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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2020
Applicant:

The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christine Hendon, Bronx, NY (US);

Rajinder Singh-Moon, Mastic, NY (US);

James McLean, New York, NY (US);

Soo Young Park, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3563 (2014.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0086 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); G01N 21/474 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4709 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4745 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary catheter can be provided, which can include, for example a source fiber(s) configured to (i) receive a near infrared spectroscopic (NIRS) radiation, and (ii) provide the NIRS radiation to a portion(s) of a sample(s), a detection fiber(s) configured to receive a return radiation from the sample(s) that can be based on the NIRS radiation that was provided to the portion(s) of the sample(s), and an ablation electrode(s) configured to ablate the sample(s) based on the return radiation. The source fiber(s), the detection fiber(s), and the ablation electrode(s) can be integrated into the single sheath. The ablation electrode(s) can be a radiofrequency ablation electrode.


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