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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999

Filed:

Dec. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Dirk C Soenksen, Carlsbad, CA (US);

George McNamara, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Yuval Garini, Koranit, IL;

Nir Katzir, Givat Elah, IL;

Assignee:

Applied Spectral Imaging Ltd., Migdal Haemek, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382133 ; 356328 ; 356346 ; 435-723 ; 436 63 ;
Abstract

A method for cancer cell detection including the steps of (a) staining an analyzed sample with at least first and second dyes, the dyes being selected such that the first dye better adheres to normal cells whereas the second dye better adheres to cancer cells; (b) spectrally imaging the sample through an optical device being optically connected to an imaging spectrometer thereby obtaining a spectrum of each pixel of the sample; (c) based on the spectra, evaluating concentrations of the first and second dyes for each of the pixels; and (d) based on the concentrations detecting the presence of cancer cells in the sample.


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