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Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001

Filed:

May. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Nikiforos Kollias, Watertown, MA (US);

Jerome D. Fallon, Barrington, IL (US);

Thomas J. Flotte, Boston, MA (US);

Jessica L. Fewkes, Belmont, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract

The invention features an apparatus and method for demarcating the margins of a tumor in a target tissue by exposing the target tissue to radiation of a wavelength that induces fluorescence in tumorous but not in non-tumorous tissue. A decrease in fluorescence indicates the presence of tumor cells.


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Kollias, Nikiforos. (2001). Apparatus and method for demarcating tumors (U.S. Patent No. 6317624). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6317624

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