System and method for carrying out fibered multiphoton microscopic imagery of a sample
CA 2584748 C · Owner: Viellerobe, Bertrand · Inventors: Lacombe, Francois; Loiseau, Alexandre; Viellerobe, Bertrand
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The invention relates to a system for carrying out fibered multiphoton microscopic imagery of a sample (10) for use in endoscopy or fluorescence microscopy. This system comprises: a femtosecond pulsed laser (1 2) for generating a multiphoton excitation laser radiation; an image guide (8) comprised of a number of optical fibers and permitting the sample to be illuminated by a point-by-point scanning in a subsurface plane; pre-compensating means (4) for pre-compensating for dispersion effects of the excitation pulses in the image guide (8) these means being situated between the pulsed laser and the image guide (8); scanning means for directing in succession, the excitation laser beam in a …
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- Filed October 21, 2005 and granted October 13, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 21, 2025.
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