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Patent No.:

US 12611142 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2023

Method and apparatus for intraoperative nerve visualization using polarized diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and applications of same

Applicant:

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);

Inventors:

Justin Baba, Knoxville, TN (US);

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);

Graham Throckmorton, Nashville, TN (US);

Assignee:

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);

Attorneys:

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Tim Tingkang Xia, Esq.

Primary Examiner:

Nyrobi Celestine

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4893 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/7405 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0431 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for intraoperative nerve identification and/or visualization of a target of interest of a living subject comprises a light source; an imaging head configured to acquire a polarized diffuse reflectance spectral image from the illuminated target of interest; and a controller configured to control the imaging head and to process the acquired polarized diffuse reflectance spectral image.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Baba, Justin. (2026). Method and apparatus for intraoperative nerve visualization using polarized diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and applications of same (U.S. Patent No. 12611142). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12611142

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