US 12,239,376 B2
Handheld optical imaging devices and methods
Ruikang K. Wang, Seattle, WA (US); and Shaozhen Song, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to The University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/593,999
Filed by University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/025152
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/198562, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/824,863, filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183553 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/12 (2006.01); G01B 9/02091 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 3/102 (2013.01) [A61B 3/005 (2013.01); A61B 3/1208 (2013.01); G01B 9/02091 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, comprising an OCT probe that is configured as a hand-held probe for imaging an eye of a patient, the OCT probe comprising:
an OCT optical system configured to direct a source OCT signal to the eye and configured to capture OCT scan signal returning from the eye; and
an on-probe display carried by a handle, wherein the on-probe display is configured to display imaging data of the eye of a patient to an operator during OCT imaging,
wherein the imaging data of the eye that is displayed on the on-probe display comprise two B-scan images, wherein the on-probe display is configured to display an en-face image within an en-face image display area of the on-probe display, and wherein the en-face image is an image of an average intensity projection of the eye of the patient.