US 12,262,976 B2
Devices, systems and methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation
Joe Ting, Acton, MA (US); Tania To, Braintree, MA (US); Vincent Zuo, Boston, MA (US); James Wright, Roxbury, MA (US); Ben Apollonio, Lunenburg, MA (US); and Charles Holland Dresser, Wayland, MA (US)
Assigned to Blossom Innovations LLC, Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by BLOSSOM INNOVATIONS, Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/818,640.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/941,202, filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/941,213, filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,914, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0367757 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Prior Publication US 2023/0355100 A9, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0538 (2021.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61M 5/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0084 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61B 5/4887 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 5/7405 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61M 5/46 (2013.01); A61B 5/0538 (2013.01); A61B 5/4872 (2013.01); A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insertion apparatus, comprising:
a needle having a lumen extending therethrough along a length thereof, the needle having a distal end configured to puncture tissue to enable the insertion apparatus to access a target underlying the tissue;
a cladding layer applied to and circumferentially surrounding the needle; and
an optically-transmissive coating applied to and circumferentially surrounding the cladding layer and provided at least at the distal end of the needle,
wherein, in operation, the optically-transmissive coating is configured to transmit a particular optical radiation at the distal end thereof toward the target after the tissue is punctured.