Patents

Patent Applications

  1. “Dual Modality Intravascular Catheter System Combining Pulse-Sampling Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging And Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography”, UC Case #: 2024-558-2, Provisional Serial No. 63/625,818, Filing date: January 26, 2024 
  1. “HYBRID OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS”, UC Case #: 2026-386-2, Provisional Serial No. 63/962,050, Filing date:  January 16, 2026; Inventor(s): Julien Bec, Laura Marcu, Vivek Srinivasan, Andrew Thrapp 
  1. “Integration of optical instrument to perform medical examination with surgical navigation system”, UC Case #: 2022-532, Provisional Serial No. 63/402,611. Filing date:  August 31, 2022 
  1. U.S. Provisional Patent Application. Title: Dual Modality Intravascular Catheter System Combining Pulse-Sampling Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging And Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography; Inventor(s): J. Bec, X. Zhou, L. Marcu, M. Villiger, B. Bouma. Filing Date: 01/26/2024 
  1. “Volumetric Optical Coherence Tomography Using a Passively Scanned Probe”; Inventor(s): Clara Kristen, Laura Marcu, Andrew Thrapp, UC Case #2026-430 
  1. “Optical Coherence Tomography and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging for Endoscopic Brain Imaging and Subsequent Ablation”; Inventor(s): Laura Marcu, Cameron Sadegh, Andrew Thrapp, UC Case #2026-465 
  1. “Spatially-offset fiber optic probe”; Inventor(s): Julen Bec, Laura Marcu, Andrew Thrapp 
     

Patents Issued

  1. US-12357163-B2 Catheter motor drive unit that facilitates combined optical coherence tomography and fluorescence-lifetime imaging https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/patent/US-12357163-B2 (Laura Marcu)