Method of examining potential cellular abnormalities
OwnerIain Louis Hutchison, Robert Jonathan Cullinventors
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Abstract
A probe of a video microscope system has a window sealed to a casing, the window having a flat outer surface for contacting an area of the body of a patient, such as the patient's mouth In the method of the invention, a dye is administered to the body area so as to stain both normal and any abnormal cells, which stained area is then examined with magnification means of the probe so as to allow a surgeon to interpret the images and identify any cancerous cells.
Claims15
A probe for use in a microscope system, the probe comprising an outer casing having at least partly therein an optical lens arrangement for producing a magnified image of a surface contacted by the probe, in use, and illumination means, wherein the casing has therein a window which is sealed against ingress of liquid, which window has a flat outer surface flush with or proud of the exterior surface of the casing therearound, so that, in use, the flat outer surface can provide contact of the probe with said surface.
A method of examining potential cellular abnormalities comprising administering to a body area a dye which stains/appears to stain the DNA and RNA and therefore the nuclei of all cells, and examining the stained area with magnification means.
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