Method and Apparatus for Cervical Cancer Screening
OwnerLaura Ann Weller-Brophyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for cervical cancer screening, comprising one or more light sources aligned with a beginning of a first optical test path and a beginning of a second optical test path, one or more optical detectors aligned with an end of the first optical test path and an end of the second optical test path, and a processor coupled to the one or more light sources and the one or more optical detectors and methods for using the same. The present invention further relates to a method for cervical cancer screening.
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An apparatus for cervical cancer screening, comprising:
- one or more light sources aligned with a beginning of a first optical test path and a beginning of a second optical test path;
- one or more optical detectors aligned with an end of the first optical test path and an end of the second optical test path;
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- a processor coupled to the one or more light sources and the one or more optical detectors, wherein
- one of the first or second optical test paths comprises a moveable point probe positionable interior to the cervical canal that scans the endocervical canal by collecting fluorescence from successive patches of the endocervical canal.
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A method for cervical cancer screening using two optical probes, comprising:
- an imaging probe used to form an image primarily of the outer portion of the cervix;
- a second probe comprising a moveable point probe positionable interior to the cervical canal that scans the endocervical canal by collecting fluorescence from successive patches of the endocervical canal.
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A method of screening the cervical canal for cervical cancer wherein one or more mechanisms are used to control the positioning of a moveable probe interior to the endocervical canal including
- an interior screw element and an exterior screw body that mate.
An apparatus to screen the cervical canal comprising a moveable optical fiber positionable interior to the cervical canal having a fiber rotation means and a longitudinal translation means including
- an interior screw element and an exterior screw body that mate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.