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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marlin O Thurston, Columbus, OH (US);
Dale A Slifko, Westerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Neoprobe Corporation, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286531 ; 128659 ; 2503361 ; 25037001 ; 25037013 ;
Abstract
A laparoscopic instrument is provided having a hand-grippable base to which an elongate accessing tube is connected which extends to a tip. Extending inwardly from the tip is a detection support region within which is formed a radiation transmissive window. Immediately spaced from and behind the window there is positioned a detecting crystal such as cadmium telluride which is retained in a crystal mount structure having an architecture designed for minimizing noise generation occasioned from microphonic (piezoelectric) phenomena and the like.