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OwnerWang Lifan, Carl R. Pennypacker +3inventors
InventorsWang Lifan, Carl R. Pennypacker, William Sheehan, James W. Gee, JR., Michael Piontek
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for utilizing light, including ultraviolet, optical and/or infrared, for detecting a body in an object, such as biomaterial or tissue, animal and/or human tissue. The body or object may be made fluorescent by the use of dyes or agent. Light is used to illuminate the body and object and the scattered light, fluorescent and/or emitted light, reflected light and transmitted light are detected and used to reconstruct the body and/or object using an iterative analysis. Further, the method and apparatus may be extended to endoscopic applications to make subcutaneous images of internal tissue above, on, in or beyond endoscopic pathways such as esophagus, stomach, colon, bronchial tubes and/or other openings, cavities and spaces animate or inanimate, and in man-made or industrial materials as carbon/resin structures.
A method for detecting a body in an object which body is below the surface of the object, comprising:
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An apparatus for detecting a body in an object which body is below the surface of the object, comprising a light source for illuminating said body below the surface of the object,
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A method for detecting a body in an object and below the surface of the object, comprising:
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An apparatus for detecting a body in and below the surface of an object, comprising a light source, means for fluorescing one of said body and object, detection means for detecting the light scattered, reflected, fluoresced and/or transmitted to form an image of said body in and below the surface of said object.
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An endoscope for use in an animal or human tissue comprising an illuminator and a detector, said illuminator illuminating and said detector detecting to a depth of at least one centimeter below the surface of the tissue.
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The method of claim 114, wherein the powering step comprises providing between 10 to 200 watts power.
A method for detecting traumatic brain injury and its decreased blood flow in a living human head, including any hair, scalp, skull bone present and brain tissue and its blood vessels therein, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.