Apparatus for detecting temperature variations over selected regions of living tissue, and method thereof
CA 1088348 A · Owner: E-Z-Em Company, Inc. · Inventors: Greene, Franklin R.; Meyers, Phillip H.
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AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS OVER SELECTED REGIONS OF LIVING TISSUE and METHOD THEREOF, Abstract of the Disclosure An apparatus for detecting temperature variations over selected regions of living tissue. The invention relates to the apparatus and to the method of detecting said temperature variations for aid in the early detection of malignant tissue in the breasts. The invention provides for the use of liquid crystals encapsulated between elastic flexible sheets which represent a composite film. The crystals are responsive to changes in temperature of said tissue to display a color pattern on said film representative of said temperature variations. The film conforms …
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- Granted October 28, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 28, 1997.
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