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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Inventors:
Nicusor V. Iftimia, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Whanwook Chang, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld optical coherence tomography imaging and tissue sampling system and method of imaging and sampling a tissue is disclosed. The method includes inserting a catheter probe into a biopsy needle. The biopsy needle can be attached to a hand-held scanning and sampling device. The biopsy needle is maneuvered to an investigation site. A three-dimensional image of the tissue at the investigation site is captured with the catheter probe.