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AssigneeC8 Medisensors Inc.
InventorsJan Lipson, Jeff Bernhardt, Daniel Petrasek, William Freeman, Joseph M. Lipson, Robert P. McNamara
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An apparatus is presented in which a sample can be accurately repositioned in a spectroscopic and/or imaging apparatus upon multiple insertions, and where the apparatus can be worn by living subjects for extended periods of time. The apparatus additionally reduces the temperature increase and stabilizes the temperature of the sample upon irradiation with an optical source of excitation. Additionally, the apparatus stabilizes the pressure and critical optical properties of the sample and its interface with the apparatus. Alternatively or additionally, the apparatus can be used to alter and/or substantially reduce fluorescence from targeted fluorophores in the sample.
An apparatus for stabilizing an optical, thermal, and mechanical interface between a spectroscopic and/or imaging system and a biological sample, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for reducing fluorescence from a biological sample illuminated by optical radiation, the apparatus comprising:
A method of reducing fluorescence from a biological sample illuminated by optical radiation, the method comprising applying a fluid or gel in contact with the biological sample, the fluid or gel containing a substance that chemically binds to a targeted source of fluorescence in the biological sample, thereby reducing a fluorescence yield from the targeted source of fluorescence.
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