Tissue examination
US5833634A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/046
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Tissue is examined with a device that includes one or more transducer elements, each of which generates a signal in response to force imposed on the transducer element in accordance with varying properties of an underlying tissue structure as the transducer element is pressed against and moved over the tissue. The tissue examination device further includes circuitry for detecting a variation in the signals as an indication of a composition of the underlying tissue structure.
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