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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Carmen C. Solorzano, Nashville, TN (US);
Giju Thomas, Nashville, TN (US);
Emmanuel A. Mannoh, Nashville, TN (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for intraoperatively determining a degree of parathyroid perfusion includes identifying parathyroid tissues of a living subject using autofluorescence detection with a fiber optic probe based fluorescence detection system; administering to the living subject a contrast agent with a dose; after a period of time of the administration, detecting fluorescence in an area of the parathyroid tissues with the fiber optic probe based fluorescence detection system, where the fluorescence is emitted from the contrast agent; and obtaining a detection level and/or a detection ratio for the parathyroid tissues from the detected fluorescence so as to determine a degree of parathyroid perfusion of each parathyroid. The method is not only unaffected by ambient light, but also has no need of images of the parathyroid tissues.