Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Thomas E. Milner

78Patents
23h-index
91Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 24, 1988 → Jul 28, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5814040A Apparatus and method for dynamic cooling of biological tissues for thermal mediated surgery Human Necessities 356 Expired
US5991697A Method and apparatus for optical Doppler tomographic imaging of fluid flow velocity in highly scattering media Human Necessities 331 Expired
US6208415A Birefringence imaging in biological tissue using polarization sensitive optical coherent tomography Physics 262 Expired
US6171301A Apparatus and method for dynamic cooling of biological tissues for thermal mediated surgery Human Necessities 214 Expired
US6589235B2 Method and apparatus for cartilage reshaping by radiofrequency heating Human Necessities 179 Expired
US7783337B2 OCT using spectrally resolved bandwidth Human Necessities 135 Active
US5979454A Method and apparatus for causing rapid and deep spatially selective coagulation during thermally mediated therapeutic procedures Human Necessities 109 Expired
US7711413B2 Catheter imaging probe and method Human Necessities 105 Expired
US8049900B2 Apparatus and methods for uniform frequency sample clocking Physics 96 Active
US7853316B2 Rotating optical catheter tip for optical coherence tomography Human Necessities 83 Active
US5997530A Apparatus and method to control atmospheric water vapor composition and concentration during dynamic cooling of biological tissues in conjunction with laser irradiations Human Necessities 81 Expired
US8125648B2 Polarization-sensitive spectral interferometry Physics 76 Active
US7177491B2 Fiber-based optical low coherence tomography Physics 70 Expired
US6665456B2 Method and apparatus for differential phase optical coherence tomography Physics 70 Expired
US9133709B2 Determination of oil saturation in reservoir rock using paramagnetic nanoparticles and magnetic field Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Active
US7801590B2 Optical coherence tomographic detection of cells and killing of the same Human Necessities 62 Active
US8280470B2 Analyte sensor method and apparatus Human Necessities 59 Active
US9622706B2 Catheter for in vivo imaging Human Necessities 58 Active
US8036732B2 Hemoglobin contrast in magneto-motive optical doppler tomography, optical coherence tomography, and ultrasound imaging methods and apparatus Human Necessities 58 Active
US6248103A Apparatus and method for dynamic cooling of biological tissues for thermal mediated surgery using long laser pulses Human Necessities 57 Expired
US7983737B2 Optical coherence tomographic detection of cells and compositions Physics 56 Active
US5015096A Method and apparatus for testing optical components Physics 28 Expired
US9008142B2 System and method for optimization of coherence length of tunable laser sources Electricity 26 Active
US9526425B2 OCT using spectrally resolved bandwidth Human Necessities 20 Active
US8531676B2 Forward-imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems and probes Physics 14 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.