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Multifunctional fluorescence diagnosis system

US9585612B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Klaus Irion · Liptingen, DE
Andre Ehrhardt · Tuttlingen, DE
Reinhold Baumgartner · Freising, DE
Herbert Stepp · Planegg, DE
Thomas Pongratz · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 24, 2006
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/721
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fluorescence diagnosis system has a viewing system at least one light source and a camera system. The at least one light source can be operated in three modes, a first generating white light, a second with a first fluorescence excitation light of a first excitation wavelength and a third in which a second fluorescence excitation light of a second excitation wavelength is generated producing a fluorescence image in the NIR range. The camera system is sensitive at least in the visible and the NIR range. The system further comprises an image processing system for converting the fluorescence image in the NIR range into a visible image.

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