CA2239552A1 - Optical examination device, system and method - Google Patents

Optical examination device, system and method

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CA2239552A1
CA2239552A1 CA 2239552 CA2239552A CA2239552A1 CA 2239552 A1 CA2239552 A1 CA 2239552A1 CA 2239552 CA2239552 CA 2239552 CA 2239552 A CA2239552 A CA 2239552A CA 2239552 A1 CA2239552 A1 CA 2239552A1
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examination device
optical examination
couplers
multiplicity
examination
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CA 2239552
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French (fr)
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CA2239552C (en
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Britton Chance
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Non Invasive Technology Inc
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Priority claimed from PCT/US1995/015694 external-priority patent/WO1996016596A1/en
Priority claimed from PCT/US1995/015666 external-priority patent/WO1996016592A1/en
Priority claimed from PCT/US1996/000235 external-priority patent/WO1996020638A1/en
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Publication of CA2239552A1 publication Critical patent/CA2239552A1/en
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Publication of CA2239552C publication Critical patent/CA2239552C/en
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Abstract

This invention is a brush form optical coupler (72) having a multiplicity of freely extending fiber end portions (36), sized and positioned to make optical contact with a subject (70), examination, and monitoring systems utilizing one or more of such couplers.
CA 2239552 1995-12-04 1996-07-12 Optical examination device, system and method Expired - Lifetime CA2239552C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
WOPCT/US95/15694 1995-12-04
PCT/US1995/015694 WO1996016596A1 (en) 1994-12-02 1995-12-04 Optical techniques for examination of biological tissue
PCT/US1995/015666 WO1996016592A1 (en) 1994-12-02 1995-12-04 Monitoring one or more solutes in a biological system using optical techniques
WOPCT/US95/15666 1995-12-04
PCT/US1996/000235 WO1996020638A1 (en) 1995-01-03 1996-01-02 Optical coupler for in vivo examination of biological tissue
WOPCT/US96/00235 1996-01-02
PCT/US1996/011630 WO1997020494A1 (en) 1995-01-03 1996-07-12 Optical examination device, system and method

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CA2239552A1 true CA2239552A1 (en) 1997-06-12
CA2239552C CA2239552C (en) 2008-09-16

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8060189B2 (en) 2005-05-06 2011-11-15 Infrascan, Inc. System and method for detection of hematoma

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8060189B2 (en) 2005-05-06 2011-11-15 Infrascan, Inc. System and method for detection of hematoma

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