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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Korea Institute Of Science And Technology, Seoul, KE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/427 (2013.01);
Abstract
A visualization apparatus for the vein according to the present disclosure includes a near-infrared ray irradiating unit for irradiating near-infrared rays below the skin of a target area, an infrared camera unit for photographing the target area, an image processing unit for receiving and processing image information of a portion below the skin of the target area, photographed by the infrared camera unit, and providing the processed image information to a display device, and a display device located near the target area to display the image information provided from the image processing unit.