G01S 15/8968
Using acoustical modulation of a light beam
Official title: {using acoustical modulation of a light beam (acousto-optical light control devices G02F1/11, G02F1/33)}
G01S15/8968 (Using acoustical modulation of a light beam) appears on 57 US grants and 66 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Imaging process and system for transillumination with photon frequency marking93US 5,174,298 AGeneral Electric CGR S.A. · 1992
- Apparatus and method for non-invasive and minimally-invasive sensing of parameters relating to blood69US 7,747,301 B2Skyline Biomedical, Inc. · 2010
- Ultrasonic probe and method for the optical detection of ultrasonic waves67US 8,240,211 B2Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. · 2012
- Photonically controlled ultrasonic probes64US 5,718,226 AUniversity of Central Florida · 1998
- Metabolism monitoring of body organs51US 6,738,653 B1The State of Israel, Atomic Energy Commission, Soreq Nuclear Research Center · 2004