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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Robert J. Dunki-jacobs, Mason, OH (US);
Youseph Yazdi, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Michael P. Weir, Blanchester, OH (US);
Paul G. Ritchie, Loveland, OH (US);
David C. Youmans, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert P. Gill, Mason, OH (US);
Robert J. Dunki-Jacobs, Mason, OH (US);
Youseph Yazdi, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Michael P. Weir, Blanchester, OH (US);
Paul G. Ritchie, Loveland, OH (US);
David C. Youmans, Loveland, OH (US);
Robert P. Gill, Mason, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A system for examining an area of a patient's anatomy that comprises a probe capable of fluorescing, and a scanning beam assembly that scans the probe with a beam of excitation radiation and detects the probe's fluorescence. The scanning beam assembly including a radiation source capable of emitting one or more wavelengths of radiation that are capable of exciting the probe and causing the probe to fluoresce, a scanning device that directs the radiation onto a field-of-view to create a scan of the field-of-view, a detector to detect radiation returned from the field-of-view, and a controller to convert the detected radiation into a displayable fluorescence image.