http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patent/WO-02100443-A3
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| assignee | http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentassignee/MD5_ffe9275b65f232510cbba301787e6635 http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentassignee/MD5_7621033d9aeb3acf145562e51bc98da2 |
| classificationCPCInventive | http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61K49-0017 |
| classificationIPCInventive | http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61K49-00 |
| filingDate | 2002-06-11-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| inventor | http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_36ea9ca1cc9d1c733f4dd0c56a3b8863 |
| publicationDate | 2003-11-20-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| publicationNumber | WO-02100443-A3 |
| titleOfInvention | Identifying tissue within the body using a fluorescent dye |
| abstract | A method and apparatus are disclosed for localizing or identifying specific tissue within the body, such as lymphatic tissue, using a fluorescent dye. A fluorescent dye such as fluorescein sodium or indocyanine green ('ICG') dye is injected into the body adjacent a diseased tissue site, e.g., a cancer site. Preferably, the dye is injected at multiple locations about the periphery of a cancerous lesion. Alternatively, the dye can be injected into the body at any site that will deliver the fluorescent dye to the lymphatic basin associated with the lesion. After injection, the fluorescent dye will enter the lymphatic system associated with the area of cancer. The lymphatic system can be visually identified using a fluorescence detector. The fluorescence detector preferably includes a light source having the particular wavelength of light necessary to create excitation of the fluorescent dye. The fluorescence detector may also include a viewing filter for allowing direct visualization of the fluorescent light emission, while blocking the light emitted by the light source. A fiber-optic light guide may be provided to carry light from the light source to the area of interest. In one preferred method, the sentinel node (the first node in a lymphatic node cluster) is identified using a fluorescent dye by visually tracing the lymphatic system from the injection site to the regional lymph nodes. |
| priorityDate | 2001-06-11-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| type | http://data.epo.org/linked-data/def/patent/Publication |
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