公开(公告)号：US20060072631A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-06

申请号：US10507328

申请日：2003-03-11

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  Jobu Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  Jobu Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

IPC分类号： H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/062 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/06255 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： A method relating to the calibration of tuneable lasers is described. The method provides for the provision of correct control currents so as to achieve each of desired output frequencies from the laser. The correct currents are determined by forming a matrix of the output characteristics of the laser at specific tuning currents and processing that matrix to determine stable operating points within the matrix.

摘要翻译： 描述了与可调谐激光器的校准相关的方法。 该方法提供了提供正确的控制电流，以便实现来自激光器的每个期望的输出频率。 通过在特定调谐电流下形成激光器的输出特性的矩阵来确定正确的电流，并处理该矩阵以确定矩阵内的稳定工作点。

公开(公告)号：US07436864B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-14

申请号：US10507328

申请日：2003-03-11

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  John Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  John Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

IPC分类号： H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/062 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/06255 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： A method relating to the calibration of tuneable lasers is described. The method provides for the provision of correct control currents so as to achieve each of desired output frequencies from the laser. The correct currents are determined by forming a matrix of the output characteristics of the laser at specific tuning currents and processing that matrix to determine stable operating points within the matrix.

摘要翻译： 描述了与可调谐激光器的校准相关的方法。 该方法提供了提供正确的控制电流，以便实现来自激光器的每个期望的输出频率。 通过在特定调谐电流下形成激光器的输出特性的矩阵来确定正确的电流，并处理该矩阵以确定矩阵内的稳定工作点。

公开(公告)号：US20070183465A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-09

申请号：US10552967

申请日：2004-04-14

申请人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter Oconnor

发明人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter Oconnor

IPC分类号： H01S3/10

CPC分类号： H01S5/068 ,  H01S5/0014 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0625

摘要： The invention relates to a method and system for providing a set of continuous tuning regions from a discontinuously tuned laser, by providing a wavelength reference having at least first and second resonance peaks, sweeping the laser across a pre-determined wavelength range of the wavelength reference, and defining, within the laser sweep, one or more regions of continuous tuning operation of the laser, each of the regions corresponding to a response of the laser between adjacent resonance peaks of the wavelength reference. The advantage of the invention is that it provides a way for stitching together continuous regions of a multi-section tunable laser in an efficient and accurate manner.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于通过提供具有至少第一和第二共振峰值的波长参考来提供来自不连续调谐的激光器的一组连续调谐区域的方法和系统，将激光扫过波长参考的预定波长范围 并且在所述激光扫描内限定所述激光器的连续调谐操作的一个或多个区域，所述区域中的每一个对应于所述激光在所述波长参考的相邻共振峰之间的响应。 本发明的优点在于它提供了一种以有效和准确的方式将多段可调谐激光器的连续区域拼接在一起的方式。

公开(公告)号：US20050030986A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-10

申请号：US10489115

申请日：2002-08-12

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

IPC分类号： H01S5/06 ,  H01S5/0625 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/12 ,  H01S5/125 ,  H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/06256 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/1209

摘要： A multi-section laser diode control system comprising a multi-section laser diode (10), microprocessor controller (24), digital-to-analogue converter (28), driver circuit (30) and wavelength locker (14) is modified by inclusion of a locking circuit (40) which generates an analogue correction signal . . . 1 Vph responsive to measurements of the laser output made by the wavelength locker. The analogue correction signal is added to the preset phase voltage Vph asserted by the microprocessor controller to provide fast feedback that bypasses the microprocessor controller. This novel feedback is made possible by avoiding the use of the standard prior art control algorithm which requires a division calculation to be performed. Instead, novel control algorithms based purely on additions, subtractions and multiplications are used. The laser can thus be locked to its target output frequency without having to place slow analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters in the feedback control path.

摘要翻译： 包括多段激光二极管（10），微处理器控制器（24），数模转换器（28），驱动电路（30）和波长锁存器（14）的多段激光二极管控制系统通过包含 锁定电路（40）产生模拟校正信号。 。 。 1 Vph响应波长锁定器的激光输出测量。 模拟校正信号被添加到由微处理器控制器断言的预设相电压Vph，以提供绕过微处理器控制器的快速反馈。 通过避免使用需要执行分割计算的标准现有技术控制算法，可以实现这种新颖的反馈。 相反，使用纯粹基于加法，减法和乘法的新型控制算法。 因此，激光器可以锁定到其目标输出频率，而不必在反馈控制路径中放置慢速模拟数字和数模转换器。

公开(公告)号：US07649917B2

公开(公告)日：2010-01-19

申请号：US10552967

申请日：2004-04-14

申请人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter B. O'Connor

发明人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter B. O'Connor

IPC分类号： H01S3/10

CPC分类号： H01S5/068 ,  H01S5/0014 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0625

摘要： The invention relates to a method and system for providing a set of continuous tuning regions from a discontinuously tuned laser, by providing a wavelength reference having at least first and second resonance peaks, sweeping the laser across a pre-determined wavelength range of the wavelength reference, and defining, within the laser sweep, one or more regions of continuous tuning operation of the laser, each of the regions corresponding to a response of the laser between adjacent resonance peaks of the wavelength reference. The advantage of the invention is that it provides a way for stitching together continuous regions of a multi-section tunable laser in an efficient and accurate manner.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于通过提供具有至少第一和第二共振峰值的波长参考来提供来自不连续调谐的激光器的一组连续调谐区域的方法和系统，将激光扫过波长参考的预定波长范围 并且在所述激光扫描内限定所述激光器的连续调谐操作的一个或多个区域，所述区域中的每一个对应于所述激光在所述波长参考的相邻共振峰之间的响应。 本发明的优点在于它提供了一种以有效和准确的方式将多段可调谐激光器的连续区域拼接在一起的方式。

