Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag

Carl Zeiss Meditec Gmbh

Optiscan Pty Ltd.

Guido Hattendorf

Christoph Hauger

Peter Maxwell Delaney

Peter Nakaji

Robert F Spetzler

Werner Nahm

Frank Rudolph

Mark C Preul

Hans-Joachim Miesner

Jennifer Eschbacher

John D Allen

An imaging apparatus and method are provided. The probe for an imaging apparatus includes a manually manipulable proximal portion; a straight distal portion with a distal tip for locating at a site to define an observational field; and a curved portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The imaging method includes the steps of locating a distal tip of an imaging probe at a site to define an observational field; irradiating the observational field from the distal tip; and collecting a return signal at the distal tip; wherein the probe comprises a manually manipulable proximal portion. The apparatus and method provided herein are useful for various applications including but not limited to endomicroscopy and other microsurgical procedures performed under optical stereoscopic magnified visualization, such as neurosurgery, ENT/facial surgery and spinal surgery.

Imaging method and apparatus

A method of detecting a brain tumor includes administering indocyanine green to a living body; exposing brain tissue in the living body; irradiating the exposed brain tissue with excitation light of indocyanine green; obtaining an image based on fluorescence of the excited indocyanine green in the brain tissue, wherein the image is obtained using an endomicroscope; and identifying portions of the brain tissue corresponding to the brain tumor based on the image.

Surgical optical systems for detecting brain tumors

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

Guido Hattendorf