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Apparatus and method for spectroscopic examination of the colon

  • US 20030167007A1
  • Filed: 12/20/2002
  • Published: 09/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An endoscopic device for spectroscopically examining a hollow body organ, comprising:

  • an elongated body having a plurality of articulatable segments and a steerable distal portion, wherein each of the segments are configurable to assume a selected shape along an arbitrary path when the elongated body is advanced distally or proximally; and

    a spectroscopic assembly having an illumination device and an image capture device adapted to receive an incident light reflected from a wall of the hollow body organ, wherein the spectroscopic assembly is positioned near or at a distal portion of the elongated body.

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