Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备及方法
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Application No.: US12678646Application Date: 2008-09-19
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Publication No.: US08364222B2Publication Date: 2013-01-29
- Inventor: Richard James Cook , Timothy Frederick Watson , Frederic Festy
- Applicant: Richard James Cook , Timothy Frederick Watson , Frederic Festy
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: King's College London
- Current Assignee: King's College London
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd
- Priority: GB0718291.8 20070919
- International Application: PCT/GB2008/003174 WO 20080919
- International Announcement: WO2009/037464 WO 20090326
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for imaging the vascular structure and vascular blood flow of an organ or tissue and, in particular, relates to a selective wavelength epi-illumination endoscopic imaging apparatus to image vascular tissues and real time capillary blood flow in vivo. The invention also relates to determining the blood oxygen content of the organ or tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100256469A1 Imaging Apparatus and Method Public/Granted day:2010-10-07
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