US Patent Issued to Novateur Research Solutions on July 21 for "Real-time photoacoustic microscopy for rapid diagnosis of pathology" (California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,521, issued on July 21, was assigned to Novateur Research Solutions (Ashburn, Va.).

"Real-time photoacoustic microscopy for rapid diagnosis of pathology" was invented by Xiaoyi Zhu (Alhambra, Calif.), Lingyi Zhao (Ashburn, Va.), Khurram Hassan-Shafique (Aldie, Va.) and Zeeshan Rasheed (Great Falls, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoacoustic microscopy system and method for rapid intraoperative pathology imaging comprises a pulsed ultraviolet laser source, a polygon scanner for high-speed beam deflection, a telephoto lens assembly, an objective lens, and a motorized stage with multi-axis motion capability. A controller perform...