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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Applicant:
William D. Gregory, Shorewood, WI (US);
Inventor:
William D. Gregory, Shorewood, WI (US);
Assignee:
WISYS TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method for accurately characterizing tissue impedance employs multiple electrodes at a plurality of separation distances to cancel the effects of front end loading leakage currents and electrode polarization to improve the accuracy of sensitive impedance measurements used to identify cancerous tissues. These measurements may be automated over a range of frequencies.