Apparatus and method for the optical imaging of tissue samples
CA 2449111 A1 · Owner: Zuluaga, Andres · Inventors: Furnish, Simon; Tang, Jing; Ryan, S. Eric
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A catheter based optical system (10) for generating data as to the condition of a tissue sample of a mammalian vessel (W). The system includes an elongated catheter shaft (16) having a tissue engaging distal end (18) and a coupled proximal end (20) and an elongated optical delivery fiber arrangement (24) disposed through a lumen of said catheter (16) said optical delivery fiber , arrangement (24) having a distal end (28) and a proximal end (32). The distal end of the delivery fiber arrangement (28) has a re-director light emitter (30) thereon for directing light against mammalian tissues (W). An elongated optical collection fiber arrangement (26) is disposed through a lumen of the …
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