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Method and apparatus for determining the lines of optimal direction for surgical cuts in the human skin

  • US 6,418,339 B1
  • Filed: 11/16/1999
  • Issued: 07/09/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the detection of the optimal direction of a surgical cut in skin in-vivo comprising the steps of:

  • irradiating light into the skin at a point size irradiation site;

    scattering and absorbing the light within the skin;

    measuring the polar angle dependence of a portion of the irradiated light as it emerges near the irradiated site;

    determining a preferential direction of diffuse light transport within the skin and;

    deriving the direction of the optimal surgical cut line from the determined preferential direction of the light transport.

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