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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoyuki Oki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiho Hakomori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); G01J 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 5/0616 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); A61N 2005/067 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0628 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0644 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present application, there is provided a medical apparatus, including: a light source unit configured to be capable of emitting light including at least natural emission light, the light being guided into an optical probe; a first detecting unit configured to detect an intensity of light exiting from the light source unit; and a calculation unit configured to calculate to approximate to a non-linear function based on an intensity of light detected by the first detecting unit for calibration of the optical probe.