US 12,318,077 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 Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/527,531.
Application 18/527,531 is a continuation of application No. 17/168,374, filed on Feb. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,864,743.
Application 17/168,374 is a continuation of application No. 15/557,020, granted, now 10,959,712, issued on Mar. 30, 2021, 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 2024/0180534 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (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)] 17 Claims
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1. A capturing system for imaging and capturing a sample from a tissue, comprising:
a capture membrane configured to contact the tissue;
an optical system optically coupled to the capture membrane and the tissue; and
a capture light system optically coupled to the capture membrane,
the capture light system configured to emit a spot of light radiation via the optical system onto at least one portion of the capture membrane to cause at least one portion of the tissue to attach to the capture membrane to produce the sample, and
the at least one portion of the tissue attached to the capture membrane corresponds to the at least one portion of the capture material irradiated by the capture light system.