Inner Vision Imaging, Inc.

First Sense Medical, LLC

Steven Henke

Richard Farkas

Richard Lawrence Fisher

Paul G Angott

Ajay Mudunuri

Pavan Vempaty

A diagnostic assembly () and method for detecting a presence of cancer in a breast of a patient. The diagnostic assembly () comprises a frame (), at least one cold bar () supported by the frame () for receiving a hand of the patient, and a temperature controller () in communication with the cold bar () to maintain a constant temperature of the cold bar (). The method comprises the steps of cooling at least one hand of the patient and recording a test thermal image of the breast of the patient after the hand of the patient has been cooled. The step of cooling the hand of the patient includes receiving the hand of the patient on the cold bar () to transfer heat from the hand of the patient to the cold bar (), and maintaining the cold bar () at a preselected temperature.

Diagnostic assembly and method including cold bars for detecting a presence of cancer

A diagnostic apparatus () for detecting a presence of breast cancer in a patient disposed in a testing position. The diagnostic apparatus () includes a housing () and a camera assembly () that is supported by the housing () for recording images of the breasts of the patient. A rail () is supported by and extends from the housing () and terminates at a pair of rail ends (). A trolley () interconnects the camera assembly () and the rail () and is slideable along said rail () for providing movement of the camera assembly () along the rail () between the rail ends () for allowing the camera assembly () to consecutively record images at different positions along the rail () and to record images of the lymph nodes of the patient when the camera assembly () is disposed adjacent to the rail ends () in alignment with the sides of the breasts of the patient.

Apparatus and method for detecting a presence of cancer

A method of examining breasts of a patient in an examination room to detect for potential breast cancer includes sliding a camera assembly along a rail between a pair of rail ends on a horizontal plane between a plurality of positions. A plurality of control thermographic images and a plurality of test thermographic images are recorded during the sliding movement to allow the camera assembly to consecutively record the control and test thermographic images of breasts of the patient from each of the plurality of positions. The camera assembly is slid to first and second optimal positions that are each disposed adjacent to one of the rail ends and in alignment with first and second sides of the breasts of the patient to capture images of the lymph nodes on the sides of the breasts.

An endoscope assembly is disclosed having a housing adapted to be manipulated by medical personnel, such as a surgeon. An elongated lens tube has one end secured to the housing while an elongated stage is removably secured to the housing so that the stage encompasses and is coaxial with the tube. The stage together with the lens tube are adapted for insertion into the cavity of a body. A lens assembly provided within the lens tube relays the optical image from the free end of the stage to the housing. A lens assembly within the housing, furthermore, varies the magnification of the image between macroscopic magnification and microscopic magnification in which tissue may be examined on a cellular level. For macroscopic magnification, white light is transmitted through the lens tube as well as reflected back from the target tissue through the lens tube and to the housing. For microscopic examination, laser radiation is utilized in lieu of the white light illumination. A line scanning confocal assembly contained within the housing enables microscopic examination of the target tissue at varying levels into the tissue from the end of the stage.

Endoscope

Endoscope having microscopic and macroscopic magnification

An endoscope assembly is disclosed having a housing adapted to be manipulated by medical personnel, such as a surgeon. An elongated lens tube has one end secured to the housing while the free end of the lens tube is adapted for insertion into a cavity of a body. At least one, and preferably several, lens assemblies are longitudinally slidably mounted within the lens tube and movable between longitudinally spaced positions within the lens tube. A drive mechanism is mounted to the housing and mechanically coupled to each lens assembly to move the lens assemblies longitudinally within the lens tube independently of one another. In doing so, the lens assemblies provide varying degrees of magnification between low or macroscopic magnification and microscopic magnification at the free end of the lens tube. A stage is also detachably secured over the lens tube and has a transparent window across its end adjacent the free end of the lens tube. In use, the stage window is positioned against target tissue within a human cavity while the lens assemblies are longitudinally displaced within the lens tube to obtain the desired magnification. Strands extending through and/or connected to the lens groups are used to longitudinally displace the lens groups.

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Steven Henke