Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Falloposcope and method for ovarian cancer detection
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Application No.: US15548692Application Date: 2016-02-03
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Publication No.: US10939864B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Jennifer Barton , Urs Utzinger , Tyler Tate , Maureen Keenan , John Black
- Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona , John Black
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucson; US CA San Mateo
- Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona,John Black
- Current Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona,John Black
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucson; US CA San Mateo
- Agency: Lathrop GPM LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/016456 WO 20160203
- International Announcement: WO2016/126879 WO 20160811
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B1/005 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04 ; A61B1/06 ; A61B1/07 ; A61B1/303

Abstract:
A falloposcope is described, as is a method of screening a patient for fallopian tube and/or ovarian cancer with the Falloposcope. The falloposcope has an optical imaging subsystem capable of performing optical and fluorescence imaging, and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) channel, with a diameter of about 0.7 millimeter. The method includes inserting the falloposcope through a lumen of vagina, cervix, uterus, and fallopian tube such that a tip of the falloposcope is in proximity to a first fallopian tube or ovary of the patient; providing at least one fluorescence stimulus wavelength through an illumination fiber of the falloposcope, while imaging light at one or more fluorescence emission wavelengths through a coherent fiber bundle to form fluorescence emissions images; and determining suspect tissue from the fluorescence emission images. The OCT channel is also used to examine abnormalities in in-vivo female tissue, both to determine suspect tissue and analyze suspect abnormal tissue from fluorescence observations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180014773A1 FALLOPOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OVARIAN CANCER DETECTION Public/Granted day:2018-01-18
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