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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Moshiur M. Anwar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Catherine Park, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bernhard Boser, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/000094 (2022.02); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 5/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to the use of optical nanoparticles in the illumination and imaging of tissues such as cancer tissues. Optical nanoparticles such as upconverting nanoparticles can be introduced into a patient and illuminated at a first time and wavelength and then imaged at a second time and wavelength to improve resolution and reduce imager size.