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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:
Apr. 29, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2003
Applicants:

Rebecca Richards-kortum, Austin, TX (US);

Urs Utzinger, Tucson, AZ (US);

Ekaterina S. Svistun, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Ann Gillenwater, Pearland, TX (US);

Inventors:

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Austin, TX (US);

Urs Utzinger, Tucson, AZ (US);

Ekaterina S. Svistun, Santa Rosa, CA (US);

Ann Gillenwater, Pearland, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods for diagnosing epithelial neoplasia and other conditions includes, in a representative embodiment, providing the human eyes with a filter to observe the autofluorescence of a tissue sample. Using optimized wavelengths from a filtered light source, a sample is illuminated. The radiation from the sample is filtered to enhance the contrast between a normal sample and a diseased sample observable by the human eye.


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