Handheld imaging microscope
US6263233A · kind A · utility
80Cited by
17References
17Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/146
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A handheld imaging microscope for imaging tissue samples substantially beneath the surface of the tissue sample. The microscope includes an objective lens and a window defining a tissue contacting surface in pressure contacting relationship with the surface of the tissue sample when the tissue sample is imaged by the objective lens to view tissue structures for pathological applications. The objective lens focuses an illumination beam through the window to the tissue sample and receives returned reflected light of the beam representative of one or more sections of the tissue sample.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.