocal mapping of a tissue, comprising: a light source; an optical fiber having an aperture providing a confocal pinhole, a scanner being free-space coupled to said aperture and operative to scan the tissue and provide intensity signals for each of a plurality of points therein; a switch or modulator operative to convert input signals to optical pulses; a reflector that receives the optical pulses and provides a temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections; and, a detector optically coupled to receive the temporal sequence of wavelength selective reflections.
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Geisel Kara E
Howard IP Law Group PC
Princeton Lightwave, Inc
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