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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Hanli Liu, Arlington, TX (US);
Vikrant Sharma, Arlington, TX (US);
Inventors:
Hanli Liu, Arlington, TX (US);
Vikrant Sharma, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0241 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/4887 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention includes an apparatus, system and method for detection of tissues, e.g., a cancer, by optical biopsy comprising: a motorized computer-controlled probe holder; a needle-like probe connected to and controlled by the motorized computer-controlled probe holder, the probe comprising an optical and an ultrasound detector; and one or more detector units capable of a broadband light reflectance spectroscopy, an auto fluorescence lifetime measurement, and auto fluorescence spectroscopy measurement.