Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for in vivo examination of subcutaneous tissues inside an organ of a body using optical spectroscopy
- Patent Title (中): 使用光谱法体内检查身体器官内的皮下组织的方法和装置
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Application No.: US522827Application Date: 1995-09-01
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Publication No.: US5983125APublication Date: 1999-11-09
- Inventor: Robert R. Alfano , Yury Budansky
- Applicant: Robert R. Alfano , Yury Budansky
- Assignee: The Research Foundation of City College of New York
- Current Assignee: The Research Foundation of City College of New York
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B10/00 ; A61B10/02 ; A61B19/00
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for examining subcutaneous tissues inside organs of the body. The method comprises the steps of (a) providing an optic probe positioning assembly comprising a solid needle and a hollow tube, the solid needle being sheathed inside the hollow tube; (b) subcutaneously inserting the positioning assembly into a tissue sample to be examined; (c) removing the solid needle from the tissue sample, leaving the hollow tube in place in the tissue; (d) then, inserting an optic probe through the hollow tube into proximity with the tissue sample; (e) optically determining the condition of the tissue sample using the optic probe; (f) after the optically determining step, removing the optic probe from the hollow tube; (g) then, inserting a biopsy needle into the hollow tube; (h) then, excising at least a portion of the tissue sample; and (i) then, removing the biopsy needle and the excised tissue sample from the hollow tube.
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