Forward-imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems and probes

US8531676B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US
• THE VOLCANO CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Jonathan C. Condit · Austin, US
• Nathaniel J. Kemp · Concord, US
• Kumar Karthik · Jersey City, US
• Thomas E. Milner · Austin, US
• Xiaojing Zhang · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2207/109
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Provided are forward-imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems and probes. In one embodiment, a scanning reflector surface is configured to be rotated about two axes in a single operating plane to direct light transmitted along the sample path to a sample to be imaged.