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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Ralph Sebastian Dacosta, Toronto, CA;
Brian C. Wilson, Toronto, CA;
Kai Zhang, Scarborough, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
University Health Network, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/445 (2013.01); A61B 5/4519 (2013.01); A61B 10/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/6408 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6421 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6471 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for fluorescence-based imaging and monitoring of a target comprising: a light source emitting light for illuminating the target, the emitted light including at least one wavelength or wavelength band causing at least one biomarker associated with the target to fluoresce; and a light detector for detecting the fluorescence.