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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2013
Joseph Georges, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nikolay Martirosyan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Peter Nakaji, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Joseph Georges, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nikolay Martirosyan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Peter Nakaji, Phoenix, AZ (US);
DIGNITY HEALTH, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for distinguishing an astrocytic human brain rumor from a non-astrocytic human brain tumor (FIG.). In one embodiment a method includes the steps of staining tumor tissue from a subject suspected of having a brain tumor with SR101 and visualizing the tissue stained with SR101 with a fluorescence imaging device to confirm an astrocytic or non-astrocytic tumor type. Advantageously, rumor tissue from a subject is stained ex vivo, and the staining and visualizing steps are performed intraoperatively so as to guide the surgeon and thereby minimize or eliminate the need for a subsequent surgery.