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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor Nickolaevich Skladnev, Vaucluse, AU;
Christopher Kingsley Blunsden, Newport Beach, AU;
Rita Stella, Corrimal, AU;
Assignee:
Polartechnics Limited, , AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for recognizing tissue types. Electrical signals are applied to tissue via electrodes Circuitry and the signal processor are used to measure impedance magnitude and phase at a plurality of frequencies. At least the phase information at the plurality of frequencies is compared with phase information of known tissue types. Based on the comparison, the tissue may be assigned to one of the known tissue types.