Methods, systems, and devices for imaging microscopic tumors

US9820653B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Moshiur M. Anwar · San Francisco, US
• Catherine Park · San Francisco, US
• Bernard Boser · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/4381
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An imager for in vivo viewing of diseased tissue by way of fluorescently conjugated molecules. A generally planar imaging surface with a microlens array. The imager may be modular, such that a plurality of generally planar imaging surfaces can be used to image various aspects of disease tissue simultaneously. Certain implementations include an angle-selective imager, wherein light from substantially perpendicular to the plane of the imager is received, while incident light is selectively eliminated.