Patent №
US 8,323,181
Granted
2012-12-04
Filed 2011
Owner
C-LINK MICRO IMAGING, INC.
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13029464
Endoscope and method comprise a micro endoscope with insertion end that is about 1-2 millimeters in outer diameter and includes an optical fiber image bundle, two optical laser fibers, two illumination source optical fiber bundles, along with three focusing lenses for image bundle and laser fibers. Insertion end may be inserted in a female milk duct, other body cavity, or internal organ to inspect for cells and lesions. Visual inspection is aided by the use of special mixtures of light sources to observe the distinction between normal and abnormal cells. If abnormal cells or lesions are detected and the surgeon decides cells or lesions are non-cancerous, the surgeon may then use endoscope to precisely burn, ablate, or otherwise kill abnormal cells at their point of origin on the milk duct, other body cavity, or internal organ. The procedure is minimally invasive and much less costly than many other similarly functioning medical procedures.
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Ownership
C-LINK MICRO IMAGING, INC.
assignment · 295660798
MUKHERJEE, APURBA
assignment · 446250929