US 11,864,743 B2
Apparatus, method and computer-accessible medium for obtaining tissue samples
Guillermo J. Tearney, Cambridge, MA (US); Joseph Gardecki, Acton, MA (US); and Chia-Pin Liang, Malden, MA (US)
Assigned to The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/168,374.
Application 17/168,374 is a continuation of application No. 15/557,020, granted, now 10,959,712, previously published as PCT/US2016/021802, filed on Mar. 10, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/131,137, filed on Mar. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401414 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/04 (2013.01) [A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0068 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capturing system for imaging and capturing a sample from a tissue, comprising:
a capture membrane associated with the tissue;
an optical system optically coupled to the capture membrane and the tissue; and
a capture source which is configured to emit a spot of light radiation via the optical system onto the capture membrane to cause a portion of the tissue to attach to the capture membrane to produce the sample.