Perfusion sensitive biopsy extractor
US6632183B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00106
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A technique for quantifying perfusion and removing a biopsy sample at a site in a living body wherein an instrument having a perfusion sensor is introduced into the body at a site to be investigated to there interrogate the tissue. The biopsy specimen is collected when the perfusion sensor produces a signal indicative of perfused, viable tissue.
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