Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for fluorescence-based laser ablation
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Application No.: US14503706Application Date: 2014-10-01
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Publication No.: US10052154B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Eden Rephaeli , Chia-Jean Wang
- Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Current Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/22
- IPC: A61B18/22 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B19/00 ; A61B18/20 ; A61B18/00 ; G02B26/10 ; G02B27/14

Abstract:
In an embodiment, an apparatus and method are described for ablating tissue in response to determining a fluorescence condition. An excitation light source may produce excitation light at a excitation wavelength of a fluorophore. A beam scanner may direct the excitation light towards a tissue location. A fluorophore may produce emission light in response to absorbing the excitation light. A camera may capture an image of the tissue location. In response to the image indicating emission light at the tissue location, an ablation light source may produce ablation light. The beam scanner may direct the ablation light towards the tissue location. Additionally or alternatively, a topography map may be generated and certain aspects of the apparatus and/or the method may be adjusted based on the topography map.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160095661A1 System and Method for Fluorescence-based Laser Ablation Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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