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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keiji Itaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4514 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an analyzer which detects an initial stage of cartilage degeneration due to a disease such as osteoarthritis. One aspect of the present invention relates to a cartilage degeneration analyzer having a processor which includes an index calculator configured to calculate on the basis of a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectrometry in which excitation light is irradiated to cartilage of a subject, a value representing at least one index from a group consisting of