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Method and apparatus for measurement of optical properties in tissue

  • US 7,787,129 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2007
  • Issued: 08/31/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of analyzing tissue, comprising:

  • inserting a probe into tissue;

    impinging radiation upon the tissue;

    obtaining a sample signal of the radiation from the tissue; and

    determining a refractive index of the tissue from the sample signal;

    wherein the probe comprises;

    a housing,a piercing tip, at a distal end of the housing,a groove, in the housing,a radiation source, anda radiation collector,wherein an optical path extends across the groove between the radiation source and the radiation collector.

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