G01B 9/02091
Tomographic interferometers
Official title: Tomographic interferometers, e.g. based on optical coherence
G01B9/02091 (Tomographic interferometers) appears on 1,772 US grants and 2,200 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 1,772
- Published applications
- 2,200
- Assignees
- 619
- Inventors
- 2,573
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 14 | 27 |
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| 2007 | 15 | 61 |
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| 2011 | 72 | 94 |
| 2012 | 50 | 109 |
| 2013 | 87 | 148 |
| 2014 | 103 | 161 |
| 2015 | 113 | 157 |
| 2016 | 132 | 126 |
| 2017 | 144 | 123 |
| 2018 | 118 | 128 |
| 2019 | 124 | 110 |
| 2020 | 100 | 124 |
| 2021 | 103 | 107 |
| 2022 | 92 | 104 |
| 2023 | 76 | 75 |
| 2024 | 76 | 101 |
| 2025 | 83 | 61 |
| 2026 | 39 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical coherence tomograph22 Sep 2026US 12,742,629 B2Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- System and method for high-resolution reflection tomographic imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,742,630 B2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Infrared otoscope for characterization of effusion15 Sep 2026US 12,733,814 B2OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods for high-speed and long depth range imaging using optical coherence tomography15 Sep 2026US 12,736,751 B2The General Hospital Corporation
- Optical scanning system for non-destructively acquiring three-dimensional structure of object1 Sep 2026US 12,723,989 B2Opxion Technology Inc.
- Apparatus and methods to enhance signal to noise ratio imaging performance in optical coherence tomography24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287326 A1The General Hospital Corporation
- Method and system for optical coherence tomography exploiting truncated singular value decomposition17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276365 A1
- Identification and correction of weld paths using optical coherence tomography10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264171 A1Ipg Photonics Corporation
- Device for carrying out an optical coherence tomography10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266588 A1Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
- Device for measuring the eye length3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256354 A1Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope1,079US 6,134,003 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging722US 6,564,087 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003
- Fiber optic imaging endoscope interferometer with at least one faraday rotator710US 6,501,551 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2002
- Methods and apparatus for high speed longitudinal scanning in imaging systems551US 6,191,862 B1LightLab Imaging, Inc. · 2001