Table 1 Recent patent applications in biological imaging
Patent number | Description | Assignee | Inventor | Priority application date | Publication date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WO 2009115973 | An optical scanning device (i.e., microscope) for providing high-resolution images of microscopic samples, with a scanning unit for scanning a sample through a two-dimensional array of radiation spots in a scanning direction. | Konink Philips Electronics (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) | Stallinga S | 3/20/2008 | 9/24/2009 |
US 20090225411 | A scanning illumination microscope for use in the biological field, with a beam array generator for generating a light beam array that illuminates a sample, and a sensor array designed as a two-dimensional photo sensor array. | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA, USA) | CuiX, Yang C | 3/7/2008 | 9/10/2009 |
US 20090220434 | A method of manufacturing polymeric nanoparticles useful in imaging subject tissue, involving isolating particles from an emulsion obtained from a mixture containing the polymer and modified nanoparticles including superparamagnetic nanoparticles. | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, FL, USA) | Sharma R | 2/29/2008 | 9/3/2009 |
US 20090196484 | An ultra-structural biomarker identifying system useful for screening and monitoring disease in a patient, with a high-contrast imager receiving stage with a grid for an imaging region of a thin sample for the identification of ultra-structural biomarkers. | Vitrimark (Providence, RI, USA) | Aziz N, Bose A | 9/24/2004 | 8/6/2009 |
WO 2009088524 | A method for analyzing image data such as radio frequency data associated with, e.g., biological samples in an MRI machine and a seismic machine for achieving a high-resolution image for an application to determine abnormalities, e.g., cancer tumors during a very premature phase in tissue of a patient by a medical professional. | D&H Global Enterprise (Menomonee Falls, WI, USA) | Alaawar N | 1/2/2008 | 7/16/2009 |
US 20090174407 | A magnetic assembly for, e.g., a magnetic resonance imaging microcoil, for imaging blood vessels, with an opening buffering a tissue target at the imaging surface from small heat capacity of a cryogenic fluid channel. | Texas A&M University System (College Station, TX, USA) | Han A, Wright SM | 1/7/2008 | 7/9/2009 |
WO 2009082523 | A three-dimensional imaging method for an epifluorescence microscope system, involving calculating relative depths of nanocrystals based on fluorescence images. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, USA) | Bawendi MG, Dewey CF, Huang H, Yao Y | 9/26/2007 | 7/2/2009 |
FR 2924805, WO 2009080998 | A high-resolution scanning surface plasmon microscope for detecting, e.g., biological molecules, with a converter converting linear polarization into radial polarization of light beams emitted by a light source. | Centre National Recherche Scientifique (Paris), École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (Lyon, France) | Argoul F, Berguiga L | 12/11/2007 | 6/12/2009,7/2/2009 |
US 20090135429, EP 2065740, JP 2009133630 | An optical connector for use in an optical tomographic imaging system, with a mounting unit supported by a holder unit, and an optical fiber and collimating lens arranged with respect to the plane perpendicular to the optical axis. | Fuji Film (Tokyo) | Masuda T | 11/28/2007 | 5/28/2009, 6/3/2009, 6/18/2009 |
US 20090114840 | An ion source system, e.g., a helium ion microscope used to determine crystalline information for defect review in forming microelectronic device, comprising a gas field ion source capable of interacting with gas to generate an ion beam at a sample surface. | Farkas LS, Hill R, Notte JA, Percival RG, Ward BW | Farkas LS, Hill R, Notte JA, Percival RG, Ward BW | 10/16/2003 | 5/7/2009 |
US 20090116619 | A camera system for studying high-energy density plasma properties, with a multilayer mirror having a surface oriented at a predetermined angle from an axis of the X-ray/UV light beam from the source. | Bajt S, Chapman HN, Hau-Riege S, Marchesini S, Spiller EA | Bajt S, Chapman HN, Hau-Riege S, Marchesini S, Spiller EA | 5/15/2007 | 5/7/2009 |
