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DYE APPLICATION FOR CONFOCAL IMAGING OF CELLULAR MICROSTRUCTURE

  • US 20110301438A1
  • Filed: 08/04/2009
  • Published: 12/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for imaging of tissue, comprising:

  • providing a fiber optic bundle having a distal end;

    operatively coupling a dye carrier to the distal end of the fiber optic bundle, the dye carrier comprising at least one fluorescent dye;

    positioning a portion of the dye carrier in contact against a tissue region of interest to selectively introduce at least a portion of the at least one fluorescent dye into the tissue region of interest;

    generating light at a desired wavelength;

    transmitting the light into the fiber optic bundle and through the dye carrier onto the tissue region of interest to excite the fluorescent dye therein the tissue.

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