Falloposcope and method for ovarian cancer detection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10939864
APP PUB NO 20180014773A1
SERIAL NO

15548692

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A falloposcope is described, as is a method of screening a patient for fallopian tube and/or ovarian cancer with the Falloposcope. The falloposcope has an optical imaging subsystem capable of performing optical and fluorescence imaging, and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) channel, with a diameter of about 0.7 millimeter. The method includes inserting the falloposcope through a lumen of vagina, cervix, uterus, and fallopian tube such that a tip of the falloposcope is in proximity to a first fallopian tube or ovary of the patient; providing at least one fluorescence stimulus wavelength through an illumination fiber of the falloposcope, while imaging light at one or more fluorescence emission wavelengths through a coherent fiber bundle to form fluorescence emissions images; and determining suspect tissue from the fluorescence emission images. The OCT channel is also used to examine abnormalities in in-vivo female tissue, both to determine suspect tissue and analyze suspect abnormal tissue from fluorescence observations.

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  • ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

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Barton, Jennifer Tucson, US 3 13
Black, John San Mateo, US 39 692
Keenan, Maureen Tucson, US 2 13
Tate, Tyler Tucson, US 3 13
Utzinger, Urs Tucson, US 12 671

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