公开(公告)号：US07339962B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-04

申请号：US10489115

申请日：2002-08-12

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

IPC分类号： H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/06256 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/1209

摘要： A multi-section laser diode control system comprising a multi-section laser diode (10), microprocessor controller (24), digital-to-analogue converter (28), driver circuit (30) and wavelength locker (14) is modified by inclusion of a locking circuit (40) which generates an analogue correction signal . . . 1 V ph responsive to measurements of the laser output made by the wavelength locker. The analogue correction signal is added to the preset phase voltage V ph asserted by the microprocessor controller to provide fast feedback that bypasses the microprocessor controller. This novel feedback is made possible by avoiding the use of the standard prior art control algorithm which requires a division calculation to be performed. Instead, novel control algorithms based purely on additions, subtractions and multiplications are used. The laser can thus be locked to its target output frequency without having to place slow analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters in the feedback control path.

摘要翻译： 包括多段激光二极管（10），微处理器控制器（24），数模转换器（28），驱动电路（30）和波长锁存器（14）的多段激光二极管控制系统通过包含 锁定电路（40）产生模拟校正信号。 。 。 1 V ph响应于由波长锁定器制成的激光输出的测量。 模拟校正信号被添加到由微处理器控制器断言的预设相位电压V ph，以提供绕过微处理器控制器的快速反馈。 通过避免使用需要执行分割计算的标准现有技术控制算法，可以实现这种新颖的反馈。 相反，使用纯粹基于加法，减法和乘法的新型控制算法。 因此，激光器可以锁定到其目标输出频率，而不必在反馈控制路径中放置慢速模拟数字和数模转换器。

公开(公告)号：US20060109879A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-25

申请号：US10526289

申请日：2003-08-29

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  John Levins

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  John Levins

IPC分类号： H01S3/00

CPC分类号： H01S5/0625 ,  H01S5/0014 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/06256 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： The invention provides a method and system for compensating variations in tuning efficiency and power of a multi-section tunable laser diode. The invention comprises a means to obtain a set of values for a specific section of the laser diode and a means to normalise the values to compensate the non-linearities in the set of values, hence compensating for variations in the tuning efficiency for that particular section of the laser diode. The invention is advantageous in that it is generic and can be applied to several different types of lasers. A further advantage of the invention is that the mode width can be determined as well as the mode modulation of the tunable laser.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于补偿多段可调激光二极管的调谐效率和功率变化的方法和系统。 本发明包括一种用于获得激光二极管的特定部分的一组值的装置，以及用于对该值进行归一化以补偿该组值中的非线性的装置，从而补偿该特定部分的调谐效率的变化 的激光二极管。 本发明的优点在于它是通用的并且可以应用于几种不同类型的激光器。 本发明的另一个优点是可以确定模式宽度以及可调激光器的模式调制。

公开(公告)号：US20210375415A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US17122728

申请日：2020-12-15

申请人： Thomas Farrell

发明人： Thomas Farrell

IPC分类号： G16H20/10 ,  G16H10/60

摘要： The disclosure according to some exemplary embodiments relates generally to an infrastructure for electronic records (e.g., electronic medical records (EMRs), electronic health records (EHRs), and personal health records (PHRs)). The infrastructure allows the use, for example, of the electronic records and other information sources to determine drug and other treatment prices that may differ from listed prices based on various factors, such as approved indication treated, the organization and/or individual responsible for payment, whether and what other drug or drugs are used as part of the treatment regimen, a diagnosis and treatment plan, and responses to treatment, among other factors. Advantageously, in some embodiments, systems and methods using the infrastructure allows patients to receive lower drug and treatment prices tailored to the patients' needs and can increase patients' access to drugs and other treatments.

公开(公告)号：US20190244697A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-08

申请号：US16267109

申请日：2019-02-04

申请人： Thomas Farrell

发明人： Thomas Farrell

IPC分类号： G16H20/10 ,  G16H10/60

CPC分类号： G16H20/10 ,  G16H10/60

摘要： The disclosure according to some exemplary embodiments relates generally to an infrastructure for electronic records (e.g., electronic medical records (EMRs), electronic health records (EHRs), and personal health records (PHRs)). The infrastructure allows the use, for example, of the electronic records and other information sources to determine drug and other treatment prices that may differ from listed prices based on various factors, such as approved indication treated, the organization and/or individual responsible for payment, whether and what other drug or drugs are used as part of the treatment regimen, a diagnosis and treatment plan, and responses to treatment, among other factors. Advantageously, in some embodiments, systems and methods using the infrastructure allows patients to receive lower drug and treatment prices tailored to the patients' needs and can increase patients' access to drugs and other treatments.

公开(公告)号：US20060260967A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-23

申请号：US10543477

申请日：2003-01-27

申请人： Frank Clarke ,  Thomas Farrell

发明人： Frank Clarke ,  Thomas Farrell

IPC分类号： A61B19/02 ,  A61B17/06

CPC分类号： A61L2/081 ,  A61B50/30 ,  A61B2050/314 ,  A61F2/0095 ,  A61F2/82 ,  A61L2/206 ,  A61M25/002 ,  B65B55/02 ,  B65D81/266

摘要： The present invention relates to a method of packaging and a packaging system for treated stents (9) which minimise the level of exposure of the stents to oxygen, moisture and light. The package comprises two compartments (2, 3), the compartments (2, 3) being in communication with each other via a breathable membrane (4).

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于处理的支架（9）的包装方法和包装系统，其使支架暴露于氧气，水分和光的水平最小化。 该包装包括两个隔室（2,3），隔室（2,3）通过透气膜（4）彼此连通。