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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Anita Mahadevan-jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Lisa White, Nashville, TN (US);
John Phay, Bexley, OH (US);
Constantine A. Paras, Nashville, TN (US);
Elizabeth Kanter Bartz, Atlanta, GA (US);
Matthew D. Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Nicole Gasparino, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Jennifer Gray Whisenant, Nashville, TN (US);
Isaac J. Pence, Crestwood, KY (US);
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Nashville, TN (US);
Lisa White, Nashville, TN (US);
John Phay, Bexley, OH (US);
Constantine A. Paras, Nashville, TN (US);
Elizabeth Kanter Bartz, Atlanta, GA (US);
Matthew D. Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Nicole Gasparino, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Jennifer Gray Whisenant, Nashville, TN (US);
Isaac J. Pence, Crestwood, KY (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a process for intra-operatively providing anatomical guidance in endocrine surgery. In one embodiment, the process includes the steps of illuminating tissues in the neck area of a living subject with a beam of light having a predetermined wavelength, obtaining Raman data from light scattered from the illuminated tissues, finding Raman signatures corresponding to thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the obtained Raman data, and identifying the thyroid or parathyroid tissues from the corresponding Raman signatures.