| Patents & Disclosures |
| 1. |
Tearney GJ, Boppart SA, Bouma BE, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, Fujimoto JG. Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope. Issued October 17, 2000. Patent # 6,134,003. |
| 2. |
Boppart SA, Tearney GJ, Bouma BE, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, Fujimoto JG. Method and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments. Issued November 26, 2002. Patent # 6,485,413. |
| 3. |
Tearney GJ, Boppart SA, Bouma BE, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, Fujimoto JG. Fiber optic imaging endoscope interferometer with at least one faraday rotator. Issued December 31, 2002. Patent # 6,501,551. |
| 4. |
Pitris C, Boppart SA, Li XD, Brezinski ME, Swanson EA, McNamara E, Fujimoto JG. Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging. Issued May 13, 2003. Patent #6,564,087. |
| 5. |
Boppart SA, Marks DL, Suslick KS, Toublan FJJ. Optical contrast agents for optically modifying incident radiation. Patent filed June 17, 2003. |
| 6. |
Suslick KS, Toublan FJJ, Boppart SA, Marks DL. Surface modified protein microparticles. Patent filed June 17, 2003. |
| 7. |
Boppart SA, Marks DL. Nonlinear interferometric vibrational imaging. Patent filed January 24, 2003. |
| 8. |
Boppart SA, Wei A. Multi-functional plasmon-resonant contrast agents for optical coherence tomography. Patent filed January 18, 2004. |
| 9. |
Marks DL, Boppart SA. A method for measuring the Raman spectrum interferometrically, distinguishing Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering from nonresonant Four-Wave-Mixing processes. Patent filed February 28, 2005. |
| 10. |
Boppart SA, Xu C. Contrast enhancement methods in spectroscopic optical coherence tomography (OCT). Patent filed April 15, 2005. |
| 11. |
Zysk A, Sampson D, Boppart SA. Method and apparatus for needle-based measurements of optical properties in soft tissue. Patent filed January 31, 2006. |
| 12. |
Ralston TS, Marks DL, Carney PS, Boppart SA. Interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy. Patent filed July 10, 2006. |
| 13. |
Marks DL, Boppart SA. Volumetric endoscopic coherence microscopy using a coherent fiber bundle. Patent filed January 23, 2007. |
