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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicants:
Northshore University Healthsystem, Evanston, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Vadim Backman, Chicago, IL (US);
Hemant Roy, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Young L. Kim, Skokie, IL (US);
Michael Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);
Vladimir Turzhitsky, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignees:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);
NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 5/14535 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/4255 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0091 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a method for distinguishing between possible adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps using what is referred to as 'Early Increase in microvascular Blood Supply' (EIBS) that exists in tissues that are close to, but are not themselves, the abnormal tissue.