Britton Chance
62Patents
46h-index
23Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 14, 1975 → Jul 18, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5779631A | Spectrophotometer for measuring the metabolic condition of a subject | Human Necessities | 463 | Expired |
| US5853370A | Optical system and method for non-invasive imaging of biological tissue | Human Necessities | 325 | Expired |
| US5564417A | Pathlength corrected oximeter and the like | Physics | 323 | Expired |
| US5553614A | Examination of biological tissue using frequency domain spectroscopy | Physics | 280 | Expired |
| US4972331A | Phase modulated spectrophotometry | Physics | 251 | Expired |
| US6949081B1 | Sensing and interactive drug delivery | Human Necessities | 250 | Expired |
| US5122974A | Phase modulated spectrophotometry | Physics | 233 | Expired |
| US6134460A | Spectrophotometers with catheters for measuring internal tissue | Physics | 226 | Expired |
| US5353799A | Examination of subjects using photon migration with high directionality techniques | Physics | 215 | Expired |
| US5119815A | Apparatus for determining the concentration of a tissue pigment of known absorbance, in vivo, using the decay characteristics of scintered electromagnetic radiation | Physics | 214 | Expired |
| US5596987A | Optical coupler for in vivo examination of biological tissue | Physics | 206 | Expired |
| US6708048B1 | Phase modulation spectrophotometric apparatus | Physics | 199 | Expired |
| US5873821A | Lateralization spectrophotometer | Human Necessities | 188 | Expired |
| US5167230A | User-wearable hemoglobinometer for measuring the metabolic condition of a subject | Physics | 179 | Expired |
| US5402778A | Spectrophotometric examination of tissue of small dimension | Physics | 179 | Expired |
| US6272367A | Examination of a biological tissue using photon migration between a plurality of input and detection locations | Physics | 175 | Expired |
| US6263221A | Quantitative analyses of biological tissue using phase modulation spectroscopy | Physics | 165 | Expired |
| US6785568B2 | Transcranial examination of the brain | Human Necessities | 163 | Expired |
| US5187672A | Phase modulation spectroscopic system | Physics | 155 | Expired |
| US6549795B1 | Spectrophotometer for tissue examination | Human Necessities | 143 | Expired |
| US5386827A | Quantitative and qualitative in vivo tissue examination using time resolved spectroscopy | Human Necessities | 139 | Expired |
| US6192260A | Methods and apparatus for examining tissue in vivo using the decay characteristics of scattered electromagnetic radiation | Physics | 138 | Expired |
| US5664574A | System for tissue examination using directional optical radiation | Physics | 116 | Expired |
| US5782755A | Monitoring one or more solutes in a biological system using optical techniques | Human Necessities | 109 | Expired |
| US4162405A | Flying spot fluoro-meter for oxidized flavoprotein and reduced pyridine nucleotide | Physics | 104 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.