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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Steven W. Falen, Carmichael, CA (US);
Richard A. Hoefer, Newport News, VA (US);
Stanislaw Majewski, Yorktown, VA (US);
John Mckisson, Hampton, VA (US);
Brian Kross, Yorktown, VA (US);
James Proffitt, Newport News, VA (US);
Alexander Stolin, Newport News, VA (US);
Andrew G. Weisenberger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Steven W. Falen, Carmichael, CA (US);
Richard A. Hoefer, Newport News, VA (US);
Stanislaw Majewski, Yorktown, VA (US);
John McKisson, Hampton, VA (US);
Brian Kross, Yorktown, VA (US);
James Proffitt, Newport News, VA (US);
Alexander Stolin, Newport News, VA (US);
Andrew G. Weisenberger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, Newport News, VA (US);
Abstract
A mobile compact imaging system that combines both PET imaging and optical imaging into a single system which can be located in the operating room (OR) and provides faster feedback to determine if a tumor has been fully resected and if there are adequate surgical margins. While final confirmation is obtained from the pathology lab, such a device can reduce the total time necessary for the procedure and the number of iterations required to achieve satisfactory resection of a tumor with good margins.