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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Vioptix, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Joseph Anthony Heanue, Oakland, CA (US);
Lester John Lloyd, Orinda, CA (US);
Assignee:
ViOptix, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1495 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/74 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/1495 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/7405 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61B 19/54 (2013.01); A61M 35/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intraoperative tissue oximetry device includes a tissue marker that includes one or more pens or one or more similar ink sources, such that the tissue marker can mark tissue according to oxygen saturation measurements made by the tissue oximetry device, thereby visually delineating regions of potentially viable tissue from regions of potentially nonviable tissue.